I first discovered these in 2010. The first example was Checklist 132T. It took me 3 years to find any others.
Yes, the examples that I found and sold (dirt cheap) are truly without ANY red ink in the noted areas, just the raw cardboard color. This was definitely a design change by Topps.
And yes, there are also examples, though unrelated, that have lighter or varying degrees of red ink in the stat and bio areas on back. This is very common and affects many Topps issues.
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