1969 Topps Baseball Rack Packs- Are they legitimate?

[Mitochondria]

The other 2nd series pack the Gibson 2nd series checklist with Pete Ward (back card) on the very next row; Tommy Davis with Game 4 of the World Series (back card) and then Jim Perry with Gerry Arrigo (Back card).

Which direction would the collation run, horizontal or vertical?

[Mitochondria]

The 1st series pack with Matty Alou on the front (2nd slot) and Paul Popvich (on the back). Is there any chance that the collation of the cards in the middle could possibly contain a Hank Aaron and Bob Clemente based on where they are positioned on the sheet? This is really outside the scope of my experience/expertise.

[Kevvyg1026]

Both series 1 & series 2 from 1969 were printed with 110 cards. Series 1 had 1-109, with check 1 in two different rows. Series 2 had 110-218, with check 2 printed again.

For series with 110 cards, Topps would have used a print pattern of 4 rows printed 3x each and six rows printed 2x each across the sheet, which was split into two slits of 132 cards. Only one slit of each series is shown.

If the 2nd slit is examined, you can see that for series 2, the rows with Yaz, Nossek, Gibson, & Reichardt as the leading cards were the rows printed 3x each, with the remaining six rows printed 2x each.

I haven't seen the 2nd slit from series 1, so I only know that the Lonborg & Krause rows were printed 3x, but I don't know which of the other two rows were printed 3x.

[Mitochondria]

Originally Posted by Kevvyg1026

Both series 1 & series 2 from 1969 were printed with 110 cards. Series 1 had 1-109, with check 1 in two different rows. Series 2 had 110-218, with check 2 printed again.

For series with 110 cards, Topps would have used a print pattern of 4 rows printed 3x each and six rows printed 2x each across the sheet, which was split into two slits of 132 cards. Only one slit of each series is shown.

If the 2nd slit is examined, you can see that for series 2, the rows with Yaz, Nossek, Gibson, & Reichardt as the leading cards were the rows printed 3x each, with the remaining six rows printed 2x each.

I haven't seen the 2nd slit from series 1, so I only know that the Lonborg & Krause rows were printed 3x, but I don't know which of the other two rows were printed 3x.

Thank you Kevvyg1026. This is helpful. This is consistent with what Bob Cacamese explained to me in the past. Each series in the Topps 1969 set was printed in 2 sheets and I am only showing one sheet (slit) for each series. I'll try to search for other sheets (for the 1st and 2nd series) to see if I can make sense of the collation. Not sure if I'll be able to predict which cards are sandwiched between the front and back cards in each slot, but I'll explore.

[Kevvyg1026]

Here is other slit from series 2.

69_series_2R.jpg

And this info suggests that the Salmon row may be one of the four rows printed 3x in the series 1, (already know that Lonborg & Krause rows were 2 of the 4.).

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1k5xwFdklOb9qZVL0tslIrmZTTv-F3c6v/view?usp=sharing[/IMG]

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NuGTYu2ZAqtZNSBLN0M0HslBcmpIxIX9/view?usp=sharing[/IMG]

[DBesse27]

Sent you a PM yesterday. Thanks.

[Mitochondria]

Thank you for the 2nd series slit image. I sent a request to see image in google drive. I've responded to all PMs. These rack packs are part of my collection and not for sale for now. Thank you.