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Originally Posted by steve B
It sounds like a very topps thing to do.
On the other hand, western Canada?
in 78 we took a trip across the country driving and mostly camping. In the Canadian part of Glacier park, they had cards! 1977 OPC... I commented on how it was cool to get the previous years cards, and the clerk was confused.
"Last years? But they just came in a couple days ago"
So I have no problem thinking that Topps sold mixed packs in 53 and /or that they were just getting around to sending the 52s to the western Canada distributor.
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There's definite Northern US/Southern Canadian bleed through with early Topps sets, even back to 1949's X-Ray Roundup. Some legit, some probably "black market" sales.
I lean against mixed packs simply for marketing and contractual concerns but as I have learned with Topps, you never know, and even if you do, you don't.