1961 Topps Partial Sheet & A Question

[Griffins]

Dave, I think he said "the truth is out there"


had this been a botched Seinfeld quote there would be 12 responses already!

[toppcat]

Originally Posted by Griffins

Dave, I think he said "the truth is out there"


had this been a botched Seinfeld quote there would be 12 responses already!

truth, schmuth-I want answers!

Murphy does not break the ads down by series but Prince has series 1 with the ruboffs and series' 1/2/3 with Extra Stamps. Bizarre. The Ruboffs seem to be lesser in number than the stamps, although by how much I am not sure. They were selling stamp albums too so a longer sales period for packs with stamps seems likely. Maybe they issued the ruboffs in part, then the stamps, then pulled back kids for more ruboffs? Not sure I have seen a uncut strip of Ruboffs so hard to say.

Extra Feature would make sense as being the latter packs as they could use whichever inserts they had too many of.

I tell you, a really good unopened pack guide with updated information would be great. Not one I plan to write but would definitely purchase.

[MisterBungle]

Thanks Al, for the welcome, and Thanks Dave for all the great
information. What you say does make sense. I too have
noticed that there seem to be more stamps out there than
rub-offs, but maybe some of that has to do with the stamps
originally coming two to a pack in a connected panel and many
have been separated since, where as the rub-offs only came one
to a pack.

Although the rub-offs are perfed, I too have never seen two
or more connected.

Yeah, Topps offered a stamp album to stick all those stamps
into. Back in the day, before the internet where everything
is available, I had a time finding one that didn't have stamps
stuck on every page. This one is empty of stamps, but does
have some kid's name faintly written on the front.



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[MisterBungle]

Oh great!! As if this wasn't complicated enough,
I just found a fourth major variety of the '61
Topps nickel wax pack wrapper.

This one has "Biggest Stars! Biggest Series!"
on the front. So now I wonder where this one
fits into the timeline of production.

Here is a picture on an eBay auction...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1961-Topps-B...item3a73bb472c

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