Some pretty cool new(?) 1963 Topps Printing Error/Variations

[Kevvyg1026]

After reading the article by Mr. Vrechek regarding the new 1963 series 5 variations, I looked for any uncut or miscut material for these cards. What I found suggests that the Series 5 printing looked like the following:

Slit A:
R/G
R/B U/D
R/Y
R/G U/D
Y/R
Y/R UD
G/O
G/Y U/D
R/G
R/B U/D
R/Y
R/G U/D

Slit B
Y/R
Y/R UD
G/O
G/Y U/D
R/G
R/B U/D
R/Y
R/G U/D
Y/R
Y/R UD
G/O
G/Y U/D

The one stripe version of the McBean card, along with the other variations associated with that, would be in the upside-down red border, green inset rows.

Based on this print configuration, the R/B, R/Y, Y/R (& Y/R upside down), G/Y, and G/O would all be printed 3x each across the sheet so 66 cards 3x each (198 cards), while the R/G would be printed 6x each (3 right side up, and 3 upside down). The variations would occur in equal numbers. So, no SPs exists in the series 5 printing.

[Kevvyg1026]

As mentioned in an earlier post, the layout (color-wise) for 1963 series 5 has been determined. Although there are 77 cards in the series, which normally would produce some SPs, for this series, what was found was that the Red border, green inset cards were DPs. However, these R-G card were the ones with variations (see Vrechek article). So, there are 88 unique cards in the series (11 RG normal, 11 RG variation, 22 YR, 11 RB, 11 RY, 11 GO, & 11 GY). Each row of these cards was printed 3 times across the 2 slits.

Fortunately, there are some uncut 6, 8, and 9 card panels from this series that occasionally pop up for sale. In addition, there are a few miscuts that have also been made available. With the significant help of Cliff Bowman, the following slit patterns for this series were deduced.

The slit patterns and card locations are as shown in the attachment.

1963_series_5_layout.jpg