In 65, 66, & 67 the 77 card series had one slit with a pattern of:
slit A: A,B,C, D,E,A,F,G,B, C,D,E while
slit B: two rows, then A, F, G, B, C, D, E, A, F, G. Those two rows varied in ech series. Sometimes the two rows were B, C or D, E which gave rise to the 77 card series having four rows printed 3x each (SPs) and three rows 4x each.
On at least one occasion, those two rows were A, F which produced one row 5x, one row 4x, and five rows 3x each. In 1961, a slightly different arrangement was used, which resulted in only a few SPs.
I have seen some miscuts from this series that suggests the row with Niekro, Alston, Hamilton,& Freehan is at the bottom of the 2nd slit. The ebay listing counts suggest that the Lee May row is a Sp row as counts for those cards are typically much lower than for cards in other rows.
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