1966 Topps 6th Series/Semi-Hi's

[deweyinthehall]

I had never seen any pop counts on cards from the 6th series, so I did a quick eBay count and this is what I came up with:

Edwards 41
Skinner 49
McDowell 52
Coleman 55
Wood 57
Blefary 58
Bunker 61
Fox 62
Howard 62
Cardenal 63
A's T. 64
Bearnarth 65
Bressoud 65
Richardson 67
Checklist 7 69
Moeller 72
Cubs R. 72
Bailey 72
Covington 72
Giants R. 74
Carreon 77
Roznovzky 78
Phillies T. 81
Buford 81
Friend 81
Oliva 84
Schofield 84
Woodeshick 85
Podres 91
Jimenez 96
Braves R. 96
Red Sox R. 98
Hargan 98
Yankees R. 103
Ellsworth 109
McDaniel 113
Hatton 117
Gibbon 119
Face 119
K. Johnson119
Bragan 119
John 119
Banks 119
Hamilton 119
Lolich 123
Nuxhall 125
Cannizzaro127
Wyatt 127
Kline 128
Stuart 129
Pirates R. 133
Lee 137
Gonzalez 138
Latman 144
Rodgers 153
Wynn 176
Simmons 180
Aaron 182
Radatz 183
Ferrara 192
McAuliffe 210
Green 210
Buchek 211
Rollins 212
Barber 222
Linz 222
Klippstein 228
Checklist 6 232
Stanky 240
McCool 242
Azcue 245
Wilhelm 250
Belinksy 257
Bennett 259
O'Donoghue 277
Stigman 302
Hannan 356

Of the leading cards in each row, Aaron, Nuxhall and Gonzalez seem to clearly be the 4x rows, with Fox, Moeller, Skinner and Cubs Rookies being the 3x rows.

Not that any of this helps move us along at this point.

In my 1966 Topps set post, you mentioned possibly having the slit layout for the unknown 5th series slit? I agree that Reed and the Angels Rookies are definitely 2 of the 3 4x rows, but my quick eBay count suggests either Jones or Bunning, not Monbo, as the other 4x.

[deweyinthehall]

This popped up again - can someone remind me why we think the card above Johnson here is Bennett as opposed to Lenny Green? Taking a look at the orange fields on the backs of both Bennett and Green makes me think Green might be the better candidate.

[Cliff Bowman]

Originally Posted by deweyinthehall

This popped up again - can someone remind me why we think the card above Johnson here is Bennett as opposed to Lenny Green? Taking a look at the orange fields on the backs of both Bennett and Green makes me think Green might be the better candidate.

I am positive that is Bennett because there are two unique flaws on the cartoon border line that match perfectly with the K Johnson miscut and a Bennett card. There is a problem with that column though. Each 1966 6th Series column must have three 4x cards and four 3x cards. Right now that column has three 4x cards, K Johnson, Bennett, O’Donoghue, and one 3x card, Jimenez. There is a miscut O’Donoghue that shows a Twin/Red above him and the only currently available 3x Twin/Red is Rollins. The problem is Rollins brings along Radatz because there is a miscut showing Rollins under Radatz, and Radatz is a 4x. There is a flaw somewhere. I also find it odd that O’Donoghue is the only card we have found that appears to have two different cards above or below it.

[Cliff Bowman]

After taking a quick look at eBay quantities I was surprised to see that Ken Johnson is well into 3x numbers, so a current column of

D Bennett
O'Donoghue
K Johnson
Jimenez
Rollins
Radatz

is plausible. I don't know why I had it in my mind that Ken Johnson is locked in as a 4x, and the current eBay quantities of Rollins and Radatz are both in the range where they could be 3x or 4x. Bennett and O'Donoghue are the only two guaranteed 4x cards in that column.

[deweyinthehall]

Saw this today on eBay - we know Aaron is in the left side column with Fox, Moeller, Nuxhall, Cubs Rookies, Gonzalez and Skinner. And, we know that on at least one of the slits, Aaron appears over Moeller.

What card is beneath Aaron here?

The color seems to be purple, but Aaron is the only purple card in the column. The back suggests either Moeller or Skinner I think based upon what appears to be the top corner of the orange section on the adjacent card.

Obviously, the card beneath Aaron here is having issues with the color.

Any thoughts?

[deweyinthehall]

Moeller over the Cubs Rookies

[deweyinthehall]

Belinsky over Stigman?

From the front, it looks clearly like Stigman, but on the back the orange section of the adjacent card extends slightly lower than Belinsky's, which Stigman's seems not to.

Thoughts?