1953 Topps - Checklisting the 'Pedantic Master Set'

[G1911]

Thank you gentlemen, I did not know about these RPD's! More to go chase down.

And thank you for clarifying the black/white, I should have drawn them out in the OP. I have always considered 10, 44,61,72 and 81 to be part of series 2, and the missing cards in the series 2 number range to be part of series 3 that they were in fact issued with. Still wonder if this was due to last-minute contract issues or Topps pulling the oldest issue in the book and intentionally shorting series to make kids keep looking for non-existent cards.

[G1911]

Okay, there are a ton of different small Sandlock variations. Going shopping for the defect, red stripe in lower left, there's a lot more.

The card was evidently printed next to a red card on the left and a red card beneath it (not a black box, as most of the sheets must have done). There can also be a small black stripe extending a little bit outside of the black box in the lower left border.

That's 4 points of differentiation, that exist in many combos. A) the white defect in upper left, B) the red line from being off-center in lower left, C) the red line at bottom from being off-center, and D) the black line in lower left extending upwards from name box

Attached are scans of cards with the upper left defect. First has the red stripe at bottom left, second has the red stripe at bottom left AND on the bottom.

[G1911]

Here's red stripe in both places, Plus a fifth differentiation I just noticed, a red line in the top white border of the card that is not from an adjacent card

EDIT: I think all the white border upper left defect cards may have the red line in top border.

[G1911]

Here's a no defect, no red anywhere card that shows the black line I am talking about. Note the lower left, with a black line extending into the white border from the name box. I haven't seen this yet on a card with the white border defect in upper left; seems fairly common on no-upper-left-border-defect cards.

[G1911]

This one has the black line extending, and the red from the adjacent card in the left.

The second one shown is a no defect with the red bottom

EDIT: And just noticed a SIXTH differentiation point. Sandlock has a small blue dot above the "E" on his jersey in card on right, but not on card left. Dot is recurring and common.

Looks like ALL the cards have a small defect with a Greenish/whitish couple of pixels below his right calf.

There looks like a dozen+ total combinations of all these defects.

EDIT AGAIN: This also shows a 7th recurring defect; note the line in the right border. This is recurring as well but not always present. It isn't related to an off-center or miscut.

[brewing]

The Art Schult can be found with a broken border around the Yankees logo circle. I've casually tracked for a few years on ebay. The solid border is slightly rarer.