Possibly trimmed cards - thoughts?

[Marchillo]

Originally Posted by G1911

There were no factory sets in 1971, but some dealers in the 70’s sold complete sets (Fritsch, Galasso, etc.). Presumably he means he got one of these.

Topps cards in 2020 don’t even all measure the same size, open a pack and look carefully at the cards in a stack and you can see the difference. Plenty of legit over and undersize 1971’s. Impossible to issue any judgement without pics, but size isn’t the be all and end all of trimming.

my point is factory set implies direct from the factory in a sealed set - the sets you are talking about are hand collated - just wanted to make sure the OP was aware of that. And yes I agree cards are all over the place in terms of size - but I would be concerned if i received 4/4 shorter cards from the same person on ebay. But you are right it could be factory cuts.