Show...me...your print variations!

[curtis-cards]

While looking through eBay for the Yellow cornered Ramos, I found this version on 2 or 3 listings. I picked this one up.

It has a full yellow line across the top border.

[brightair]

Nice catch Curt.

[Cliff Bowman]

If someone else has one of these, please let me know. It's the only one I have ever seen. If a previous owner erased the "P" or used chemicals to remove it they did a very good job. I have held it up to a bright light and didn't see any evidence of that.

[savedfrommyspokes]

Found this 68 Blefary with a "swipe" of missing print on the back...out of 35 copies on DC and COMC there were 3 copies I saw like this.

[savedfrommyspokes]

Originally Posted by Cliff Bowman

If someone else has one of these, please let me know. It's the only one I have ever seen. If a previous owner erased the "P" or used chemicals to remove it they did a very good job. I have held it up to a bright light and didn't see any evidence of that.

Cliff, from the scan is almost looks like the "ball" is brighter (less dull) white than the white border. Does it appear the same in hand?

[Cliff Bowman]

Originally Posted by savedfrommyspokes

Cliff, from the scan is almost looks like the "ball" is brighter (less dull) white than the white border. Does it appear the same in hand?

I will have to find the card and look at it. I don't know why someone would painstakingly go through the trouble of very professionally eliminating the "P" in the ball and then just sell it on eBay as a common. I spotted it a few years ago and bought it for a dollar or so. But, until I see another one I will be skeptical of it.

[David W]

Nice blank back Hank Aaron.

[savedfrommyspokes]

For all of us patriotic variation collectors out there, you can't beat this print variation....found several copies (COMC/DC/ebay) of this 69 109 card that have varying degrees of extra red on the flag stripes and jersey. The upper left card seems to be the most typical example of this card with little to no extra red in the stripes, as the stripes are fairly faint. The top right and bottom left card appear to have slightly more red on the flag's stripes and some small spots of excess red on the jersey(below the "E" and above the "D"). The bottom right card(same amount of red as my copy has), the red is heavier on this copy than it is on any of the other copies....the red stripes are heavier and the excess red on the jersey is much more pronounced. Does anyone else have a copy of this extra patriotic card?

[Cliff Bowman]

Originally Posted by savedfrommyspokes

Cliff, from the scan is almost looks like the "ball" is brighter (less dull) white than the white border. Does it appear the same in hand?

I'm convinced the white area in the ball wasn't filled in in any way, either someone very carefully erased the "P" or it was printed that way.

[savedfrommyspokes]

While the scans do not show this print variation as crisply as it appears in hand, these two copies of this 71 214 Al Ferrara card both have what I will call a streak of horizontal white lightening. Just above Al's hands, in between the right edge and light tower, is a squiggly white print line that looks as if it could be a horizontal bolt of white lightening out beyond the Shea stadium fence striking the light tower. .

[ALR-bishop]

Saved-- saw some on eBay and COMC