Resource For Post War Variations Collectors

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Originally Posted by Rufmeister

Hi, glad you like the site, thank you!

I am not sure if I can list my email address on this site but if you go to the website, you will find it there along with answers to your other questions about earlier cards. We are looking for someone to create an earlier volume than this one.
Mike

Very cool site, nice gathering of variations. Found some more here to go chase I didn't have on my own lists! Thank you to all of those who share the ones they know

Here's some more to add, or to note for N54'ers, starting with 1955 Topps:

1) Like Jackie Robinson, #80 Bob Grim can be found with the same logo cropping difference. True variation, but not sure I've ever seen this one mentioned anywhere before. The "correct" logo, not cut off at the top/left side is the easier.

2) #56 Ray Jablonski, stray blue splotch. Recurring print defect, but pretty much the same as the Wally Moon stray dot, who is listed. This has been mentioned by other collectors, I know

3) #20 Andy Carey - the black circle outlining the Yankees team logo on front can be found with or without a gap at top. There seem to be multiple intermediate variations with a very thin black line connecting the rest of the thicker circle that gets progressively more complete. Pretty sure this one has not been posted about anywhere before.

4) #174 Rudy Minarcin can be found missing the bottom right corner (with the card horizontal), of the black name and team box at bottom. This one has been posted about before online.

5) Cards 1-110 appear to have two backs, a bright white and a darker cream. due to toning, it can be hard to tell on some cards, but is often blatantly obvious with 2 cards in hand, if not with scans that adjust color a bit. I never see this noted, but it seems to me this is a major clue in ID'ing the series #'s as well as a variation. I have not confirmed all cards 1-110 exist in both ways, but it sure appears to be the case. EDIT: Cards 111-210 are cream backs only. White backs are the scarcer of the two, 1-110. The cream backs vary in tone somewhat, but don't appear to be a distinctly different stock, they just tone easily. The white backs are, just like the 56 white/gray backs, often discernible simply by feeling the back of the card, it's a smoother and less rough texture. This and the vibrant difference in hand have me convinced it's a significantly different stock.

6?) Curt Roberts is one of the recurring 'misaligned green ink on back' cards, in addition to the Carey and Robertson noted on your site. I would think this affects all cards on a sheet, but it sure seems a handful of cards are the recurring ones, and not the whole set, from what I have seen.

I can post pics of any/all of the above, but none are too rare I think and compressing for the low quality this site requires is kind of a pain