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[swarmee]

1963 Topps - [Base] #550 - High # - Duke Snider [BVG 6.5 EX‑MT+]
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Recurring yellow streak in the inset photo, probably caused by the blue not getting there.

[ALR-bishop]

That 63 Snider is fairly scarce

[G1911]

1964 Topps Gene Stephens #308 can occasionally be found with a wide streak of green over his face.

[G1911]

1959 Topps #431 Whammy Douglas.

Both the yellow splotching and the black dotted lines in the bottom white border are recurring.

Whammy lost an eye as a child, but still made it to the major leagues. He only played int he majors in 1957 with the Pirates, never appearing in a game with the depicted team on his 1959 card.

[ALR-bishop]

One of the greatest names ever

[Tedwilliams1918]

“Dot head”

[Tedwilliams1918]

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[G1911]

Originally Posted by G1911

1959 Topps #431 Whammy Douglas.

Both the yellow splotching and the black dotted lines in the bottom white border are recurring.

Whammy lost an eye as a child, but still made it to the major leagues. He only played int he majors in 1957 with the Pirates, never appearing in a game with the depicted team on his 1959 card.

Updating Whammy. I think there's a lot of different variations. Here are the 3 points of variance

1) The bottom left corner can be complete, be rounded and missing a small piece, or have two small squiggly lines extending for it

2) Black lines come with the light black dashing extending down at an angle like on the top card, be straight and dark, or not exist at all.

3) The yellow block can be present or not present.

There seem to be multiple combinations of these facts, not just the 3 I have.

[Elberson]

1965 topps high 532 hector lopez can be found with or without a yellow line at the bottom

[swarmee]

1966 O-Pee-Chee - [Base] #183 - Checklist [Poor to Fair]
Courtesy of COMC.com

Print bleed on top and bottom, obscuring the card number, since the ball should have white coloring inside.


1966 O-Pee-Chee - [Base] #183 - Checklist [POOR]
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[Kevvyg1026]

Originally Posted by Elberson

1965 topps high 532 hector lopez can be found with or without a yellow line at the bottom

I believe that line was a demarcation mark used by Topps to meld the 4x print rows with the 3x print rows. I have seen Sparma, Downing, and Mets team with the yellow line at top. These cards are in the row below the Lopez row. In addition, I have seen Gaines with the yellow line at bottom.