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Originally Posted by 0-2 Pitch
Thanks for the help all! Guessing I won't be selling this to you Cliff - LOL! 
One other question: How were "slits" used in production? Not sure what it indicated for the printing/cutting process.
Thanks again! |
Sheets were 264 cards, and were split into 2 halves with 132 cards each. Typically, people say “uncut sheet” to denote a half sheet. The first step of cutting was to cut the big sheet into its two halves, so almost sheets we encounter are really half sheets. A slit = a half sheet. So the 264 card sheet had an A slit and a B slit, just denoting the two halves. Topps’ printers had several ways over the years and sets of denoting the two sides. A handful of cards from this period can be found like Gibson when miscut, if one of the rows they appeared in was next to this marker. I think they’re pretty cool miscuts.