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I recently obtained a 5000 count box filled with mostly 1977 Topps. For a couple weeks I went through and upgraded some of the cards in my set but also noted many reoccurring print defects (RPDs), some print anomalies, and just some overall patterns to look for if you’re interested in adding unlisted errors to your own personal sets. Some of these have been noted by other collectors in other threads on this board and some are new. Here are some finds:

Special thanks to Cliff Bowman for helping!

5000 count box

<Front Notes>

RPDs :
56 Rudy May - pink dot above position flag
37 Steve Hargan - Black spot left of hat
323 Larry Lintz - missing black ink on flag
616 Tommy Sandt - yellow slash on “A”
596 Jerry Martin - black dot right of OF flag
97 Dave Heaverlo - green square on glove
57 Marc Hill - red ink burst
263 Mike Marshall - vertical rainbow
268 Rick Sawyer - black diagonal line under glove
499 Pablo Torrealba - pink rainbow on hat
448 Ellie Rodriguez - rainbow
501 Jim Bibby - horizontal line across jersey
529 Jim Essian - partial bottom black border missing
112 Bill Grief - blue ink missing at position flag

Uncorrected errors (UERs)
315 Dave Chalk - black marker under hands
207 Glenn Abbott - S in Mariners incomplete
249 Pete Redfern - black dot at bottom
563 Bruce Kison - green blob under eye
572 Ross Grimsley - pink dot in sky
339 Adrian Devine - black dot left of Braves
351 Jim Sundberg - two black dots left of name

Cut Lines (front top)(can be found in black, magenta, or cyan)
79 Don Money
98 Milt May
432 Buzz Capra
641 Dan Larson
299 Otto Velez
196 Len Randle
198 Wilbur Wood
104 Omar Moreno
118 Rick Jones
131 Orlando Ramirez
157 Ken Brett
216 Doug Decinces
255 George Scott
313 Paul Blair
455 Rick Wise
611 Dave Lemanczyk
622 Jim Wohlford

(Front bottom)
155 Joe Rudi
194 Gary Matthews
452 Mike Caldwell
482 Tony Solaita
621 Tigers Team

Washout Discoveries (where there appears to be a fluid spill on the plate)
83 Kevin Bell
576 Fred Kendall
73 Charlie Williams
175 Butch Wynegar
448 Ellie Rodriguez
279 Joe Wallis
404 Eric Rasmussen
639 Jerry Morales
561 Pete LaCock
583 Paul Lindblad
318 Duffy Dyer
204 Jeff Newman
126 Rod Gilbreath
216 Doug Decinces

One offs (may be an RPD but unverified)
498 Sal Bando - missing black ink at top border
195 Ed Figueroa - number 1 next to head
202 Tom Johnson - Magenta ink bleed around head
24 Carl Morton - black ink over position flag
227 Joe Sambito - Partial O in last name missing
241 Dave Tomlin - Blue drop shadow around Padres
494 Rookie Infielders - smudged black ink over Mike Champion, partial border missing, yellow letters in rookies instead of green
69 Jim Crawford - blue ink smear at top
613 Reggie Cleveland - large white dot in position flag drop shadow
237 Gene Clines - black vertical marker on left side

<Back Notes>

RPD
75 Dennis Leonard - green marker at left border
31 Jim Todd - green marker at left border

UERs
180 Dave Lopes - green hairline in corner
377 Dave McKay - green squiggly line in corner
447 Jerry Turner & 644 Matt Alexander (next to each other on sheet) - green fun fact bar extends into border

Cut Lines (back top)
131 Orlando Ramirez
104 Omar Moreno
306 Rick Waits
308 Gene Pentz
318 Duffy Dyer
646 Andres Mora

One offs
366 Ted Sizemore - smudged ink
261 Phil Garner - smudged ink
609 Jim Barr - green ink in stat box


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