1966 Topps High's - Any uncut sheets or partial sheets known?

[toppcat]

Sorry, moved it, not sure what happened. See new thread!

[bb66]

Thanks again to Cliff,Kevvy,BillP,G1911,jmoran,stlcardsfan,toppcat ,and other contributors.Great job.

[G1911]

Oh so very close....

[BillP]

Guys, I'm a bit behind on the half sheet part of the discussion. Supposedly there is a 132 card sheet of which I've been working on the 1st card in the row sequence and come up with 11 of those rows ( I believe), not sure on the 12th. Why again does there have to be another sheet or half sheet?

[toppcat]

Originally Posted by BillP

Guys, I'm a bit behind on the half sheet part of the discussion. Supposedly there is a 132 card sheet of which I've been working on the 1st card in the row sequence and come up with 11 of those rows ( I believe), not sure on the 12th. Why again does there have to be another sheet or half sheet?

Topps printed two half sheets for each sheet in each series from 1952 until god knows when, Slit A and Slit B, even if the half sheets matched. Most standard size cards were done this way, including other sports and some if not all Non-Sports. 100 card slit from 1952-54, 110 from 1955-56 then 132 from 1957 on. After series-by-series distribution ended in 1973-74, the * and ** sheets still indicate there are two half sheets per "setup".

[BillP]

Originally Posted by toppcat

Topps printed two half sheets for each sheet in each series from 1952 until god knows when, Slit A and Slit B, even if the half sheets matched. Most standard size cards were done this way, including other sports and some if not all Non-Sports. 100 card slit from 1952-54, 110 from 1955-56 then 132 from 1957 on. After series-by-series distribution ended in 1973-74, the * and ** sheets still indicate there are two half sheets per "setup".

thx, so each sheet is 6 rows by 11 columns. Interesting. No I have to revisit the miscuts to see who is on top of who for the half sheet sequencing.

[Kevvyg1026]

No. Each half sheet has 12 rows x 11 columns 132 cards on each half sheet. 264 total

[stlcardsfan]

I was looking at that Howser yesterday on EBay. (As an aside, I tried and failed miserably to post it here. I need to watch you guys for 5 minutes to see how you do it so easily. But I digress). Anyway, It is really hard to tell what is going on with that Howser, but it almost looks like it could be the 575 Jackson below it. Which we determined is definitely under the Perry card. Maybe a different half sheet?

[G1911]

Originally Posted by BillP

Guys, I'm a bit behind on the half sheet part of the discussion. Supposedly there is a 132 card sheet of which I've been working on the 1st card in the row sequence and come up with 11 of those rows ( I believe), not sure on the 12th. Why again does there have to be another sheet or half sheet?

All the Topps sheets of this era were 264 cards. In the middle of a 264 sheet, there was a white gap; the first thing done after printing was to cut the sheet into two halves for easier handling (at least, I presume this was why, and why most uncut sheets surviving are really half sheets). Each of these half sheets would have 12 rows of 11 cards per row, 132 per half. In some years, we know that the two half sheets that made up one fully printed sheet did not have the same rows in the same places; usually done to balance things out and prevent or limit SP cards, presumably. At this point, I don't think we really have the evidence to say whether both halves were the same or different for 1966, just yet. So, there definitely were 2 half sheets, but it's possible they do directly mirror each other and are the same. More top/bottom miscuts should help us eventually solve this part of the puzzle, if we can keep turning them up.

This has become a great thread gentlemen, thank you all for crowdsourcing this and combining everything together


EDIT: Writing while Toppcat was replying too; what he said!

[Kevvyg1026]

Howser is in column 3 and therefore must touch (be above) one of the following:584, 559, 547, 560, 575, or 545