Mind. Blown.

[jchcollins]

The Milton Bradley cards were parallels of certain 1st and 2nd Series '68 Topps cards that were be made to be included with this game. Depending on what you read, some sources say they were actually manufactured in 1969, not '68. The main differences are the backs are yellow instead of darker / more orange like regular '68 cards. And because of the printing layout - usually on the short side of the card - sometimes there is a solid white streak / line on the end of the border - as can be seen in the OP's scan on the card that received the unfair grade.

[jayshum]

Originally Posted by jchcollins

The Milton Bradley cards were parallels of certain 1st and 2nd Series '68 Topps cards that were be made to be included with this game. Depending on what you read, some sources say they were actually manufactured in 1969, not '68. The main differences are the backs are yellow instead of darker / more orange like regular '68 cards. And because of the printing layout - usually on the short side of the card - sometimes there is a solid white streak / line on the end of the border - as can be seen in the OP's scan on the card that received the unfair grade.

John - thanks for posting the info about the 1968 Milton Bradley cards. I'm guessing they are much rarer so probably unlikely I have any in my 1968 Topps set, but maybe I'll take a look through it just in case.

[jchcollins]

Originally Posted by jayshum

John - thanks for posting the info about the 1968 Milton Bradley cards. I'm guessing they are much rarer so probably unlikely I have any in my 1968 Topps set, but maybe I'll take a look through it just in case.

I'm not sure if they are rarer, but price wise I think they are more or less the same as the regular Topps cards. Here is a pic of the back differences; don't know why but this is not to scale (the cards are the same size). The MB version is on the right.

[ALR-bishop]

Unfortunately the yellow backs in the regular 68 set differ some by series and some later series have back similar to the MB cards and are often mistakenly offered for sale as MB cards, including the Mantle. When searching for them have the official CL handy . See the article referenced in the first post in this old thread

https://r.search.yahoo.com/_ylt=AwrE...7Q3CL5KFxgf6M-

[hockeyhockey]

ouch. almost as if the grader had a personal vendetta against you. agree with whoever said pop it and submit to SGC.