1972 Topps High Number Printing Question...

[JollyElm]

I believe logic dictates that we have at least a partial answer to the problem. The high number series is from #657-787, which encompasses 131 cards. Add in the #604 checklist (because, unlike the earlier series, the high numbers only included one checklist) and that makes it the standard number of 132 different cards that Topps usually printed in a series at the time (two of each for a total of 264).

When I look at all of the images of uncut full and partial 1972 sheets I've collected over the years, one thing is perfectly clear. Like other years, each individual card is always located next to the same card on the print sheets. Therefore, each series checklist is next to the same cards in the two places it occupies on those sheets. So, if #604 (left side copyright) in next to #782, it will always be found next to #782. The (probable) conclusion is only the #604 (left side copyright) was printed with the high numbers. Of course, we can't actually verify that the backs of the cards had no differences, but it seems likely they did not. We still don't know whether or not the semi-high series had both checklist copyright versions.

Here are some of the images I've accumulated...

1972 Topps Uncut series1 Full Sheet.jpg

1972 Topps Uncut series2 Half Sheet.jpg

1972-Topps-Uncut-series5-Half-Sheet01.jpg1972-Topps-Uncut-series5-Half-Sheet02.jpg

[toppcat]

What's on the semi-high sheets for the high # checklist?

[ALBB]

wow, way back in the day that 1972 T Carew was such a hot card !...everybody needed it..price was crazy....and the Garvey a little bit too

[JollyElm]

Originally Posted by toppcat

What's on the semi-high sheets for the high # checklist?

If you look at the last two images I posted, those are the semi-high sheets, going up to #656 Rudy May.

[toppcat]

Originally Posted by JollyElm

If you look at the last two images I posted, those are the semi-high sheets, going up to #656 Rudy May.

I was thinking of the reverses but I missed your images the first time. Checklists are never consistent with Topps, I suspect they got glossed over a little in proofreading.

[Kevvyg1026]

It is still possible that the 6th checklist, printed in the 5th printing run, had the copyright placed differently than the one printed in the 6th print run. Can't tell unless we see the back of that sheet which was posted.

[JollyElm]

Originally Posted by Kevvyg1026

It is still possible that the 6th checklist, printed in the 5th printing run, had the copyright placed differently than the one printed in the 6th print run. Can't tell unless we see the back of that sheet which was posted.

Yeah, that's the very essence of my question. We know that two #604 checklists were printed on the semi-high sheets and two were printed on the high sheets. We know there are two different versions of the checklist (copyright on the left and copyright on the right), and now we are sure some (if not all) of the left-side copyright checklists were printed on the high sheets.

Here's what we still need to know...

• Were only left-side checklists printed on the high number sheets, and only right-side checklists printed on the semi-high number sheets?

• Were both left-side and right-side versions of the checklist printed on the high number sheets?

• Were both left-side and right-side versions of the checklist printed on the semi-high number sheets?

• Were both left-side and right-side versions of the checklist printed on only one of the sheets (semi-high or high) but NOT on the other?

[deweyinthehall]

Not on subject per se, but I'm not able to see the images which are posted in this thread (yes, I'm logged in). It shows a little image of what looks like a torn photo with a alpha-numeric description of the image, but no image. Images are coming through clearly on other threads. Help? Would really love to be able to see these pics.