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[ALR-bishop]

As with most Fleer issues from this era, The Fleer Sticker blog is a great resource.

Great cards Darren, mine are ungraded and not nearly as nice

https://r.search.yahoo.com/_ylt=AwrE...W7TEBN9J3eeUQ-

[quitcrab]

Has anyone seen a wrapper ? Could they have been in clear cello?

[ALR-bishop]

In some years Fleer dumped older left over stuff in with new stuff but I am not aware of the extension cards showing up in packs. I have a collecting friend who used to open and inventory Fleer packs from the 60s and 70s and he never found one in a pack.

[Exhibitman]

Laughlin, SCFC, TCMA, SSPC, 1977 Jim Rowe, Broder...all such fun from the Topps monopoly era.

[Fleerfan]

Here is an ad from Laughlin that appeared in the March 15, 1979 issue of Sports Collectors Digest, and explains that the 1971-1977 cards were done for a promotion with Good Humor. The original set of 68 cards was reprinted and the additional 7 cards were created to bring the set up to date for the summer of 1978. Bob wasn't lying when he said these were a "good investment"!

http://fleersticker.blogspot.com/201...s-mystery.html

[JollyElm]

Whoops!!
I neglected to include fleerfan in the OP. His handle has now been rightly added.

[JollyElm]

Another observation that seems to support the fact these cards are pretty rare (or perhaps, more specifically, were printed in but a single run) is the consistent misalignment of the colors on most, if not all, of the seven cards.

For instance, here are a few examples that you will find, dare I say it, on all versions of the card:

1. On the 1974 card, the giant 'A' always has a ghost of a white or white/blue border around much of it due to misalignment. There is also a stray yellow splotch on one of the serif-like shapes.

2. On the 1975 card, both caps have the bleeds, as well as Yaz' left elbow blue sleeve, virtually all of the red on the Reds' player, and some other misalignments, like the lower right corner area.

3. On the 1977 card, there is extra skin on the bat near the player's hands, and the blue across the entire card is simply a misaligned mess.

I've looked at a sh_t ton of these cards on-line and I don't believe it's possible to find even one without the anomalies (although logically they are in no way actual anomalies) I just noted. To me, this says that they either rushed to print these out, leaving their QC lacking, or they just did a single print run and never went back to adjust and fix all of the problems in said run, like all printers (should) do.

[Fleerfan]

Originally Posted by JollyElm

Whoops!!
I neglected to include fleerfan in the OP. His handle has now been rightly added.

Thanks!

Congratulations on completing the 1971-1977 "update" set! Those are some beautiful cards.