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Old 05-12-2021, 01:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Cliff Bowman View Post
#68 had to be removed from the set because it pictured Bucky Harris who was under contract with Topps. I don’t know what card replaced it on the sheet, I’m guessing they double printed another card in its place. ETA, I did not know this but I read in an article about the card that #68 was apparently not even distributed in wax packs, someone had to write to Fleer and request a #68 and Fleer would send them one, similar to the 1933 Goudey Nap Lajoie unissued card.
If that's true, they may have just tossed most of them when they cut the sheets.
The late 80's K-Mart set sheet had lots of non- card spaces and a few of the cards pulled from modern sets were similarly just removed during cutting.
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