The last card of your first hand collated set

[ALR-bishop]

Take a breath and relax Steve. Let your mind drift back to those days of long ago.

But you do really need to finish the 69 set soon

[grainsley]

1965 OPC......I was fascinated that the cards said printed in Canada...in previous years the boxes were stamped OPC but the cards said USA. Canada no longer felt like just a satellite of the U.S. to me. I remember being at the corner store with 25 cents allowance and whatever pop bottle returns I had scored. Early OPC's had notoriously bad centering, and even at 13 that angered me. (Didn't mind dented corners etc from playing topsides/leansies, those seemed legit.) I opened pack after pack, often throwing out Aarons etc. on the spot until I got one. Last was Checkist 3 and the cards wentin a box where they remain today in superb condition. Honorable Mention to '66 OPC, with a twist....thought I had finished it, and put it away also. Pulled out the box about 15 years later, no Fred Whitfield. Internet shopping solved that issue. Time to pull out the boxes again, since another 15 years has passed.

[vintagebaseballcardguy]

1953 Topps Hal Rice #93

[steve B]

Originally Posted by ALR-bishop

Take a breath and relax Steve. Let your mind drift back to those days of long ago.

But you do really need to finish the 69 set soon

I only bought one pack back then. I did get a Reggie rookie. I remember sitting in the car showing the cards to dad and him saying "Hey this guy is pretty good" I still have that card, and probably one or two others from that pack. No pack in 1970, and one in 71 the only thing I recall from that one is the coin - Danny Cater, And I still have That one too.

When I got into cards in 73 I dug the older ones out of the toybox.

Hmm......Can I count that as my first "find" ?

Maybe I'll finish the 69 set. I think I'm at about half, and I've got one of the big ones, so maybe.......

Steve B