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Originally Posted by tedzan
Finally, one of the guys, who recalls getting 52T gray-backs as a kid, remembers buying Rails & Sails packs that included one (or two) 52T gray-backs.
Now, the Rails & Sails cards were issued in 1955, and that suggests, if this was so, it may have been an anomaly.
TED Z
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This makes sense in a way-if Topps was stuffing packs to make them appear fatter than Bowman's as they tried to finish that firm off, I could see it happening in '55 with leftover 52's. Topps cardboard stock would vary from run to run so maybe a last run of 3rd series '52 cards was warehoused. I'll post over of the Vintage NS board and ask around a little and see if any of the vets over there have found the 52's when opening R&S packs.