I found this in an article from 2012 on the Tall-Boys:
The backs also indicate that these cards were printed in Canada. **** says this was the case for most Topps Hockey issues during this era. Topps had the license, but the cards were manufactured at the O-Pee-Chee plant in London, Ontario.
The Tall Boys were distributed in five-cent packs that housed four cards and a stick of gum. The wrappers trumpeted them as "GIANT SIZE N.H.L. HOCKEY PICTURE CARDS." Unopened packs are extremely rare and highly coveted. Dezoete estimates that an unopened pack would fetch more than $5,000.
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