1983 Topps Information Sought

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by deweyinthehall

Page is live:

https://mrpekrul.wixsite.com/narcissism/1983

Very nice website. The only oddball 83 stuff i have is a wrong back with Dave Winfield on the front and someone I can't remember on the back. I also have one with the Wade Boggs rookie on the back and someone I can't remember on the front. One of my dream cards is to find the match to the Boggs WB with him on the front and the other guy on the back.

[tulsaboy]

Nice writeup! A couple of suggestions/comments:
1. In 1983, racks came in three styles/packages; in leftover 1982 cardboard headers, in leftover 1982 plastic header wrappers, and in 1983 plastic header wrappers. The 1982 plastic wrappers have a yellow advertisement on the back for the "Super Sports Card Locker," along with a 1982 copyright date. The 1983 plastic wrappers are plain on the back, without the advertisement, and have a 1983 copyright date.
2. The 3 box rack case you show on your page has an "X" as part of the printed product code, which shows as 981-83X. The X indicates, as does the size of the case, that it held the longer cardboard header rack boxes. The regular 1983 plastic header rack boxes came in a smaller 3 box case, without the "X" as part of the product code.
3. On the grocery racks, the yellow wrappers are more common, but to be clear they are leftover 1982 wrappers and have a 1982 copyright date on them. The red wrappers are the actual 1983 wrappers, and have a 1983 copyright date on them.
Hope that helps.
kevin

[tulsaboy]

Also, shoot me a PM with your email address. I have a photo of a 1983 grocery case with a 1983 date on it, along with photos of the 1982 grocery rack 192 count display case.
kevin

[deweyinthehall]

Thank you! Sending PM...