1961 Topps SP Research

[jmoran19]

Well it's a big day in the 1960's uncut world.

With the sheet below I can confirm the 1961 5th series SP's (add Bob Taylor to the list as mentioned a few times above). The 5th series CL is also in that row but most likely printed with the 4th series too as Kevin mentioned.

In 25 years of collecting photos of uncut sheets this is the first time I personally have visual evidence of a 77 card series printed outside the 4 rows printed 3 times/3 rows printed 4 times model.

For the record the rows with Hank Aaron and Ken Boyer are the printed 3 times rows. Everything else is printed 4 times across the two half sheets.

John

[toppcat]

Looks like the same setup as the known 1967 high number slit:

A
B
C
D
E
A
F
G
B
C
D
E

[Kevvyg1026]

That slit which J Moran posted is of the format you describe (A, B, C, D, E, A, F, G, B, C, D, E) but the other slit is B, C, D, E, A, F, G, B, C, D, E, G.

So, rows A & G are printed 3x, rows B, C, D, E are printed 4x, and row F is only printed 2x.

[Kevvyg1026]

The SPs are in the Barker row (Barker, Neal, Mathewson, Cline, Mazeroski, Marichal, Skowron, Taylor, Larsen, & Maloney). The checklist, which appears in the same row, was also printed in series 4, so it might not be considered a SP. However, it appears as if the checklist printed in series 5 is the one with Topps in yellow and the ad for MVP cards, so that variation is definitely printed in smaller quantities than the checklist with Topps in black.