Rare 1956 Topps Uncut “Sheet” with Mantle and Mays

[cornhusker]

Originally Posted by bnorth

Eddie Mathews

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

I suspect that printing blankets are usually pale blue, the card stock usually white, and the color white often not used. To achieve white, one would allow the white stock to show thu. Even with Grey backs there was probably a white layer added to the print side of the cardboard prior to image printing.
It would be cool if there were some sort of vintage topps mfg video showing the process. Maybe they have some laying around in the vault

[steve B]

The printing blankets on our presses were green.

White is generally not used except if you want a consistent background or to brighten the colors.

50's Topps I think are layered, with a layer of white stock glued to the very rough cardstock. This was done for years. I'm not sure if it was done before or after printing, since I have some 60's "proofs" on nice paper stock.
Of course, Topps being Topps the 68-70 cards often come with an actual white layer on the back.

The M Eddies cap looks very different as well.

[toppcat]

Originally Posted by steve B

The printing blankets on our presses were green.

White is generally not used except if you want a consistent background or to brighten the colors.

50's Topps I think are layered, with a layer of white stock glued to the very rough cardstock. This was done for years. I'm not sure if it was done before or after printing, since I have some 60's "proofs" on nice paper stock.
Of course, Topps being Topps the 68-70 cards often come with an actual white layer on the back.

Topps would run paper proofs for some reason. There are 57's and 67's that I am aware of and suspect other years are still extant. The 57's are printed on both sides and my 1967 block of four has a plain white back.

[ALR-bishop]

I have one of the 57 paper proofs, Johnny Groth. Lemke pictured it on his blog years ago and reported that an ad by Richard German in The Trader Speaks that offered 32 of them for $6 dollars each in September 1979. Whether legit or not I don’t know. I have a copy of Lemke’s blog if anyone wants to see it

Fascinated by this sheet, Nicolo

[raulus]

Originally Posted by ALR-bishop

Fascinated by this sheet, Nicolo

Thanks, Al.

Still not entirely sure how to display it!

Maybe one of these days I'll figure it out. It's just so big and heavy...