1971 O-Pee-Chee Baseball Question

[Gr8Beldini]

Anybody know whether there are SP's in the high number series of this set and if so, are they the same cards as the regular set? I assume that since there are the same number of cards, there would have to be SP's... but I's like to know which guys. Any help would be appreciated.

[John1941]

There aren't any SPs that I know of.

[savedfrommyspokes]

IMO, with OPC's 5% print run compared to Topps, all of the 71 OPC hi and semi-high #s are SPs. I have about 30 hi and semi hi #s, and they were all tough to find. Completely an assumption on my part, OPC likely used the same sheets as Topps since most all of the 752 cards were the same from the Topps set to OPC set. If OPC did indeed use the same sheets, then the same 54 or so SPs from 71 Topps would be SPs in the 1971 OPC set.

[bobsbbcards]

Originally Posted by savedfrommyspokes

IMO, with OPC's 5% print run compared to Topps, all of the 71 OPC hi and semi-high #s are SPs. I have about 30 hi and semi hi #s, and they were all tough to find. Completely an assumption on my part, OPC likely used the same sheets as Topps since most all of the 752 cards were the same from the Topps set to OPC set. If OPC did indeed use the same sheets, then the same 54 or so SPs from 71 Topps would be SPs in the 1971 OPC set.

+1

[jmoran19]

For the first couple of series OPC did use topps layouts in 66 card blocks with a few exceptions, mostly related to moving expo players into earlier series and removing duplication of the checklist cards. Here is a 1971 OPC high series sheet I saved years ago. Row 10 and 11 look to be DP's

[jmoran19]

For reference sake here is the series 5 OPC sheet. Row with Tony Perez is DP

JOhn