Topps 1968 Milton Bradley set

[steve B]

1991 backs.

Dark logo - not the full set. Only certain sheets
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no reaction to UV
Glows reddish orange
Regular logo - Full set
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No reaction to UV
Glows reddish orange


Misc backs - Not enough info to be sure how many there are.
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Cardstock reacts to UV, typically a light bluish glow. - Possibly different cardstock, possibly a bad batch of paper, or contamination from something.

Ink reacts as a very dark red. - Requires a fairly powerful UV light to make it easily visible

Other contrast differences that are really hard to pin down. Most I attribute to plate wear or different levels of inking.


There are front UV differences as well. But I haven't studied them enough to say anything more than they exist. Like some have a clearcoat that reacts a very light green to UV.

So four backs for sure, possibly eight if the reactive paper comes all four ways, and up to 12 if the dark red comes with reactive paper and light or dark logos.

The desert shield should only come one way. But..........It's Topps so maybe not. (I only have a few, 3? 5? I forget)

Steve B

[savedfrommyspokes]

Originally Posted by steve B

The desert shield should only come one way. But..........It's Topps so maybe not. (I only have a few, 3? 5? I forget)

Steve, with many of the DS cards out there currently that are non-legit or "counterfeited", could the few you have that come up different be some of the non-legit DS cards?

If so, this could be a way to help distinguish between legit and some of the non-legit DS cards. With as few of the DS cards produced (5000 sets?), you would think the print run would have likely been on the same type of sheets.

[ALR-bishop]

Did not mean to sidetrack the MB thread with my reference to 1991. Only was trying to point out the complications of making large chunks of back differences part of master sets

There is prior a thread on DS cards and ways of using backs to distinguish them in the post 80 section. I will try to dig it up

[savedfrommyspokes]

Originally Posted by ALR-bishop

Did not mean to sidetrack the MB thread with my reference to 1991. Only was trying to point out the complications of making large chunks of back differences part of master sets

There is prior a thread on DS cards and ways of using backs to distinguish them in the post 80 section. I will try to dig it up

Thanks for refocusing the discussion Al...I keep getting distracted thinking about your night in Lubbock.

[steve B]

Sorry for the sidetrack.

I'll have to get out the couple MBs I have and post them as penance.

Steve B

[Exhibitman]

Excellent info. Glad to see someone listed the white gutter miscuts as regular issue. I have a few of those and wondered whether they were MB or not. They were not on the CL but had that white edge.

[Mark70Z]

I really like the look of the Seaver and the Gibson MB cards. Anyone have any good examples of those cards?