1973 Topps Printing Sheets

deweyinthehall · #1 06-01-2024, 04:09 PM

I just discovered another pattern - Each card in the set is printed with either 1 or 2 asterisks on the reverse.

Sheets with 66x 2 - all cards have either 1 or 2, the series' other 66x2 sheet will have the opposite.

On the 132 card sheets, the top half have 1 and the bottom half have 2 - never seen a pattern where cards from the same sheet have differing printing asterisks.

jmoran19 · #2 06-02-2024, 10:56 AM

5th series sheets I have saved. FYI the one I have labeled OPC is same as the Schmidt sheet below. John

jmoran19 · #3 06-02-2024, 11:01 AM

schmidt

Zach Wheat · #4 06-03-2024, 10:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by deweyinthehall

I just discovered another pattern - Each card in the set is printed with either 1 or 2 asterisks on the reverse.

Sheets with 66x 2 - all cards have either 1 or 2, the series' other 66x2 sheet will have the opposite.

On the 132 card sheets, the top half have 1 and the bottom half have 2 - never seen a pattern where cards from the same sheet have differing printing asterisks.

I thought Topps didn't start using master sheet codes A - F until 1977, and in 1976 started using an "*" to indicate individual cards were updated. Maybe they did not have a consistent use of codes in. Maybe Toppcat can shed light on this issue

toppcat · #5 06-03-2024, 11:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Zach Wheat

I thought Topps didn't start using master sheet codes A - F until 1977, and in 1976 started using an "*" to indicate individual cards were updated. Maybe they did not have a consistent use of codes in. Maybe Toppcat can shed light on this issue

Not really. Are they saying above that the 73 sheets had A-E codes though?

jmoran19 · #6 06-03-2024, 03:02 PM

Series 4 sheets you didn't note as having. John

deweyinthehall · #7 06-03-2024, 06:37 PM

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Originally Posted by jmoran19

Series 4 sheets you didn't note as having. John

Thank you!

Cliff Bowman · #8 06-03-2024, 09:54 PM

Here is a 1973 Topps 2nd Series 132 x 1 sheet. I believe what hasn't been shown yet are the 1st Series 66 x 2 Dodgers Team sheet, 2nd Series 66 x 2 Breeden sheet, 2nd Series 66 x 2 Indians Team sheet, and a 5th Series 132 x 1 sheet, if it exists.

Cliff Bowman · #9 06-04-2024, 12:06 AM

I missed this one, the 4th Series 66 x 2 Gene Tenace sheet also hasn't been posted here yet.

deweyinthehall · #10 06-03-2024, 06:36 PM

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Originally Posted by toppcat

Not really. Are they saying above that the 73 sheets had A-E codes though?

Nope - no sheet codes. Just talking asterisks.

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