1965 Topps Transfers
 

I have never read that the transfers set has any short- or over-prints, but as I try to assemble a set the population counts vary wildly.

I did a quick eBay count and this is what I found:

haller 0
king 0
radatz 0
rodgers 0
aspromonte 1
chance d 1
howard 1
kline 1
white 1
wickersham 1
williams 1
bond 2
christopher 2
colavito 2
jackson 2
maye 2
robinson f 2
allison 3
alvis 3
bouton 3
causey 3
kranepool 3
mays 3
mazeroski 3
otoole 3
segui 3
wagner 3
aaron 4
fregosi 4
allen 5
bunning 5
cepeda 5
drysdale 5
freehan 5
kaline 5
pappas 5
spangler 5
veale 5
gibson 6
pinson 6
skowron 6
oliva 7
tiant 7
powell 8
torre 8
yaz 8
pizarro 10
richardson 10
marichal 11
groat 12
knoop 13
koufax 13
conigliaro 14
maloney 15
pascual 15
mantle 16
aparicio 17
carty 17
clemente 17
hunt 17
robinson b 17
roseboro 17
stuart 20
callison 25
killebrew 28
boyer 30
santo 35
davis 37
ward 58
hinton 62
chance b 91
peters 111

To me, this looks like at least some were printed in greater quantities than the others. I should point out that one particular eBay seller has the majority of the quantities of the top 6 or so and I am going to try to reach out to inquire if there's a story there.

Bottom line - what do we think?

I am also currently in the process of trying to complete the set.

I have noticed the exact same thing as you. Some just seem impossible to find.

I have no idea how they were printed. 72 different transfers would lead to many possible sheet sizes if they were printed in sheets.

I had the same issue a few years ago with the 1966 rub offs. There was a group of 20 that were much more difficult to find.

Mike

Like the rub-offs the transfers were printed in long strips - several small sections can be found on eBay - here's a longish one...you would think they'd run through all 72 and start over so the same would be printed of each.

1965 topps transfers
 

I admit I l know very little about these. However, Beckett intimates that these were printed in series of 24. Is that possible? And they were placed in different series waxpacks?? If true, then perhaps the later series were printed in smaller quantities.

Box Topper
 

1965 transfers

This 1965 Box Topper infers it wasn’t in the 1st series….with the “ now in “
Also Topps original refered to them as “ press on”

It could just mean that they're new in 1965, not that they are not in the first series.

20-25 years ago I bought a 1965 Topps Transfer of Larry Jackson on eBay that had an insane shipping price of something like $12 because I was tired of looking for it and just figured it in as part of the price which I gladly paid.

This was a box topper in '65? Do you know if it came inside the case or whether there was one in each wax box? Do you have this item in-hand? If so can you let me know the dimensions?

I am researching the 1965 set for my site and this is a great little bit of information?

Also, as to series - I have been able to determine that the embossed inserts were included in series 1, series 3 contained no inserts, and the transfers were in series 6. As to whether and what inserts may have been included in series 2, 4,5 or 7 I still have no information.

That’s true about it the transfers could be in all the series. I always read it as it was something new introduced in a later series.

I bought a 1965 empty box at the national show from a guy who was selling baseball World Series dvd. He didn’t have any baseball cards , just the dvds and this 1965 . The box itself is in great shape! He had the 65 box and said it was his as a kid. It had the box topper in the box. I was shocked and surprised because I never seen anything like it. The box topper is half the dimensions of the 1965 box. It is folded in the middle and would fit nicely inside the box on top of the packs. I don’t have it in hand but my guess is would be 3 1/2 x 15 inches.

1965 Topps Transfers
 

Also, as to series - I have been able to determine that the embossed inserts were included in series 1, series 3 contained no inserts, and the transfers were in series 6. As to whether and what inserts may have been included in series 2, 4,5 or 7 I still have no information.[/QUOTE]


Perhaps the transfers that were released in series 6 are the "scarce" ones.

There are a number of miscuts available, so perhaps someone could determine the strip print pattern for these.

Update - I have an image of a series 5 cello with no insert. I know quality control wasn't then what it later became (the various amounts of cards possible in 1966 cellos proves that), but it seems likely series 5 was issued without inserts.

Recall, there were 4 wrapper variations - one with embossed, one with transfers and two with no inserts advertised. I suspect that means that at least 2 series had none.

1965 Topps Transfers
 

I read on TCDB that these were issued in strips of 3 in wax packs. Is that correct? Or were individual transfers in a pack?

I pretty sure, just as single transfers

The box topper measures 4x14