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Originally Posted by DeweyintheHall
I know this isn't really the place for such an inquiry, so if anyone can direct me to an appropriate site or message me privately, it would be appreciated. The more I've looked into the 1973 set, the murkier Topps' distribution becomes - it seems that in some areas of the country cards were issued by series and then all together late in the season, and that in others all cards were available at once from the get-go. Also confusing is the distribution of the blue checklists - some collectors report acquiring large numbers of high-numbers from packs and never seeing any, and others recall them being available as a sheet of uncut cards from Topps. Any information that would help clarify all of this would be greatly appreciated.
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1973 was issued in series in some parts of the country and all at once in others (it was released all at once where I was). Think of it like a test issue (we never saw Topps minis in '75, where I was, nor any of the other test products as I recall). Saying
"all together late in the season" is a bit of a red herring as later series always (anywhere I ever was) included cards from the earlier series mixed in. The checklists are another matter. I
know they were issued as a mail-in (and I believe that
was an uncut sheet). I do not recall seeing any in packs. My guess would be that they were only in packs where the cards were issued in series. As the later series approached, they probably discovered that they had tons of them because few had mailed in for them. Just a guess on that point (makes sense). For future reference, I believe card inquiries and exhibitions should be in the "General Baseball Image Discussion" thread, which was set up as a catch-all for topics not directly related to historic images and the OOTP game (necrology, etc.).