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Originally Posted by rats60
It became the standard with the 1956 Topps set and that is what the OP asked. 1961 Topps was not skip numbered. 587 Warren Spahn on the checklist was misprinted and is an uncorrected error card. Card #145 in 1958 was pulled from the set and removed from later printings of second series checklists.
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I mean "begin" is the thread title, but alright. If 1955 is skip numbered and thus does not count because of the 4 missing cards, then so is 1961 because of the 2 missing cards and 1958 because of the missing card. If any set issued before a set with skipped numbers doesn't count, a bizarre stipulation designed to cut out 1952, then why isn't that rule consistently applied? Is the barrier exactly 4 missing numbers and any other quantity doesn't count? If you just completely make up enough weird rules to cut out every other option you can arrive at any desired answer
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In actual reality, series of cards released to constitute a set long predates Topps.
EDIT: 1961 is actually missing 3 of the numbers. So the strict numbering in sequential order rule made up to arrive at a desired set can only be enforced if there are 4 or more, unless that still violates the 1956 selection, in which case new rules will be made up to force 1956.