The '73 Kaline Band Aid Variation Train Keeps A-Rollin'...

[savedfrommyspokes]

Good catch Darren....when looking for the predominant Band-Aid card I had noticed some copies with something different appearing where the Band-Aid would had been. However, never having a card in hand like the center one, I never thought much of it. Reminds me of several other multiple variation cards caused by Topps' less than stellar initial airbrush jobs such as the 71 Nash and 78 Wills.

[Mark70Z]

Darren,

Very cool pic of Kaline. Surely have never noticed, or saw this before. Thanks for posting your findings.

[ALR-bishop]

Good one

[Robs70sCards]

It looks like they touched up the "D" in the last version too.

[JollyElm]

Originally Posted by Robs70sCards

It looks like they touched up the "D" in the last version too.

Yeah, I too was looking at that 'D' on his cap and wasn't sure if they cleaned it up for the final version or if on the earlier versions the black sorta bled into the tiny white areas of the letter.

[JollyElm]

As an addendum…depending on how much of a psycho variations collector you are, there is another thing of note on 'regular' versions of the 1973 Kaline. A recurring black dot appears in the upper right, white area of the card, as shown in these two examples…

1973kalinedot.jpg

[horzverti]

I have to point out Darren's excellent cropping on the pics in his OP. All three are perfect. You have quite the eye for detail. Smiley face.