Show me your print variations!

[G1911]

Hugh McElhenny comes with or without this green mark by his jersey number. The defect version is not difficult.

Topps really could have found a picture where his eyes aren't closed.

[jefferyepayne]

Lots of great print defects in this thread! Keep'em coming.

jeff

[G1911]

Walt Sweeney in the 1965 Topps set, card 173, comes with or without this partial line and full line beneath it on the bottom of his card. It does not appear to be cutting line visible from being off-center, but a stray mark or something.

[G1911]

1966 Topps Gary Cutsinger #52 comes with or without this frame gap around the team logo on back. The cream back comes both ways; I haven't seen it on a white back yet but I haven't looked hard.

[G1911]

And this one is a true variation that I believe has never been mentioned online. Galen Fiss 1963 Topps card #21 had a cut above his eye removed.

His Purple sky card can be found with the cut above his eye present, and the bruising beneath his eye more severe.

The Purple sky card was then adjusted to reduce the bruising and remove the cut above his eye.

The regular version of the card with a proper, blue sky has the cut removed and the bruising beneath reduced further.

The version with the full cut is, I think at this point, pretty difficult.

[G1911]

Hall of Famer Tommy Nobis, #151, comes with and without this red dash beneath his position. Neither is difficult.

[G1911]

Heck, he ain't looking to good...

[G1911]

Originally Posted by G1911

Hall of Famer Tommy Nobis, #151, comes with and without this red dash beneath his position. Neither is difficult.

A 1968 Topps #151 Tommy Nobis with the red dash variant, and a big red issue, all over his shoulder, and over the rights side of his face and his chin. Not sure if recurring yet, pretty much any Topps card can eventually be found with some kind of red or yellow ink 'explosion'.

[G1911]

Originally Posted by G1911

And this one is a true variation that I believe has never been mentioned online. Galen Fiss 1963 Topps card #21 had a cut above his eye removed.

His Purple sky card can be found with the cut above his eye present, and the bruising beneath his eye more severe.

The Purple sky card was then adjusted to reduce the bruising and remove the cut above his eye.

The regular version of the card with a proper, blue sky has the cut removed and the bruising beneath reduced further.

The version with the full cut is, I think at this point, pretty difficult.

So there's at least 4 versions of this card, actually. There's another purple sky version that has even more of the cutting and bruising on his face. It really doesn't appear to be stray ink when looked at under magnification.

I don't think this is a print variation so much as a true variation.

[G1911]

1968 Topps 171 Len Dawson comes with or without this black line in the right border. Even on cards off center this way, it seems to be on less than half the cards.

Dawson often comes with this flared lower right (probably a right edge card on the sheet). The copy I have in hand looks the same.