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Posted By: Ted Zanidakis

BARRY

Let us start with 1952 Topps cards were all printed on 100-card sheets. And, there are 97 cards
in the Hi# Series......#311 - 407. Therefore, Topps had to double-print three cards. They chose
Mickey Mantle (#311), Jackie Robinson (#312) and Bobby Thomson (#313). These 3 were perfect
choices. The first two were very popular by late 1952 and Thomson was the hero of the 1951 play-
off game with his famous HR.

Confirmation of these 3 being dbl-prints was evident in Al Rosen's 1952T find in 1986. There were
37 Mantle cards, and similar numbers of JRobby and Thomson. While there were just 17 complete
Hi# runs.

Now, for your question regarding Type I & Type II Mantle cards. They were printed simultaneously.
Apparently, one plate of the double printing plates differed from the other. This is not an unusual
occurence.

TED Z