1965 Topps Series 6 semi-high Sheet Reconstruction

[Kevvyg1026]

The wrong back means that if Mathews was in row 1 of one slit, then Javier would be in row 12 of the other slit. Similarly, if Mathews was in row 2, then Javier would be in row 11 of the other slit (row 3 matches row 10, row 4 matches with row 9, etc.)

It's not impossible, but highly unlikely, that Mathews and Javier are in the same row just like Howard and Niekro are probably not in the same row.

In other words, it would require a very strange row pattern in the two slits for these wrong backs to be in the same row.

[deweyinthehall]

Well this is disappointing - Baseball Card Emporium just dropped several hundred cards from this series, and none seem to be able to help - I looked over any that appeared to have potential by the front image. I may go back and examine all the reverses in the coming days.

But, MAN....there must be in the neighborhood of 500 samples in there and nothing stands out.

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[Kevvyg1026]

At least the nomenclature, "hand-cut", that they applied appears to confirm our header card (left-edge) suspicions for several cards

[deweyinthehall]

Joel Horlen is above Stu Miller on at least one of the slits...

[Kevvyg1026]

A miscut of Owens shows a similar mark, so Horlen may above both Owens and Miller somewhere on the two slits.

And there is a miscut of Priddy that looks like Owens is below Priddy.

Strange row pattern!!

[Kevvyg1026]

This is definitely a very frustrating series to attempt a reconstruction for the reasons that Cliff has already pointed out. Obviously, the individual card placements require a lot of miscuts, and there is really a dearth of those. But even the row patterns for the two slits are difficult to fathom.

For example, we know the 7 header (left edge) cards. These are: Owens, Horlen, Howard, Mathews, Priddy, Miller, and Wills. The miscuts found so far suggest:
a. Horlen is above Owens
b. Horlen is above Miller
c. Howard is above Horlen
d. Priddy is above Owens
e. Owens is above Mathews
f. Mathews is above Wills
g. A red card is above Owens (Note: I suspect that this might simply be a color shift of Priddy).

So there are at least two row changes in the slit patterns.

We are certain that two of the three cards printed 4x cards across the two slits are Horlen & Owens, but the third one is TBD. Could it be Priddy? Howard?

We also know that the four of the 7 trail end (last column) cards are: Dodgers RS (4x), Braves RS (Niekro), Javier, and checklist 7 (small print), and strongly suspect that the other 3 are: Law, Giants RS, Mets RS.

Normally, the checklists are somewhat easy to place because they usually have some unusual features, but in this series, we have not been able to determine adjacent cards to the checklists and therefore, we can't even assign the trail cards to their appropriate header cards.

I hate to give up (yes, I probably am), but unless additional miscuts turn up, or some uncut or wrong back material appears, the printing pattern for this series may be lost to posterity.

[deweyinthehall]

This is maddening - one more millimeter would do it.

But, no way to tell which Pirate or Yankee is in the same column as Aguirre...