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Old 02-18-2012, 10:00 AM
Zach Wheat Zach Wheat is offline
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Default 52 Gray Backs

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Originally Posted by tedzan View Post
Steve

Thanks for your kind words. I'm curious, where did you live in 1952 that you did not have 52T cards at your neighborhood stores ?

I know that certain series of 1952 Topps (52T) cards were not available in certain areas of the country; however, the 52T's were very popular.
Topps went back and repeated press runs of the 1st & 2nd series to satisfy the demand.

The RED backs of the 1st series (cards #1-80) are the result of these repeated press runs. In the North Jersey and greater New York city area
the 1st series cards were the BLACK backs (available in the Spring of '52).


TED Z
Ted,

Are any of your sources that remembered buying 52 Topps when they were young from Canada? Why do you think they were issued at the same time as the Rails set?

Just curious. Thanks.

Zach Wheat
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