Show...me...your print variations!

[Flange]

I have a 1960 Willie Mays with a Dick Ricketts back. Will post picture later.

[swarmee]

Card 103 in the 1967 set, the Mickey Mantle checklist has two standard variations. 170 is D. McAuliffe or D| McAuliffe (where the period is a streak), which PSA lists as the "D McAuliffe" variant.

Here's one PSA graded as an 8 (so should not have any surface damage) that has neither the period or the streak. Is this a valid third recurring print variation, or just a one-off?

If so, I guess PSA would label it "No period or streak" if they were to verify it again. I think the grader didn't even realize the period was supposed to be a streak on this card, because the variation type is inaccurate/vague in PSA's database.

[Cliff Bowman]

Originally Posted by Flange

I have a 1960 Willie Mays with a Dick Ricketts back. Will post picture later.

They are in the same Series, I am guessing the Ricketts back is upside down and off center. That would mean the back of the sheet was printed upside down from the front.

[Sliphorn]

This is not inline with this thread, but I wonder about this and hope someone can answer it.

In the beginning days of the AFL, Fleer issued 132 cards of AFL players only in the inaugural year of 1960. They issued 88 cards in 1962 and 1963 before ending their contributions. In 1961 BOTH Topps and Fleer put out cards with the first 2/3 of the sets being NFL and the last 1/3 being AFL players. Why did this happen and why did they stop doing it the next year? I know Fleer had 220 cards and think Topps had about the same more-than-normal amount of cards as well. Were there legalities involved? I know in 1959 Fleer only issued th eTed Williams set and then in 1960 and 1961 issued stars from the past, to avoid issues with Topps, I assume. IN 1963 they did issue 66 current players but put cookies in the wrappers instead of gum.

Inquiring minds want to know. Thanks.

[swarmee]

Originally Posted by Sliphorn

This is not inline with this thread, but I wonder about this and hope someone can answer it.

Post it in the football section. No reason to waste space in this thread.

[wpeters]

Here are some various miscuts from a recent purchase. The 1971 checklist is my favorite.

[ALR-bishop]

Originally Posted by swarmee

Post it in the football section. No reason to waste space in this thread.

Just want to say that Tom, like John, has over the years made a lot of great contributions to this baseball thread.... and to this important variations effort that includes baseball, football and basketball

http://baseballcardvariationsguidebo...wordpress.com/

[swarmee]

Maybe I was too brusque, but I figured the right person to answer wouldn't really be reading the back end of this thread, or whoever may try to find the answer in the future would be looking in the proper section.

And a recurring variation (bottom right corners has missing border and green squares):

1953 Bowman Color - [Base] #25 - Hoot Evers
Courtesy of COMC.com

[Sliphorn]

Notice the issues with these. I am assuming thesis OK to post since it is baseball (?).