1977 Twinkies Jerry Morales

[JTysver]

Size is 3.25"x4.25"


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[Cliff Bowman]

This is the size that the Morales was originally distributed in the 1977 Hostess Suzy Q's package, the Buckner is from a regular Hostess Twinkies package for comparision. I believe your Morales was cut on each side by a previous owner so that it would be the same size as a Twinkie card. The 1977 Hostess single cards came in six different sizes (not my scan, borrowed it).

[Zach Wheat]

I agree with Cliff. I know the original printer experimented with different ink combinations on the early Twinkies sets - some of which pop up on eBay occasionally. I thought your card was likely an aberration from their normal process. After looking at the pics I agree with Cliff, it seems to be normal issue due to the oil stains.

I also went back to the original source that purchased many of the test sets and he indicated he did not have, and had not seen any other examples on the '77 Twinkie test sheets without black bars.

Z

[JTysver]

So it's a Twinkie cut down to size with the black bar cut off.
This helps as it puts me three cards short of the set.
I can keep searching for a whole card still, but this helps.