1976 Topps in 1974 Wrapper

[sbfinley]

Originally Posted by GasHouseGang

Why would Topps do that? That seems really strange and extremely unlikely. It's not like no one has ever resealed a wax pack. I guess I have a basic distrust of "sealed" packs in general after getting burned on some 1975 mini "sealed" packs, and I'd have a really hard time accepting these packs were real unless I pulled them from a sealed 1996 Topps wax box myself. I'm assuming they are considered real if PSA is grading them. Have these been accepted by the sealed pack collectors as real for a while, or did these just start showing up recently?

These are well documented as original. This is actually the case of Topps recycling a design rather than old stock. If the op would flip the pack over and scan the back you will actual see an offer on the reverse the expires at the end of 1976. The 74 packs have a similar offer ending at the end of 1974. Different fonts and sizing are also used.

[Zach Wheat]

Originally Posted by sbfinley

These are well documented as original. This is actually the case of Topps recycling a design rather than old stock. If the op would flip the pack over and scan the back you will actual see an offer on the reverse the expires at the end of 1976. The 74 packs have a similar offer ending at the end of 1974. Different fonts and sizing are also used.

Steve,

Here is the reverse. Note the expiration date is 1974.

Z

[sbfinley]

If the back pictured in the last post is the same pack as the one pictured in the original post, then one of these three things happened.

A. PSA screwed up.
B. That pack is resealed.
C. That's the first 76 pack with a 74 offer date I have ever seen.

[GasHouseGang]

Originally Posted by sbfinley

If the back pictured in the last post is the same pack as the one pictured in the original post, then one of these three things happened.

A. PSA screwed up.
B. That pack is resealed.
C. That's the first 76 pack with a 74 offer date I have ever seen.

Are you certain there are 76's inside? I can't make out the back card, Gaylord Perry?

Ok, now I'm back to where I started. If this pack doesn't have the offer that expires in 1976, I would still have my doubts about this pack. Does a pack like this show up in Mark Murphy's unopened pack guide? Sorry, I don't have a copy.

[steve B]

Topps reused loads of stuff all through the 70's.

Especially just a couple years later.
79 baseball with 78 backs
79? Baseball with Mork and Mindy sticker fronts on the back
Bazooka boxes with 78 baseball backs inside
same with black hole card backs

It seemed like anything leftover was turned into something else, or used to adjust the equipment. (I have all of the 4 above, Don't know the source for the mork and Mindy, the 79/78 combos were supposedly a dump find, and I bought the Bazooka boxes at retail in a grocery store. )

In general they overproduced so there were always leftovers.

Plus they made up reduced "fun" packs for Halloween either using leftovers or returns. 74 was a big year for that. I can easily see them using up a few rolls of still leftover wrappers.

Steve B