Topps...also 1970

[quitcrab]

I love the oddball sets. My favorite includes 64 stand ups, 68 full action sticker panels,69 supers and my favorite has to be the 64 bazooka full stamp panels.

I am in need of a psa 8 Santo and Marichal 69 super.Any help ?

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[ALR-bishop]

Mike---not sure how to distinguish 70 from 71. The pack with my 70 set has an ad for a camera. The one with my 71 set has an ad for a whale's tooth. I also have this test looking wrapper. Not sure what it is

[mikemb]

Thanks Al.

I thought my pack was a 1970 pack but it has the Whale's Tooth ad.

I'll have to try to see a portion of a card showing through the wrapper.

Mike

[bobsbbcards]

The way to tell the difference between the two years is to remember the fact that whales, prior to 1971, didn't have teeth. I'm glad I could help.

[toppcat]

Al, that's a rare pack and a superb pickup! I think the pocket sized game is more 1972-ish just based upon the design but there's not hard evidence on that one. That Super test wrapper is the first I've seen-nice!

1970 was the first year I went ll in on baseball cards-still love the set.

[ALR-bishop]

Bob--That is at least easier to understand than the test you posted on CU back in 2004 or 2006.

Apparently the way to tell is not the adds but by identifying what card shows in the pack, although Dave Hornish's blog indicates the white wrapper above was the initial 1970 packaging