1970, 1972 & 1976 Topps Stickers - Expanding the Knowledge Base

[toppcat]

Just to let you all know, I have posted again on the 1970 Topps Stickers on the Topps Archives blog and speculate that one sticker (Padres Rookies) should exist even though it is not known right now. Not really news since John Moran posited the likelihood above that 28 full stickers may exist and I have identified 27 of them (plus eight possible partials, three known) in writing and researching my post and Bob Fisk also had a lot of input on this, so I merely tried to tie all of this together and get some lists going with each type of sticker or potential sticker.

I am convinced the Padres Rookies sticker exists but where is it?

Here is the link if you are interested in the details:

http://toppsarchives.blogspot.com/20...-half-not.html

[ALR-bishop]

Great input Dave. ...despite Bob's help

When I was collecting test issues 20-25 years ago, I had only one 1970 cloth sticker, AL Playoff Game 2 (Boog Powell), in ex-mt condition; I also had both 1976 cloth stickers (don't recall which type), however mine had the card front images reversed ("REYD YFFUD") and they were slightly oversized with extra-wide borders on one side.

I recall first seeing the 1972 cloth sheet(s) in Willow Grove around 1984/85 and buying a few of those commons after a sheet or two was cut up, and I recall quite a bit of arguing among dealers and collectors as to whether those sheets (and the discs sheets which also surfaced around that time) should be cut...