1972 Topps - Errors and/or Variations

[deweyinthehall]

The 4 affected Cubs were all part of the 1st series, and in fact are the ONLY cubs in the 1st series. While I am not an expert on the process of setting up and printing the cards, seems to me they were simply laid out incorrectly, the error was discovered, corrected, and not repeated in the successive 5 series (though there is the Hickman card).

As to the checklists, at that time checklists were typically printed as part of the prior series, and would then be printed again with the subject series. Multiple printings across more than 1 series creates opportunities for minor set-up issues - copyright alignment, card number alignment, the placement of check boxes relative to numbers and names, minor inking changes, etc. Such variations are seen with most checklist cards from 1972 back through their debut in 1961. Hard to say whether any variation is an 'error' per se.