1971 Topps Football - anyone else collecting this set?

[familytoad]

Red Flag to me.
I tend to think this is a wrap job.
Although they were the first cards that I ever collected seriously, I’ve never seen them mixed series.

OK, I probably have more of these cards now that any sane person (32 full sets and 47 partial sets, plus thousands more dupes) and while I did buy a lot of them as a 9 year old, truth is we only had a couple stores that sold them. In my hometown I never saw any 1971 cello boxes at all. But I do recall being able to buy the 1970 cards a year later than they were issued. So the shopkeeper was likely just selling old stock, but I remember the cello boxes of 1970 being in the store at the same time we all were buying wax packs of 1971. Cards were 10 cents for a wax pack and often that was all the money a young boy could scrape up.

I never saw a 1971 cello but that does not mean much. I do remember when it finally occurred to us that some wax packs had different cards in them after weeks/ months of getting doubles. We weren’t smart enough to realize that Topps sold their cards in series. But the next spring/summer we all figured it out while collecting the baseball cards. We almost stopped buying because we kept getting the same cards…until a fresh box would come out and it was terrific fun to see new players!!
That was my first foray into collecting and here I am 50+ years later still doing it!

[wpeters]

I didn't notice the different series when I bought it. It was only $20 from a flea market vendor and if it is a re-wrap it was done a while ago because the cellophane seems old.

[jmoran19]

2nd series wax packs can be found with first series cards mixed in.

Can u post a side view pic? Cello should have 23 cards with a slab of gum

John

[wpeters]

Here are pictures of the four sides.

[jmoran19]

I’m thinking it’s a legit pack. As mentioned 2nd series wax packs can be found with series 1 cards mixed in. The edges look consistent on all cards and the gum is in the correct place.

This 1971 2nd series cello pack was totally legit and had some first series cards mixed into the middle 8 card section. John

https://youtu.be/dGEYndjmpFQ

[G1911]

Got another wild miscut in a box of 70's commons. Hopefully it's from a really badly cut sheet in 1971 and not one of the ones made by jackasses in recent years from uncut sheets.