1973 Topps Printing Sheets

[deweyinthehall]

I've begun gathering images of sheets from 1973, and I believe I've detected a pattern that I'd like to validate.

It appears that each series was printed 1) entirely on a 132-card half sheet, AND 2) on a sheet with 6 repeated rows, 2 times.

For example, here is a full 132-card series 1 sheet and a sheet on which the first 6 rows are printed twice.

Also, here are 2 series 3 sheets which each contain 6 double printed rows.

I don't have any examples where I have all 3 version for a single series - e.g. a 132 card sheet and 2 6x sheets.

So we think each series was in fact printed in this fashion, and is there any reason to think that this then tied into how the cards were distributed - whether by series or all at once?

I have the 2 series 1 sheets shown, a full 132-card series 2 sheet, the 2 series 3 sheets shown, a series 4 sheet with 6 rows (headed by Gene Tenace in the upper left) printed 2x and a series 5 sheet with 6 rows (Twins team in upper left) printed 2x. Any additional sheet images would be appreciated.




Thanks!