Brooks Robinson and the Baltimore Orioles

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Day 333 – 28 November 2024 HAPPY THANKSGIVING! 🦃🍁🍽
Today I am showing you my Venezuelan cards part of my Brooks Robinson PSA Master Set. Within the set there are 10 different Topps Venezuelan cards to include 3 Topps Orioles Team Cards. The 1962 and 1967 Topps Venezuelan Cards are tied as highest graded. They are both in impeccable shape given how these cards were handled and stored back in the day. The 1960 is a lower grade but there are only 2 graded higher. The 1968 Teams Card has Devil Rays on the label for some odd reason; there is only 1 card graded higher. The Topps Venezuelan Cards appeared in 1959, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1966, and 1968. The Venezuelan Cards are darker, rougher, and less glossy than the USA version. In some instances you will see a trademark or not. The 1960 cards are hardest to distinguish. The 1964 cards are black on the back and cut smaller. The 1966 Venezuelan card back is orange and cut smaller while the USA version is pinkish. The 1967 Venezuelan Cards have a different back and does not depict the player information with statistics. The 1968 Venezuelan version has a different colored back (orange) than the USA version (yellow). Not all the cards printed in the USA run are represented in the Venezuelan run. Brooks Robinson appeared in all years except the 1959 version. The 1972 Venezuelan Stamp is a PSA 1. There are only 7 total graded and 3 are graded higher. My understanding these are often duplicated / counterfeited. A lot of serious collectors will pursue the Venezuelan Topps Cards but beware, they are hard to find, expensive and often times damaged with rounded corners, paper loss and damaged on the back from being glued in a book.