1971 Topps 5th Series Double Prints?

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Posted By: Bob Collet

The short printed cards in the '71 Topps high number 6th series (644-752) are widely known and catalogued. T there appear to be (21 or 22) cards in the 5th series run (524-643) printed more than the others but I haven't seen them identified.

It appears the series (120 cards) was printed on two 132-card sheets (264 cards) as was fairly common in the era. I've seen a picture of one sheet with 6 rows of 11 cards, each printed twice for a total of 66 different cards (132 total). One of the cards is a checklist and my guess is it's the 6th series checklist (#619). The photo I have is a little fuzzy so I can't be sure. The 5th series checklist, actually numbered and probably printed on the 4th series sheets (#499), may have also been printed on one of the 5th series sheets.

The second sheet would include the remaining 54 cards in the series and one of the (5th or 6th series) checklists. That would be 5 rows of 11 cards. If each of those rows were printed on the sheet twice, there would be two remaining rows of 11 cards. My guess is that two of the rows on the second sheet are printed three times, resulting in 22 double (actually 1 1/2 ?) prints.

Can anybody confirm this? Which numbers are printed three times on the sheet?Thanks.

Bob C