68T Bill Stoneman variation

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Top 2 cards are same: clipped B on cap (also sliver of yellow at lower left part of inset circle from cropping), with THE on back

Bottom left: full B on cap, YOUR on back

Bottom right: clipped B, YOUR on back

Therefore there ARE four verified variations, I am missing full B on cap with THE on back.

Looks like lucky Al will have his done if he sends me his address for my duplicate.

Larry I would guess you are correct. We need to see a good picture of this 3rd (and second series) sheet, not the grainy ones I have seen before. Need enough detail to look for the cropping and would also need to see the back of the sheet.

Curious as to why Topps felt the need to change the message on the back slightly. The "GAME" on back version offers a little more clarity than the other version as to how the kid might play the game. Were both 2nd series (the 3rd series would have been a "chase" card in that sheet) and 3rd series sheets printed simultaneously? If Topps made an editorial decision to change the back message, at what point in the production would they have made the change?

When they have caught errors before and changed them, it was typically early on so that the error card is a little more rare (400 McCormick WL comes to mind, etc).