1969 Topps Information/Images Needed

[jmoran19]

Will see if I have other sheets this weekend. Lots of info on the blue cellos here

http://www.thetoppsarchives.com/sear...pps%20Baseball

Johny

[deweyinthehall]

Good information all around.

Some questions:

So, for the blue cellos we have boxes showing the rub offs and the deckles, but not plain so far? For the wrappers, we have plain but no deckles or rub offs, so far? And we have a wrapper with a magnet set advertised, but nothing else - so far?

On the box shown to be a regular cello box (the red one with the 1967 date) - the article states it has a 401 prefix, and it appears like it might - but why would it if wax (at least some wax) had 401, and we know the blue cellos had 301, etc.? Wouldn't - shouldn't? - the cello box carry a different prefix?

The plain cellos held 10 cards, but no gum, yes?

As to the grocery packs - the article says it has a code of 1-401-30-01-8, which you can barely make out on the cardboard tray, but the plastic over wrap clearly shows a code of 0-491-53-01-7. So while the tray appears to be a relic from 1968, the plastic comes from 1967? It might make more sense given, again, that some of the basic wax packs had a 401 prefix and in all other years I'm aware of the grocery packs carried a different prefix than basic wax.

I know the Keeper O' The Archives is around here somewhere...

[jmoran19]

Some of My 69 packs

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