1982 Topps Blackless-ing?

[yankeesjetsfan]

Originally Posted by Cliff Bowman

Half of the 792 cards in the 1982 Topps set were printed with no black ink on the front of the cards and released to the public. It's estimated that there are 100 of each of those 396 in existence. The cards are missing the facsimile signatures and the thin black border line. On a few teams the players position is missing (Pirates, Phillies?), and on the All Star cards the players name is missing.

Thanks Cliff. I appreciate it.

Mike

[ALR-bishop]

When I put this set together a few years back I got most of the A & B cards from sellers in NY and most of the C cards from sellers in Michigan. C's were very tough, B's too, A's a little less. Some cards sold as Blackless did have some grey remnants. I assume you could complete the set with gray or faded black, as well as blackless. I settled for a few transition examples. There is Blueless too