1972 Topps question

[toppcat]

I am quite skeptical given his card #465 puts him in the fourth series.

From what know of it, roughly one series was issued every 4-5 weeks back then, with series 1 shipping in Feb.

I vividly remember as a young Mets fan Hodges dying and then finally being able to get a card of him a couple of months later (from a five cent vending machine at Coronet in Westbury!). I was never able to get first series cards on Long Island until spring training started so my guesstimate is you would not have seen a Hodges card before mid-May if not mid-June and we all knew his card wasn't out in early April (d.o.d. April 2) back then. If someone can find a 4th series proof sheet or remnant, it might have a date stamp on it that would solve this for sure.

By 1987 cards were being released in December or early January, with series-by-series release long a thing of the past by then.

[ALR-bishop]

Drew---good luck on your project and congratulations on your progress so far

[bb66]

Fantastic work on that 1972 set. Good luck .

[rats60]

We didn't even have 1st series cards in California when Hodges died. I don't see any way that the 4th series was out in New York before Hodges died. 1st series and maybe 2nd, but not 4th.

[ALBB]

reminds me of another rare signed card -
1970 T rookie card of Herman Hill...and ..forgot the other player

Hill died sometime in 1970 I recall...signed card incredible rare

[Gr8Beldini]

Also, Miguel Fuentes died January, 1970 before his '70 T card came out and Paul Edmunson died February, 1970 before his '70 T card was released.

[Casey2296]

Props on an amazing project Drew, good luck on the set.