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Originally Posted by swarmee
Because of the rip in it being like the All-Star Rookie Ballots, my guess is that it was a point of purchase tear-off pad that this came on. It may not be related to sports cards at all, just Bazooka Joe gum with the comic wrappers.
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The rip is part of the production process and occurred when the insert was cut , folded if necessary and inserted before wrapping the pack (or becoming the wrapper itself). Certain Topps wrappers (for their gum and tattoo sets) have the rip from 1938 well into the 1970's and most paper inserts have the rip as well. It's basically a sign the item in question came from a pack.
https://toppsarchives.blogspot.com/s...roughly+Ripped