Rare 1956 Topps Uncut “Sheet” with Mantle and Mays

[toppcat]

Is the middle of the gutter bisected by a line?

[raulus]

Originally Posted by toppcat

Is the middle of the gutter bisected by a line?

If the gutter is the spot about 40% down on the piece where there is a bit of a double wide border between the cards, then the answer is yes, although it’s very thin.

Here are a couple of closer up pictures of that section.

[e6phillips]

I have no idea about the issue of authenticity, but the layout is consistent with the miscuts from the second series that I've been collecting over the past few years (I've seen no other picture of a second series sheet).

Cool item!

[Cliff Bowman]

Here are flipped pics of the reversed sheet.

[Cliff Bowman]

The 1956 Topps 2nd Series is #101 - #180 which is 80 different cards. This blanket has two identical Slits with ten rows each, although the first Slit is missing the top row. The question is, was this Series printed up with only 8 cards in each row or does each row have 11 cards and the last 3 cards on each row are double prints? I don't think I have ever seen a sheet printed like that.

[Cliff Bowman]

Kevin (Kevvyg1026) told me that the Slits must have 11 cards on each row so apparently the Slits must go like this 1956 3rd Series sheet, the last 3 cards in each row are double prints, so now the question is which 3 columns are repeated and do both Slits have the same exact 30 cards as double prints or does each Slit have 30 different cards double printed?

[Kevvyg1026]

My impression is that the 1956 cards were oversized and that the slits had 110 cards (10 x 11) each. there is one complete series 1 slit which bears this out.

I have seen a slit for the 3rd series and the 4th series. Both series were 80 unique cards, with 110 card slits, and had a pattern of 10 rows by 11 columns (in a horizontal layout). Columns 2, 3, 4 were repeated at the right side

56 Topps 4th Series Sheet Front.jpg

56 Topps 3rd Series Sheet Front.jpg

1956_sheet_series_1_full.jpg

[bnorth]

Eddie Mathews

If someone can explain the white on the blanket and Eddie having a blue shirt I am all ears.

[Cliff Bowman]

After doing a quantities seach on eBay it is obvious that columns 1-3 were double printed on the right end of one Slit and columns 5-7 were double printed on the right end of the other Slit. I'm sure this was done purposely because Mays, Killebrew, Hodges, Berra, and Mathews are in columns 1-3 and Mantle, Campanella, and Ashburn are in columns 5-7. I don't have the complete layout of the sheet yet but I do know the 10 cards in the Short Print 4th column are Roselii, Dodgers Team, Carroll, Torre, Kaiser, Owens, Nationals Team. Pepper, Brady, and Pirates Team. Just to give an example of the disparity of the DP's vs the SP's the first three cards in one row of current eBay quantities are Leroy Powell 303 cards, Gene Woodling 228 cards, Dick Brodowski 324 cards, Jim Brady 73 cards. Brady is in the Short Print column 4. The 10 cards in the Short Print column 8 are yet to be determined.