1971 Topps 5th Series Double Prints?

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Posted By: John Moran

ah, 1971 topps, my favorite subject. I think I can help out here. IMO 12 cards are double printed in the 5th series (the 5th series CL was printed on the 4th series sheet so it's a dp too). They include Willie Mays, Tony Perez, Willie Davis and Norm Cash.



As you mentioned, a true uncut sheet is 264 cards. Here is the left half of the series 5 sheet, 66 different cards printed twice:







Here is a partial sheet of the right half before the black ink was applied, it's the only one I've ever seen:







I also have a copy of the OPC 5th series sheet.







Excluding the expos that were moved up into the earlier series, the cards were printed in the same row/column as the Topps version. The bottom 6 rows on the OPC sheet match the middle 6 rows on the left half of the Topps sheet (first picture), therefore the top 6 rows in theory would match up to the Topps right half. As you can see, this would make the row with Perez and Willie Mays the dp's.

John

P.S. I made a mockup of the partial sheet, LMK is you want me to post it as well.