1955 Topps 'New' Jackie Robinson Variation

[G1911]

Legit variation in my book, Topps clearly re-cropped this card and the Grim. There are a few others with similar variations in the team logo in 1955.

[jchcollins]

I think it's a legit variation if you are into that kind of thing...what I don't agree with is it being "new" by any stretch of the imagination. I have been aware of that particular variation on the '55 Robinson for years. I always saw it as more of a mistake, and usually tried to go after versions of that card that have the complete diamond logo.

[ALR-bishop]

The poll was almost 50/50 as to whether it is a"true variation" ( with no definition of what that is) or a scarce recurring print defect. I tend to be in the camp of print defect, since if ( big if I know ) a true variation is a card intentionally changed by the manufacturer ( a definition that seems simple but in very hard to verify in many cases), then I think it impossible to know if this defect occurred at the start of printing and was "corrected, or occurred in later runs and was noticed and corrected, orwas just a temporary recurring defect.

But like many of the contributors to the never ending variation thread, I collect recurring print variants whether the hobby recognizes them as variations currently or not. So, I had to have one