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Old 01-09-2017, 07:15 PM
Cozumeleno Cozumeleno is offline
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Default Mayfair Novelty / W552 Strip Backwards 'P'

Purchased these two cards recently. I was looking for a Mayfair Novelty card and settled on this one due to the Wagner resemblance, etc.

I noticed when looking for them that one in my scan had a 'backwards' P. I assumed this was pretty common (since there is a sheet with some with backwards letters) but have not seen it anywhere else from looking quite a bit. For anyone familiar with the issue, there are a few different ways you can find the set as a whole:

1. Standard individual cards (edited to add, the individual cards cut from the 'regular strips'...not the strip mentioned below, which has different cards)
2. A 10-card strip (no letters on uniforms)
3. A 15-card sheet (http://www.sterlingsportsauctions.co...-lot11741.aspx)

Of the three of these shortstop cards, the one on the strip is different (blue uniform) and the sheet is the only one where I've seen the backwards P. And that clearly isn't this card since the sheet was paper thin and didn't have the titles at the bottom nor the frame around the picture. The entire sheet has backward letters and some people have even called them transfers.

Question I have is, has anyone seen this card with a backwards 'P' that is a regular card and not of the sheet variety? I have seen one copy of the fielder card that has a backwards 'P' (his regular card has him with a regular 'C') so I am sure other errors exist. But from what I can tell, they are not very plentiful. I am just wondering if anyone has a copy of the backwards 'P' card.

And for the record, both of these in the scan have the same orange/yellow diamond background instead of the blank backs.

Thanks for any insight anyone else has on this issue.
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