tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14554987484165869672024-03-11T09:35:56.256-07:00The Fleer Sticker ProjectWelcome to The Fleer Sticker Project. Since there is so little published information regarding the various team logo sticker sets produced by Fleer over the last 40+ years, I thought I'd post the information I've come across through my years of collecting.Fleerfanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15864097341083255908noreply@blogger.comBlogger413125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1455498748416586967.post-89705953206876371612024-02-04T10:33:00.000-08:002024-02-04T10:33:36.650-08:00Now Boarding...United Airlines NFL Ads from the 1960s<p>With the news that American Airlines and United Airlines have added Flight 1989 from Kansas City to Las Vegas for the Super Bowl to take advantage of the Taylor Swift - Travis Kelce hysteria surrounding Super Bowl LVIII, it made me think of some of the great United Airlines NFL ads I have come across:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhreo9z_Qkcl90_cRCW07Gq1zns8TP8bmM51Otw-3MbivA-MRQepT-HKqkB_4JrEoUp1od_B5Cm6FI61dqqdHd3PoWUKvwe2MCxubLQqMS39u80P9cIlRlBSrpoHUxWgITFYYAq29kG7-MixDUxrJp19zUiC-kcQwvFH01MIzdbVc6DD9hpN-YLfC4Dx_c/s998/United%20Airlines%20NFL%20Helmet%20Ad%201967.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="998" data-original-width="758" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhreo9z_Qkcl90_cRCW07Gq1zns8TP8bmM51Otw-3MbivA-MRQepT-HKqkB_4JrEoUp1od_B5Cm6FI61dqqdHd3PoWUKvwe2MCxubLQqMS39u80P9cIlRlBSrpoHUxWgITFYYAq29kG7-MixDUxrJp19zUiC-kcQwvFH01MIzdbVc6DD9hpN-YLfC4Dx_c/w243-h320/United%20Airlines%20NFL%20Helmet%20Ad%201967.jpg" width="243" /></a></div><p></p><p>Throughout the 1960's and into the 1970's, United Airlines was the official airline of most NFL teams, which they publicized through a number of ads using NFL logos and helmets.</p><p>The earliest example I have found likely dates from the early 1960s, which shows a collection of team logos on the side of a plane where they promote that they serve 13 of the 14 NFL teams:<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ8DxNJ8_emE0918NvA4Le9tw7rrd5wps3Ywg5Xi0SRVsl_ITEp3uURjB6mt1g9A6gI-MwTuxAvrXpOGbGp3jkKqhlzum9weGzOkvS54vN7ChEhhR74dZr6zV73HeqIzTaF3Loz8iItFXUPeX-9RD0DvQp12tuEOst_SUmOys7K1PCcq4AEHvqkHlGpqM/s944/United%20Airlines%20NFL%20Logo%20Ad%201964.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="699" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ8DxNJ8_emE0918NvA4Le9tw7rrd5wps3Ywg5Xi0SRVsl_ITEp3uURjB6mt1g9A6gI-MwTuxAvrXpOGbGp3jkKqhlzum9weGzOkvS54vN7ChEhhR74dZr6zV73HeqIzTaF3Loz8iItFXUPeX-9RD0DvQp12tuEOst_SUmOys7K1PCcq4AEHvqkHlGpqM/s320/United%20Airlines%20NFL%20Logo%20Ad%201964.jpg" width="237" /></a></div><p></p><p>It looks like the Vikings were the one team that used another airline. The logos in the shape of the NFL shield were one of the ways the NFL was promoting the league at the time, as these color patches show:<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBKbXJKT9m68DPvnqQsdMt3YVtzugI4LM1S9tk0J99MUgBuU9WPRT_rCCjqbGvfKK9on2BGP7-f2MK1BYxZW6twoTFB_-pywbjIxDiJ4K8zHWhFCom3oMVcZuj3GtC0CyQ8SikJl-vTaw_Abm5GZXmrVrCLs0GV6BmUXLi0Mx376cfrOGyIsV7b89OB7w/s480/NFL%201964%20Logo%20Patches%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="326" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBKbXJKT9m68DPvnqQsdMt3YVtzugI4LM1S9tk0J99MUgBuU9WPRT_rCCjqbGvfKK9on2BGP7-f2MK1BYxZW6twoTFB_-pywbjIxDiJ4K8zHWhFCom3oMVcZuj3GtC0CyQ8SikJl-vTaw_Abm5GZXmrVrCLs0GV6BmUXLi0Mx376cfrOGyIsV7b89OB7w/s320/NFL%201964%20Logo%20Patches%201.jpg" width="217" /></a></div><br /><p>Next, we have an ad using helmets, with is likely from the early 1960's as well:<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVnRFNyTDgbNoRz28GKGQdhIxQvT36eeYv1Iu93c_tIbBw82xqFRs47IGUl1fc48YsXVfqmHXmIgmjKl4EgGcFyIq2xERk0zhXrGx-sYvNDTxF0I0hlcIkVv_gPc7HvZkKEI4ZhgXZG5MZiOANsk894dL4d75wiXAwyLfalT9Jyihwh_CBWeWkjGMcA_E/s766/United%20Airlines%20NFL%20Helmet%20Ad%201965.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="766" data-original-width="554" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVnRFNyTDgbNoRz28GKGQdhIxQvT36eeYv1Iu93c_tIbBw82xqFRs47IGUl1fc48YsXVfqmHXmIgmjKl4EgGcFyIq2xERk0zhXrGx-sYvNDTxF0I0hlcIkVv_gPc7HvZkKEI4ZhgXZG5MZiOANsk894dL4d75wiXAwyLfalT9Jyihwh_CBWeWkjGMcA_E/s320/United%20Airlines%20NFL%20Helmet%20Ad%201965.jpg" width="231" /></a></div><p></p><p>Again, it looks like Vikings were the lone team to not use United.</p><p>Later in the decade, we have an ad which is likely from 1967 which includes the NFL expansion teams Falcons and Saints:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidRIgYDLvJ06Z4cuNYd-6YKn_Fjl0-Q9rmjA3CI-hy921maxXoFEG9yU4HODxs3of54d511cyL1LsGafUAcsKc5Wp_lqktAEkEM4pIznR1wKEpWm20PCO9H2pFgBM8i-LwFKHoSzNfyyxmLVl1Zp4mDKfARlTdJMpX9tzdW7dz45SDFMNDpRVhhHEH6IY/s998/United%20Airlines%20NFL%20Helmet%20Ad%201967.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="998" data-original-width="758" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidRIgYDLvJ06Z4cuNYd-6YKn_Fjl0-Q9rmjA3CI-hy921maxXoFEG9yU4HODxs3of54d511cyL1LsGafUAcsKc5Wp_lqktAEkEM4pIznR1wKEpWm20PCO9H2pFgBM8i-LwFKHoSzNfyyxmLVl1Zp4mDKfARlTdJMpX9tzdW7dz45SDFMNDpRVhhHEH6IY/s320/United%20Airlines%20NFL%20Helmet%20Ad%201967.jpg" width="243" /></a></div><p></p><p>Once again, the Vikings are the odd man out.</p><p>After the NFL-AFL merger, we now get both NFL and AFL teams in a fantastic poster:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzIVRhc0e0Kb_vs-_Xqb7mYzaUk9E40DY88mxRnw91VWunEaDbd5uIdXDcWbfoRC1ktU2iWLB16SOHIugJexgt30My8SoTAx-eb2qNNP-5lVO5vUxkU3ZtIUYpmxgxCIgVQ1tdJqDtK6PW-0-7ObLstIx_-fr10IyQ8QFo8iaAB-WvNakeGyhnzMN1v7A/s749/United%20Airlines%20NFL%20Helmet%20Ad%201968.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="749" data-original-width="582" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzIVRhc0e0Kb_vs-_Xqb7mYzaUk9E40DY88mxRnw91VWunEaDbd5uIdXDcWbfoRC1ktU2iWLB16SOHIugJexgt30My8SoTAx-eb2qNNP-5lVO5vUxkU3ZtIUYpmxgxCIgVQ1tdJqDtK6PW-0-7ObLstIx_-fr10IyQ8QFo8iaAB-WvNakeGyhnzMN1v7A/s320/United%20Airlines%20NFL%20Helmet%20Ad%201968.jpg" width="249" /></a></div><p></p><p>The next ad is likely from 1970 or 1971 based on the Redskins helmet which they only used for those 2 seasons: <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt-5isgfZyHXyhFoFcof7hDMY2O4fcOhekMhjDIa8l4dwCOEcXRLfDy_OZrqi2QS_qKRF2CT4cYhLBCo7LYMVhmiB61RGR-FM0Ge_g7GRDgjYSGlF97fI4sgxiCDOl-Rdl2jR6O_KTf4z1Gnp3nJtukHEgwLtd_9Dci74yI4svYhdcB649yk83l-PAruM/s1600/United%20Airlines%20NFL%20Helmet%20Ad%201970.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1210" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt-5isgfZyHXyhFoFcof7hDMY2O4fcOhekMhjDIa8l4dwCOEcXRLfDy_OZrqi2QS_qKRF2CT4cYhLBCo7LYMVhmiB61RGR-FM0Ge_g7GRDgjYSGlF97fI4sgxiCDOl-Rdl2jR6O_KTf4z1Gnp3nJtukHEgwLtd_9Dci74yI4svYhdcB649yk83l-PAruM/s320/United%20Airlines%20NFL%20Helmet%20Ad%201970.jpg" width="242" /></a></div><p>Again, no Vikings, and the other missing team is the Dolphins.</p><p>Speaking of the Super Bowl, here is an ad where United congratulates the NFL and AFL champions from the 1967 season and indicates they will be getting both teams to the Super Bowl:<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0sreizRxP4TE9-JpDw_PtedBPnTDV_ce0ldXJrnRn5zZsBOJuMKnvO25zutg15WwJF5rMJ1BxgLVuUNxgOGLiDBHdESthzc28mEaNWCIEb00VZYutpydD7XkMb6hSoKVn2v6X3japkTqsiThb9lHTjrGJNNBmdgrhQlUxKd9JgXOwGge-7IeDKDQ03rY/s874/United%20Airlines%20NFL%20Ad%20Super%20Bowl%20Ad%201967.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="874" data-original-width="557" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0sreizRxP4TE9-JpDw_PtedBPnTDV_ce0ldXJrnRn5zZsBOJuMKnvO25zutg15WwJF5rMJ1BxgLVuUNxgOGLiDBHdESthzc28mEaNWCIEb00VZYutpydD7XkMb6hSoKVn2v6X3japkTqsiThb9lHTjrGJNNBmdgrhQlUxKd9JgXOwGge-7IeDKDQ03rY/s320/United%20Airlines%20NFL%20Ad%20Super%20Bowl%20Ad%201967.jpg" width="204" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>The fact that the ad refers to the game as the Super Bowl is interesting, as the NFL was still calling the game the World Championship Game:<br /></p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ1lkG4EjeDAxAvfPbT7PbeI-gLP5dntVQ6c61ciQO10_NIiUqQiPVMQj2GED8huzgXRQyDt_DnHJ71Se3iv9MJAUQWb9cPu-Dk1zw98QOswVlxAeBT5qKgbNhNEHH7BaszuXAKC3ES1m1rA5MPiOCvvI4Boa1SN7ySV09Djcj661yG6qhjTz2fhsycYg/s2855/Super%20Bowl%20II%20Program.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2855" data-original-width="2160" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ1lkG4EjeDAxAvfPbT7PbeI-gLP5dntVQ6c61ciQO10_NIiUqQiPVMQj2GED8huzgXRQyDt_DnHJ71Se3iv9MJAUQWb9cPu-Dk1zw98QOswVlxAeBT5qKgbNhNEHH7BaszuXAKC3ES1m1rA5MPiOCvvI4Boa1SN7ySV09Djcj661yG6qhjTz2fhsycYg/s320/Super%20Bowl%20II%20Program.jpeg" width="242" /></a></div><p></p><p>The NFL did not start referring to the game as the Super Bowl until the following year in Super Bowl III</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR4226baaOFF_TX09r1zfOFR2lLWjcS1BpkGxGOlpjDV11zHjoTy3uL7UVQ0V78WLCrt2w-KnGA4wwnJps8pmzrK9tvz8qNlJKKr4JonJ1fC5wsapCRW77vsnXGu12wWgbWpfMowS1HCod8mxIoPZN651y9bIigQN4u_pQBx2-m2AsA0vIVNSWI39FeX4/s2168/Super%20Bowl%20III%20Program.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2168" data-original-width="1612" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR4226baaOFF_TX09r1zfOFR2lLWjcS1BpkGxGOlpjDV11zHjoTy3uL7UVQ0V78WLCrt2w-KnGA4wwnJps8pmzrK9tvz8qNlJKKr4JonJ1fC5wsapCRW77vsnXGu12wWgbWpfMowS1HCod8mxIoPZN651y9bIigQN4u_pQBx2-m2AsA0vIVNSWI39FeX4/s320/Super%20Bowl%20III%20Program.jpg" width="238" /></a></div><p>Finally, we wrap up with one last airline related item - a 1978 United Timetable for flights which just happens to feature Arrowhead stadium:<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi-kSRzN_8RnkQe_l_2z3ZXQIKS3rv4JiWupFBsZ0qertDnUQZqnNV4gfEEIKY59a6ACyy4M5rJgbzUz4f5lAgiQHi3XowJu4aHaJdPDURdhqtrEufkTdvHc922ZjLU1ySILTPVGJae_y3C1MTo4cbeoHtzFLMS_hj0HdjGmRCqosJctyEWsd97V4OOXU/s858/United%20Airlines%20Timetable%20Kansas%20City%20Chiefs%201978.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="858" data-original-width="374" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi-kSRzN_8RnkQe_l_2z3ZXQIKS3rv4JiWupFBsZ0qertDnUQZqnNV4gfEEIKY59a6ACyy4M5rJgbzUz4f5lAgiQHi3XowJu4aHaJdPDURdhqtrEufkTdvHc922ZjLU1ySILTPVGJae_y3C1MTo4cbeoHtzFLMS_hj0HdjGmRCqosJctyEWsd97V4OOXU/s320/United%20Airlines%20Timetable%20Kansas%20City%20Chiefs%201978.jpg" width="139" /></a></div><p>If you are interested, here is a <span class="yt-core-attributed-string yt-core-attributed-string--white-space-pre-wrap" role="text"><span class="yt-core-attributed-string--link-inherit-color" style="color: #131313;">collection of all available United Airlines commercials (35 in total) that were contained in the yearly NFL Films team highlight shows from 1965-1970:</span></span></p><p><span class="yt-core-attributed-string yt-core-attributed-string--white-space-pre-wrap" role="text"><span class="yt-core-attributed-string--link-inherit-color" style="color: #131313;"> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2PJcn5zf8s">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2PJcn5zf8s<br /></a></span></span></p><p>Many of the images came from Vintage Airliners, which has much more information on the connections between airlines and professional football:</p><p><a href="https://vintageairliners.com/the-airlines-and-american-football/">https://vintageairliners.com/the-airlines-and-american-football/</a></p>Fleerfanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15864097341083255908noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1455498748416586967.post-48142979300838638482024-01-27T13:18:00.000-08:002024-01-27T13:18:29.132-08:001980 Carnation NFL Stickers<p>I wanted to share a set that I was not aware of until recently. In 1980, collectors could get NFL helmet stickers when buying a box of Carnation Hot Cocoa Mix:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjc56nlCY-D3BDcCLQHjYXVYisMFTHLRmV2t8T-gT5vd-6hS6GxpnIxfcgUVltu0FYeqFVYiEG_oL0gaO1vDnM238vqUWcSoTLKAIiqH9x3vCvTNeZSDGmd6cXDkvgyYc08jzKhRfBLU9vaIfuoXdG-SMqJdBJNrPssEtP_rB21VeiTfQsVt5RfppFwuY/s1274/1980%20NFL%20Helmet%20Stickers%20Carnation%20Cocoa%201.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1274" data-original-width="981" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjc56nlCY-D3BDcCLQHjYXVYisMFTHLRmV2t8T-gT5vd-6hS6GxpnIxfcgUVltu0FYeqFVYiEG_oL0gaO1vDnM238vqUWcSoTLKAIiqH9x3vCvTNeZSDGmd6cXDkvgyYc08jzKhRfBLU9vaIfuoXdG-SMqJdBJNrPssEtP_rB21VeiTfQsVt5RfppFwuY/w246-h320/1980%20NFL%20Helmet%20Stickers%20Carnation%20Cocoa%201.jpg" width="246" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpSKLryppPZoT9FtM806s_D2Zjw9eUs711LCVR-fdAgfa5EX63K1UgpGCqe8we9ILVEcQzxSXmSE-R4oD2ke6D08Lf9YyI8LC_h0f850bEpvQItheCn3bWzB2esTdo8JiaFNR3-IKA6eactdp67YoiVMb3dEkJKperoedPqMLD6lAZdMz_TctcsbeohRI/s1271/1980%20NFL%20Helmet%20Stickers%20Carnation%20Cocoa%202.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1271" data-original-width="965" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpSKLryppPZoT9FtM806s_D2Zjw9eUs711LCVR-fdAgfa5EX63K1UgpGCqe8we9ILVEcQzxSXmSE-R4oD2ke6D08Lf9YyI8LC_h0f850bEpvQItheCn3bWzB2esTdo8JiaFNR3-IKA6eactdp67YoiVMb3dEkJKperoedPqMLD6lAZdMz_TctcsbeohRI/s320/1980%20NFL%20Helmet%20Stickers%20Carnation%20Cocoa%202.jpg" width="243" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrzWdQSb5OuxFZKEr8SjLo_15zHkPHgSmgCJmYDvuwLZzN9xibB4z4gCJ89HbazVBtXWQGA4qcp3UzfcNDK3kDfI8CE_2kFh8ACsEA-sL13OpNoHuV0BF0XOv6WpDB0ZBSh11BtbX9X9k8x_LpxCqSra5c-KCNAX-dDx5ZGAleoBhY7wdinjxeSSy-OvA/s1255/1980%20NFL%20Helmet%20Stickers%20Carnation%20Cocoa%203.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1255" data-original-width="973" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrzWdQSb5OuxFZKEr8SjLo_15zHkPHgSmgCJmYDvuwLZzN9xibB4z4gCJ89HbazVBtXWQGA4qcp3UzfcNDK3kDfI8CE_2kFh8ACsEA-sL13OpNoHuV0BF0XOv6WpDB0ZBSh11BtbX9X9k8x_LpxCqSra5c-KCNAX-dDx5ZGAleoBhY7wdinjxeSSy-OvA/s320/1980%20NFL%20Helmet%20Stickers%20Carnation%20Cocoa%203.jpg" width="248" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikHLA0qDLjv7PUDg-U9TIKceZ0NBHMzgqaeDKiA925Ug310fpaLdtCFiPvuNSvt6E2m7n_vXrQhJZBZT4hr4zWGtC3iTxUh-dk0DtBrwlmI0DVfTuKUjmbpgByjT-3YkXcStlzkLpdGPrCAgqxq6ayS04bbU9PwJboX6tpcyyekS7NoQCVlINt1FI0uXQ/s995/1980%20NFL%20Helmet%20Stickers%20Carnation%20Cocoa%204a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="412" data-original-width="995" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikHLA0qDLjv7PUDg-U9TIKceZ0NBHMzgqaeDKiA925Ug310fpaLdtCFiPvuNSvt6E2m7n_vXrQhJZBZT4hr4zWGtC3iTxUh-dk0DtBrwlmI0DVfTuKUjmbpgByjT-3YkXcStlzkLpdGPrCAgqxq6ayS04bbU9PwJboX6tpcyyekS7NoQCVlINt1FI0uXQ/s320/1980%20NFL%20Helmet%20Stickers%20Carnation%20Cocoa%204a.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>Most of the stickers are blank backed, but a few do have a coupon for a free box of hot cocoa mix. The coupon has a 1980 copyright.<br /></p>Fleerfanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15864097341083255908noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1455498748416586967.post-12439853607463713522024-01-19T10:16:00.000-08:002024-01-19T10:16:09.762-08:001977 Sunbeam NFL Stickers<p>One set that I was not aware of when I did my original review of Sunbeam's NFL items from the 1970's was the set of helmet stickers from 1977:</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLZybdN50hMGA_OcCJbD8XILoDw73QFxaAsDe2UUCWOF1YMjmXz6b2gLrw2wVvvn9DlrZZGOUHbo-_N1bkyegZU9Se8yaX4faurMMICeie0MQNMu92kW71ZYwsVz_aj5GW23vrz0uSbtfYrK-D2QBtIutrRGwd9lAXyYfsyD6PP0OturTi80lxd3jnXP0/s2225/1977%20Sunbeam%20NFL%20Stickers%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2225" data-original-width="1654" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLZybdN50hMGA_OcCJbD8XILoDw73QFxaAsDe2UUCWOF1YMjmXz6b2gLrw2wVvvn9DlrZZGOUHbo-_N1bkyegZU9Se8yaX4faurMMICeie0MQNMu92kW71ZYwsVz_aj5GW23vrz0uSbtfYrK-D2QBtIutrRGwd9lAXyYfsyD6PP0OturTi80lxd3jnXP0/w298-h400/1977%20Sunbeam%20NFL%20Stickers%201.jpg" width="298" /></a></div> <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfyH90bub-jqf7V6MGIUDMLLFF-HAtu9etIURDbXZHOtGbk0hSzwTXYVli4bx8QTm3A4BtTLjGofj1sBEktvFI9recezE6MWsJ7FUv6tLq98kZkHbwKG4B_efY0n-uOW2Io1H0Gpo4rd8qp1kRVXqBmMRi5CI0Jq_T9NYHcp1aZjrKdygNJ6KVFrirv3c/s2190/1977%20Sunbeam%20NFL%20Stickers%203.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2190" data-original-width="1656" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfyH90bub-jqf7V6MGIUDMLLFF-HAtu9etIURDbXZHOtGbk0hSzwTXYVli4bx8QTm3A4BtTLjGofj1sBEktvFI9recezE6MWsJ7FUv6tLq98kZkHbwKG4B_efY0n-uOW2Io1H0Gpo4rd8qp1kRVXqBmMRi5CI0Jq_T9NYHcp1aZjrKdygNJ6KVFrirv3c/w303-h400/1977%20Sunbeam%20NFL%20Stickers%203.jpg" width="303" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkoz1J0NIOJ5qkWG1uaySmH2P-ZUylnOhpc0_F36Xozx6xHi3NumG-lX0aD2NZBXVs2sBTuym8WuvWEA9FG6wFxR1_sck1NMD70grQpCigOmAeG1Qk0UDQFYNW0VmRKHq4EjrXAiucOWeWYrqnJ8AGOYET9r_FdAtFacgbB_gQKbBoIyJm8lPdnjYFVL8/s1654/1977%20Sunbeam%20NFL%20Stickers%204.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1153" data-original-width="1654" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkoz1J0NIOJ5qkWG1uaySmH2P-ZUylnOhpc0_F36Xozx6xHi3NumG-lX0aD2NZBXVs2sBTuym8WuvWEA9FG6wFxR1_sck1NMD70grQpCigOmAeG1Qk0UDQFYNW0VmRKHq4EjrXAiucOWeWYrqnJ8AGOYET9r_FdAtFacgbB_gQKbBoIyJm8lPdnjYFVL8/s320/1977%20Sunbeam%20NFL%20Stickers%204.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>The stickers do not mention Sunbeam on the back, but are produced by A. Harris Assoc Inc in Cherry Hill, NJ<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTQCR_N93mKiQG3lU3NBi1qwbxvyJqmPT18mHbJloo8lX06Urut08DxLXG02TUHpf4QV459TkcC_GOFreZOLjUWPqHadM6AAp1eRKPmmAGJsp1DCKXWC5cUYmZEo5BpzEzkagTG9UkLFE7WxYxvPLsTh4Fr_Pj94VGjYAkUeQd-pj7ZrJNK82KC_TgrOU/s2210/1977%20Sunbeam%20NFL%20Stickers%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2210" data-original-width="1643" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTQCR_N93mKiQG3lU3NBi1qwbxvyJqmPT18mHbJloo8lX06Urut08DxLXG02TUHpf4QV459TkcC_GOFreZOLjUWPqHadM6AAp1eRKPmmAGJsp1DCKXWC5cUYmZEo5BpzEzkagTG9UkLFE7WxYxvPLsTh4Fr_Pj94VGjYAkUeQd-pj7ZrJNK82KC_TgrOU/w298-h400/1977%20Sunbeam%20NFL%20Stickers%202.jpg" width="298" /></a></p><p>which is the same company that produced the 1976 Sunbeam issues, so these small helmet stickers are commonly referred to as 1977 Sunbeam stickers given the copyright on the back.</p><p>Here are the backs of the 1976 Sunbeam issues: <br /></p><p><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276095942368798050" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo1FYZlWXt5M_pLMwGaiB2wl0lVomRlDWZE53Jg2Xa09dekqpnsUehItnfAGdj4EiIAhGclhd2IaLzNOqzrcq-KMFkqqHRgcxZOSnwRInjZIjA5SnzbBjeId04b3OG6R7mW7gnL6BnYrY/s400/Back+Variations.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 261px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></p><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://fleersticker.blogspot.com/2008/12/1976-sunbeam-bread-nfl-stand-up.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: small;">1976 Sunbeam NFL Stand-Up Football</span></a><br /></h3><p></p><p><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277260759993133106" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8JdnRaHxCKE6CE59AsJqcSZSiZYU4u_qz79gZT89sCufW6Dtd96RfpPfED2xMfGoHmOOkcITfEB-66n0_d1M9w-0HPaWBjNP2zzRvG7a00u3Wa9EDpD5HEhuI14D1KhXe4hlcnJhOw2w/s400/Pennant+Sticker+Backs.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 333px;" /></p><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://fleersticker.blogspot.com/2008/12/1976-sunbeam-bread-nfl-football-team.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: small;">1976 Sunbeam NFL Football Pennant Stickers</span></a></h3><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="text-align: left;"></h3><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-size: small;">I really miss the days when you could have some collecting fun when picking up a loaf of bread!</span></span><br /></h3><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="text-align: center;"></h3><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;"></h3><p></p>Fleerfanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15864097341083255908noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1455498748416586967.post-26785291375569483992023-01-15T10:17:00.003-08:002023-01-15T10:17:36.455-08:001973 / 1974 Fleer Baseball Big Signs Variation Helps Answer Question Regarding When These Were Issued<p>Thanks to Mike from the great <a href="https://baseballcardvariationsguidebookvol2.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Baseball Card Variations Guide Book Vol 2</a> for alerting me to the fact that there are 2 versions of the California Angels <a href="https://fleersticker.blogspot.com/2008/05/1973-fleer-baseball-big-signs.html" target="_blank">Fleer Baseball Big Sign</a>.</p><p>One version has the Angels name with a lower case "a"</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy75Oilk7QQuZJ9xxJwzLCvBMp_DoCQZQPaBCruD1c2-x4F3Je4G8J2rl-8jINSZRKGfOUduP_XJiolfHm9lc_ne2bLQZLtpUN5f1-dpWCYrBfpMoF0KI6S21MkG-6ZpE0kmaF6o0Kc-lynqitT7xMWI8UbfhYZvIaRAXf_3eTRw-zobwfgpsk4ntH/s511/Angels%20Fleer%20Big%20Sign%20Small%20a.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="511" data-original-width="426" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy75Oilk7QQuZJ9xxJwzLCvBMp_DoCQZQPaBCruD1c2-x4F3Je4G8J2rl-8jINSZRKGfOUduP_XJiolfHm9lc_ne2bLQZLtpUN5f1-dpWCYrBfpMoF0KI6S21MkG-6ZpE0kmaF6o0Kc-lynqitT7xMWI8UbfhYZvIaRAXf_3eTRw-zobwfgpsk4ntH/w267-h320/Angels%20Fleer%20Big%20Sign%20Small%20a.JPG" width="267" /></a></div><p>and the other version has an upper case "A", along with a darker shade of red<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcgo35kz6gfIUlwivic6Z-bkXO1_HIqZka9Ab_6on5rkYp99teTVcRU3HE15UwAL_ZzjBMd5UdkhjXhoDszE4Cnh-Nu23xnyXrwIxeRfAsy5dtSc51WXSx-5qveEiGzkV_q5WM4FA3VX9fnn6g4VW6kXC3H7RO2zVRGxRXQUK_jqYXUL9FD-mgx4Fj/s1341/Angels%20Fleer%20Big%20Sign%20Large%20A.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1341" data-original-width="959" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcgo35kz6gfIUlwivic6Z-bkXO1_HIqZka9Ab_6on5rkYp99teTVcRU3HE15UwAL_ZzjBMd5UdkhjXhoDszE4Cnh-Nu23xnyXrwIxeRfAsy5dtSc51WXSx-5qveEiGzkV_q5WM4FA3VX9fnn6g4VW6kXC3H7RO2zVRGxRXQUK_jqYXUL9FD-mgx4Fj/s320/Angels%20Fleer%20Big%20Sign%20Large%20A.jpg" width="229" /></a></div><p></p><p>The signs are sometimes referred to as being from 1973 and sometimes from 1974. Perhaps they were issued in both years. One clue is that there are different colored boxes that the signs came in, which perhaps indicates that the signs were issued twice:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJYOqbNhhuWyUQlRDIJxTBLfKXX8OFNpiYEjnj08dnpUGlZDmi_wyOdm98kyminyhsE1g8mkrQREL2N6fbwxwOn4wUGedMz25ObhurrtPyAoy5Z-sPq_nKSYTD8Prulve0xGH3CiCWNF7rwAQf4SyQOjm7VH1Z4rbRqFse8lZjoH6f4Qq0VKle1ds5/s1425/Fleer%20Baseball%20Big%20Signs%20Blue%20Box.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1425" data-original-width="1313" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJYOqbNhhuWyUQlRDIJxTBLfKXX8OFNpiYEjnj08dnpUGlZDmi_wyOdm98kyminyhsE1g8mkrQREL2N6fbwxwOn4wUGedMz25ObhurrtPyAoy5Z-sPq_nKSYTD8Prulve0xGH3CiCWNF7rwAQf4SyQOjm7VH1Z4rbRqFse8lZjoH6f4Qq0VKle1ds5/s320/Fleer%20Baseball%20Big%20Signs%20Blue%20Box.jpg" width="295" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0kuNUcAyAdoFQ2s5yuTF5555smIyc7VSlZQS4ySuStwBeCSdpbFd6THkdjmxy8_ZQJFqR7-G-aSbUg9Tj20MoBctf9Y__fZ4OHBfA6YoMMEa93vc51HLfnbAbhzeffa5FLWSToFqVFpxMpPJkOzNJ3pRcP_1E-GFX6iJjS-SBUDmdN5iEYm6d9EDN/s1169/Fleer%20Big%20Signs%20Red%20Box.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1169" data-original-width="1081" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0kuNUcAyAdoFQ2s5yuTF5555smIyc7VSlZQS4ySuStwBeCSdpbFd6THkdjmxy8_ZQJFqR7-G-aSbUg9Tj20MoBctf9Y__fZ4OHBfA6YoMMEa93vc51HLfnbAbhzeffa5FLWSToFqVFpxMpPJkOzNJ3pRcP_1E-GFX6iJjS-SBUDmdN5iEYm6d9EDN/s320/Fleer%20Big%20Signs%20Red%20Box.jpg" width="296" /></a></div><p>Unfortunately there is no date on the bottom of the box to help confirm:<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwjzN__4rw-bK5JLrWYFi8XPKIihXHY37lK8KYEzt7TKp06ulOPkpJGRnpH9Z0KoGDgnCb1ZmIlaYMfyHF6vfLepU2sz21MIzDvETolDHVb-kUyz7f2YJv_HOZo3VfUBbgwLujo-9DcrhnCWQpzKIwD1Nzd8UrtM_KQhuCbt9aM8dp_jGnVu3Mj_x1/s1600/Fleer%20Big%20Signs%20Red%20Box%20Bottom.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwjzN__4rw-bK5JLrWYFi8XPKIihXHY37lK8KYEzt7TKp06ulOPkpJGRnpH9Z0KoGDgnCb1ZmIlaYMfyHF6vfLepU2sz21MIzDvETolDHVb-kUyz7f2YJv_HOZo3VfUBbgwLujo-9DcrhnCWQpzKIwD1Nzd8UrtM_KQhuCbt9aM8dp_jGnVu3Mj_x1/s320/Fleer%20Big%20Signs%20Red%20Box%20Bottom.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p>The boxes appear to be exactly the same, including the item #. It would make sense that the different colored boxes indicate that these were issued at different times, and help explain why they are identified as being from either 1973 or 1974.</p><p>In checking through old pictures of ebay listings I had saved, I did find a picture of a set with the small "a" with a blue box</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOKzQdLHLc2Uw4SG_9dInBa7I5ZH65TiB_-r2g4MM6StFYCkdGnPlvpjwzc8J4euEd8EFI8OXtL9qVqsU-ydu5nnwbNvLzdZ2oNciPC5kDmVz7pvK2YoCE_Yj4c-WPo1glVWvgF8CvSPYhibC7ePcEIYawh53WfMO1QT1ZXCmgN5f6wOrUUWfS84JE/s500/Fleer%20Baseball%20Big%20Signs%20Set%20with%20Blue%20Box.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="375" data-original-width="500" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOKzQdLHLc2Uw4SG_9dInBa7I5ZH65TiB_-r2g4MM6StFYCkdGnPlvpjwzc8J4euEd8EFI8OXtL9qVqsU-ydu5nnwbNvLzdZ2oNciPC5kDmVz7pvK2YoCE_Yj4c-WPo1glVWvgF8CvSPYhibC7ePcEIYawh53WfMO1QT1ZXCmgN5f6wOrUUWfS84JE/s320/Fleer%20Baseball%20Big%20Signs%20Set%20with%20Blue%20Box.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /> I also found a picture of the set with a red box, but unfortunately the Angles card isn't showing:<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQlD-L6UKOm7zn6jRtAAwBc2cvkMBFk8cQ4LbVspYLRc2odacPjpL2yYN5EloIq3kYKL_uVH7UCH1C75pGf0MMQ7fxfADvK6vyeM-hR-uOZX2cMVoCaFPowDpaD7xnZT1q_FJw76xPsFCGtvpassaILhFReFmH1qmHPPrTCKvaKhr354uAlvf4nLE9/s900/Fleer%20Baseball%20Big%20Signs%20with%20Red%20Box.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="492" data-original-width="900" height="175" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQlD-L6UKOm7zn6jRtAAwBc2cvkMBFk8cQ4LbVspYLRc2odacPjpL2yYN5EloIq3kYKL_uVH7UCH1C75pGf0MMQ7fxfADvK6vyeM-hR-uOZX2cMVoCaFPowDpaD7xnZT1q_FJw76xPsFCGtvpassaILhFReFmH1qmHPPrTCKvaKhr354uAlvf4nLE9/s320/Fleer%20Baseball%20Big%20Signs%20with%20Red%20Box.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p>Based on the information provided by Mike on the Angels variation, along with the different colored boxes, I believe the sets were issued in both 1973 (blue box) and 1974 (red box). </p><p>Thanks Mike for passing this information along and helping shed more light on this set.<br /></p>Fleerfanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15864097341083255908noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1455498748416586967.post-61210571810871365922022-10-28T11:01:00.000-07:002022-10-28T11:01:03.845-07:00Fun with Astros vs Phillies Programs<p> As we get ready for the World Series, here are a few fun Astros programs where the Astros played the Phillies from the 1960's:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzvbLMXeIDDE2MmFk6jIBnUHs_aOS7mNfqazd9z6KAiuwhB-bhyF8soDCT6xdbxjQjjGIyXCYHUqFccuA97AP2D0dTYco7ZxUXP_dlwdnNiun92zBiBAoP_sQ66UgrzC_YSRVdibFGLX-MOvQ8RoSJnVZxq5WlWU3kS7EOaufKQ58LNUpZUYcpkKFp/s1454/1968%20Houston%20Astros%20vs.%20Phillies.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1454" data-original-width="1016" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzvbLMXeIDDE2MmFk6jIBnUHs_aOS7mNfqazd9z6KAiuwhB-bhyF8soDCT6xdbxjQjjGIyXCYHUqFccuA97AP2D0dTYco7ZxUXP_dlwdnNiun92zBiBAoP_sQ66UgrzC_YSRVdibFGLX-MOvQ8RoSJnVZxq5WlWU3kS7EOaufKQ58LNUpZUYcpkKFp/w280-h400/1968%20Houston%20Astros%20vs.%20Phillies.jpg" width="280" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWuOAqEWmwW0vB0genQtr-2kDH2uLu5CHNYsQYPP8euzCTt4SwQ1puiwoTy6tnhKGGUHGbVUmy52m3QotKudUx6gTymQ2VmgzhtsUriN-9Sql8KC-OHDVrxphoeVKq4iYGpXZTLx28Xn56Hp1HMJ8RGysObHWaVd65PCc3vPRBVNJWGuRuveFgZbiU/s1364/1967%20Houston%20Astros%20vs.%20Philadelphia%20Phillies.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1364" data-original-width="933" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWuOAqEWmwW0vB0genQtr-2kDH2uLu5CHNYsQYPP8euzCTt4SwQ1puiwoTy6tnhKGGUHGbVUmy52m3QotKudUx6gTymQ2VmgzhtsUriN-9Sql8KC-OHDVrxphoeVKq4iYGpXZTLx28Xn56Hp1HMJ8RGysObHWaVd65PCc3vPRBVNJWGuRuveFgZbiU/w274-h400/1967%20Houston%20Astros%20vs.%20Philadelphia%20Phillies.jpg" width="274" /></a></div><br />I miss the days when some teams would publish programs that poked a little fun at their opponents, like in this case where they have some fun with Phillies manager Gene Mauch:<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9hbT3LXZdv1J7vLhLWyy2jgrZfvWeI_ZajJfIFcDWn4fwwIIMV4XyxB5-_HtlxGJ30Z8ZH4C11zkwGh_B3baVLW4XLQr2_B9FjUL1VVC6enkEeIp5rfR09zsH6DecYm1Qr3RYUJaojL5yhguVZ7h0ZjSYwZ3bo_1Bh4EA2z-DrOx9iKIttz3IfAI7/s1360/1967%20Houston%20Astros%20vs.%20Philadelphia%20Phillies%201.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1360" data-original-width="924" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9hbT3LXZdv1J7vLhLWyy2jgrZfvWeI_ZajJfIFcDWn4fwwIIMV4XyxB5-_HtlxGJ30Z8ZH4C11zkwGh_B3baVLW4XLQr2_B9FjUL1VVC6enkEeIp5rfR09zsH6DecYm1Qr3RYUJaojL5yhguVZ7h0ZjSYwZ3bo_1Bh4EA2z-DrOx9iKIttz3IfAI7/w271-h400/1967%20Houston%20Astros%20vs.%20Philadelphia%20Phillies%201.jpg" width="271" /></a></div><p>Not quite sure what is going on here, other than I assume the space capsules refer to their current positions in the standings:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgddLgAwlj6XFma5BssUl3Der9_Ayy8vklbfURmMR0jbOoyet85q9ymieadbsQdIl6D5WPh--lRtKffmGElzMwvgOQt5IjQNghguSwhA_98e2_iCdrhqrrVFqNRtO0A5jPkEaLwvANG9LN_qVTHtnP6M_02k-bdmsDYTzU2f3ac73QL0JI8yF2tCV84/s1600/1966%20Houston%20Astros%20vs.%20Phillies.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1233" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgddLgAwlj6XFma5BssUl3Der9_Ayy8vklbfURmMR0jbOoyet85q9ymieadbsQdIl6D5WPh--lRtKffmGElzMwvgOQt5IjQNghguSwhA_98e2_iCdrhqrrVFqNRtO0A5jPkEaLwvANG9LN_qVTHtnP6M_02k-bdmsDYTzU2f3ac73QL0JI8yF2tCV84/w309-h400/1966%20Houston%20Astros%20vs.%20Phillies.jpg" width="309" /></a></div><p></p><p>I think this sums up the fact that neither team was having a good year and that they were looking forward to the offseason:</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7UZwAErts7qtQAWWBAAGcRBbqjamO6tZVOFmI6jvLeEa-NZ9npjxDr2ASak5VEg0xu_zfFzIKB6_Ruw9E694V4NJajaTuxt8TExOqZFrj17tWIRFFYo2AJfeVrzZ61rYZSAolrQtVVitxHqrNpBNlAGv84FkKr2D8lONox1P8yztbw2UdSzuBH1n_/s816/1967%20Houston%20Astros%20vs.%20Philadelphia%20Phillies%202.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="816" data-original-width="783" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7UZwAErts7qtQAWWBAAGcRBbqjamO6tZVOFmI6jvLeEa-NZ9npjxDr2ASak5VEg0xu_zfFzIKB6_Ruw9E694V4NJajaTuxt8TExOqZFrj17tWIRFFYo2AJfeVrzZ61rYZSAolrQtVVitxHqrNpBNlAGv84FkKr2D8lONox1P8yztbw2UdSzuBH1n_/w384-h400/1967%20Houston%20Astros%20vs.%20Philadelphia%20Phillies%202.jpg" width="384" /></a></div><br />Even before they became the Astros, the Colt .45s had some fun with their programs:<p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizoMqjJgOW-ZPQwnn_Zi5gpNfgV1-cr__PjVrzbjHeVTt2AG96_xkPXiWGy6Ypw2Xlsdkooaq7ujz9Al8irzKHS49p6oZDOmiNUdGbqU9kcWJSOmo7YV_4mYFwkhyR68AkU-gbcm1dNR1G5Lh1XRYGoC4tPbgM9QaxCHNMOhCP0_OwbIo9bLU3KNdR/s1600/1964%20HOUSTON%20COLT%20.45%20VS%20PHILADELPHIA%20PHILLIES.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizoMqjJgOW-ZPQwnn_Zi5gpNfgV1-cr__PjVrzbjHeVTt2AG96_xkPXiWGy6Ypw2Xlsdkooaq7ujz9Al8irzKHS49p6oZDOmiNUdGbqU9kcWJSOmo7YV_4mYFwkhyR68AkU-gbcm1dNR1G5Lh1XRYGoC4tPbgM9QaxCHNMOhCP0_OwbIo9bLU3KNdR/w300-h400/1964%20HOUSTON%20COLT%20.45%20VS%20PHILADELPHIA%20PHILLIES.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><p></p><p>By the way, love the Colt .45s merch:<br /> <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbgH2DRAcbRPGLZPHQxn6aOv3AKi_Igy2_IyTKjwqCvqgaacrg8XNgwvPgq_GiZOTERyryG4Eyzeq26XLr1Es0A_g4WwDmrGRzUKjD5eXV7hXrLSNUiILbTR4lbDStl5Qx7-tGIGC3HtIHmy3RWVoX7gMleo1tcfsAUSuJpfA3urPcOEgevoOKXJ4S/s1600/1964%20BASEBALL~HOUSTON%20COLT%20.45%20VS%20PHILADELPHIA%20B.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbgH2DRAcbRPGLZPHQxn6aOv3AKi_Igy2_IyTKjwqCvqgaacrg8XNgwvPgq_GiZOTERyryG4Eyzeq26XLr1Es0A_g4WwDmrGRzUKjD5eXV7hXrLSNUiILbTR4lbDStl5Qx7-tGIGC3HtIHmy3RWVoX7gMleo1tcfsAUSuJpfA3urPcOEgevoOKXJ4S/w300-h400/1964%20BASEBALL~HOUSTON%20COLT%20.45%20VS%20PHILADELPHIA%20B.jpg" width="300" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><p></p><p>As some <a href="https://nightowlcards.blogspot.com/2022/10/almost-time-for-another-very-weird.html" target="_blank">other bloggers have pointed out</a>, this feels like an odd World Series matchup for those of us of a certain age.</p><p>I'll never completely get used to the fact that the Astros are an AL team, even if they have represented the AL in 4 of the last 6 years.</p><p>In my mind, this is how the NL is supposed to look since this is what I grew up with:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpDFpy-RPDyoB2nAw9h0-kL6v1FKAkbsCJGGX_9X_Rpo35lAQNw_kYieo82YHa32le-pmeKYpQGlKc5NzHBHRTZ4TLOwBZZXMAyPwCgsu7iFLbDQMVvWA0YgQDht-unb817T7Adt6rDDnRaX-ETm8o0NHIMtQUbYu6hr9oO7WYPvNov4QiOv0Sax9E/s1600/1974%20Astros%20Program.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1183" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpDFpy-RPDyoB2nAw9h0-kL6v1FKAkbsCJGGX_9X_Rpo35lAQNw_kYieo82YHa32le-pmeKYpQGlKc5NzHBHRTZ4TLOwBZZXMAyPwCgsu7iFLbDQMVvWA0YgQDht-unb817T7Adt6rDDnRaX-ETm8o0NHIMtQUbYu6hr9oO7WYPvNov4QiOv0Sax9E/w296-h400/1974%20Astros%20Program.jpg" width="296" /></a></div><p>Heck, even the first official regular season game played in the Astrodome was against the Phillies:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhisOKU0crWUHUlUJaYHzn-1za-rBkK9iOaGwVa6bj3o6b6oQXKY6WrUUTfNj8chfq-jKpyz1Bgm5nbsJkgsD45-Q0LX9gLJlmFgq6ITvk6ROAz2bbnpq9waHgXu-hGfpQjnN6Z4BYsv1RyRN75akiIhBGsryJeAiPRkOgTDesH2K4iHF_qrT3DQZZu/s1600/1965%20Astros%20v%20Phillies%204-12%20Program%201st%20Game%20At%20Astrodome%20A.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1134" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhisOKU0crWUHUlUJaYHzn-1za-rBkK9iOaGwVa6bj3o6b6oQXKY6WrUUTfNj8chfq-jKpyz1Bgm5nbsJkgsD45-Q0LX9gLJlmFgq6ITvk6ROAz2bbnpq9waHgXu-hGfpQjnN6Z4BYsv1RyRN75akiIhBGsryJeAiPRkOgTDesH2K4iHF_qrT3DQZZu/w284-h400/1965%20Astros%20v%20Phillies%204-12%20Program%201st%20Game%20At%20Astrodome%20A.jpg" width="284" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Looking back at some of these old programs shows how much more interesting they were when the home teams handled their programs. These programs have much more personality than what we have for this year's World Series program:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ4GoRvILOdwrOmloEUrHJxuKrG3J2_VUFlLlmiqA3Xu-38_XfED-Wqcn4PzCnXMfWJl9B0qXLbUnhry6yElWRNf1uUC0rfCsDWGIaCwEJopkrOEY-cH_PjZi-ODiyiulR-Lz8dFvGTrf5zoE9pkHzMjUzweJecPIzDUD0dl4lXP47erXBn91sIDm2/s500/2022%20World%20Series%20Program.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="403" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ4GoRvILOdwrOmloEUrHJxuKrG3J2_VUFlLlmiqA3Xu-38_XfED-Wqcn4PzCnXMfWJl9B0qXLbUnhry6yElWRNf1uUC0rfCsDWGIaCwEJopkrOEY-cH_PjZi-ODiyiulR-Lz8dFvGTrf5zoE9pkHzMjUzweJecPIzDUD0dl4lXP47erXBn91sIDm2/w323-h400/2022%20World%20Series%20Program.jpg" width="323" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-left: 40px; text-align: center;">Yawn!<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Once MLB took over the World Series programs in 1974 with this program, the covers have been very generic<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqF-J6Ezv23ruS3vbtTapyLpkwEJrxoa1i1_yyHlYMoDzZkqVAb9xGRs7XykGDd12LjNnqsnQb_TlVmiXTIJCmT7ym6_MlAgl02HA_fwjIWaf4hrkvtd5jGGNhVC3dmbS4-OYob7xiXJurC3Hhin5NNGo_VVNVm0t1DFKCoWM2zQPZHf2-JihpNiQu/s1477/1974%20World%20Series%20Program.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1477" data-original-width="1156" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqF-J6Ezv23ruS3vbtTapyLpkwEJrxoa1i1_yyHlYMoDzZkqVAb9xGRs7XykGDd12LjNnqsnQb_TlVmiXTIJCmT7ym6_MlAgl02HA_fwjIWaf4hrkvtd5jGGNhVC3dmbS4-OYob7xiXJurC3Hhin5NNGo_VVNVm0t1DFKCoWM2zQPZHf2-JihpNiQu/w313-h400/1974%20World%20Series%20Program.jpg" width="313" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I miss the days when each team put out its own program for the Series, as they were a lot more interesting:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0fgyUbf4EHZuhxSxEFNjAtvS6M_Gwh8RXqLvS-qoZ36hKam6wS--A-p1PpH-Opu6HipdAyhh4danDkoPaJGNmRWDknRbBBEGgim9KCJZ22HnDMpqpjR9v1aN1wrXaqOTvvpGqBHoTP9KWwKw_WeSQuBEjgWxk7CtybOCh8JriLKNOV_mgTvH99fiz/s1600/1971%20World%20Series%20Program.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8_WLQrFD6pzzeMQPP5D8d2yAEXvFmgBj442p3mMyXoo13O3FVpXBg7098fApFgFUIRUM2wR3D1m9fq7aEtcgf-35GVzApJkkeuoju_G2x-2UK_kDSAl829LbpkR5VVpBOkhBx_SkVcAbYce6mRRn6DaiDar_JwbaH2nYHxNWgm8SR2LsevXmOECFO/s1600/1966%20World%20Series%20Program.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1260" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8_WLQrFD6pzzeMQPP5D8d2yAEXvFmgBj442p3mMyXoo13O3FVpXBg7098fApFgFUIRUM2wR3D1m9fq7aEtcgf-35GVzApJkkeuoju_G2x-2UK_kDSAl829LbpkR5VVpBOkhBx_SkVcAbYce6mRRn6DaiDar_JwbaH2nYHxNWgm8SR2LsevXmOECFO/w315-h400/1966%20World%20Series%20Program.jpg" width="315" /></a></div><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB3abzMGLCdVJs1RnTAXygoxi53TdtN6Q5IAeeOzTWLmDuTfdL-rDwzdcRrZMgPBkZTnWCXFicPbCdDuX114dTF1InhFaZuDGpldFQgIBzojnuRUasDP2XCA9fuMDPo1_MPVDMinm5dB33AG8uceRPqI7iEB9ewf1DVDXHmn3RUUBerfnGHblAseiC/s1600/1965%20World%20Series%20Program.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB3abzMGLCdVJs1RnTAXygoxi53TdtN6Q5IAeeOzTWLmDuTfdL-rDwzdcRrZMgPBkZTnWCXFicPbCdDuX114dTF1InhFaZuDGpldFQgIBzojnuRUasDP2XCA9fuMDPo1_MPVDMinm5dB33AG8uceRPqI7iEB9ewf1DVDXHmn3RUUBerfnGHblAseiC/w300-h400/1965%20World%20Series%20Program.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /></div>Fleerfanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15864097341083255908noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1455498748416586967.post-25181607409628966462021-03-11T17:23:00.001-08:002021-03-12T13:54:09.444-08:001972 Fleer Baseball Cloth Patches Uncut Sheet - Another Piece of the Puzzle<p>Here is a picture of what I believe to be a 1972 Fleer Baseball Cloth Patches uncut sheet:<br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNK6wqG2O0E7rKIlzqTeCVvaaKrE-1GYa1urcEVrs7n6ZL1pq2Q1C5F20mm2PRqAcWQJ0dOPC_g8B4BP98NhLb8pKOQW8ebFVclzVTVzHZuN7IkG8XUBkddLDjP0fnmJewlzj9XEvu2qM/s1560/1972+Fleer+Baseball+Cloth+Patches+Uncut+Sheet.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1499" data-original-width="1560" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNK6wqG2O0E7rKIlzqTeCVvaaKrE-1GYa1urcEVrs7n6ZL1pq2Q1C5F20mm2PRqAcWQJ0dOPC_g8B4BP98NhLb8pKOQW8ebFVclzVTVzHZuN7IkG8XUBkddLDjP0fnmJewlzj9XEvu2qM/w400-h384/1972+Fleer+Baseball+Cloth+Patches+Uncut+Sheet.jpg" width="400" /> </a> <br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The reason I believe it is from 1972 is that there are no Senators or Rangers patches, so this would most likely be from the season when the Washington Senators moved to Texas to become the Rangers: <br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3-odsVXjGo7Lw6AsJT2SzhRqLhJJiojQPcTgq0c6Rb5WX7AXGQeUeQFgwyfeULc8EwODSnBbWj1ru9GBYQbu24DPrRQ_HX5XyCyjjTsw7aQ7qlEi45r2Bm0CXanLUb1BG8hm6pCNVdz8/s500/1972+Topps+Rangers+Team+Card.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="359" data-original-width="500" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3-odsVXjGo7Lw6AsJT2SzhRqLhJJiojQPcTgq0c6Rb5WX7AXGQeUeQFgwyfeULc8EwODSnBbWj1ru9GBYQbu24DPrRQ_HX5XyCyjjTsw7aQ7qlEi45r2Bm0CXanLUb1BG8hm6pCNVdz8/w400-h288/1972+Topps+Rangers+Team+Card.jpg" width="400" /> </a> <br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This sheet comes from the same person who provided a picture of a <a href="https://fleersticker.blogspot.com/2018/02/secrets-revealed-in-1974-fleer-uncut.html" target="_blank">framed uncut Fleer Baseball Cloth Patches sheet from 1974</a> which I profiled previously: <br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSjX7-eKZQNf6AzOpu2o3uTyPIbiUL_IfKQLoWNgOW9c0f2JaC6iXoJ-MG4i7qYvXyPxaD1fF5nlHANIhyxWMU6ApzlVsL1_Ne0LMFwXaBCBLxFrcG8zY2widSWsVPINEa-Pzc2ci4LPA/s2016/1974+Fleer+Cloth+Patches+Uncut+Sheet.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSjX7-eKZQNf6AzOpu2o3uTyPIbiUL_IfKQLoWNgOW9c0f2JaC6iXoJ-MG4i7qYvXyPxaD1fF5nlHANIhyxWMU6ApzlVsL1_Ne0LMFwXaBCBLxFrcG8zY2widSWsVPINEa-Pzc2ci4LPA/w300-h400/1974+Fleer+Cloth+Patches+Uncut+Sheet.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><p></p><p>I dated that sheet as being from 1974 due to the lack of Padres patches as this would have most likely been from the year that they were planning to move to DC.</p><p>In comparing the 2 sheets, we can see that the Orioles replaced the Rangers on the 1972 sheet for both the logo patch as well as the cap patch. Presumably the Senators would have been in those positions on the earlier sheets. The 1972 sheet also allows us to see the Padres, which were replaced on the 1974 sheet by a Yankees logo and a Cardinals cap patches, making those effectively double prints.</p><p>Other than these changes, the positions of the other teams all remain the same between the 2 sheets. We can also see some of the logos that changed, such as the Indians logo and cap, the Braves cap (from a capital "A" to a lower case "a") and the Angels (from the lower case "a" in 1972 to the capital "A" in 1974. <br /></p><p>I would like to thank the person who reached out to me and provided these pictures as they greatly enhance our understanding of these cloth patches and some of the changes that occurred over the years. </p>Fleerfanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15864097341083255908noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1455498748416586967.post-82486020752053610632021-01-06T11:27:00.019-08:002021-01-06T14:48:04.649-08:00Amazing Topps 1967 Video Shows Boy On Top of Millions of Dollars Worth of 1967 Baseball Cases<p>If you haven't seen the 1967 Topps promotional video entitled "The Hidden Treasure", you are in for a treat. Topps posted this on YouTube a few weeks back, and it is an amazing time capsule:<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLTtG3T44K6AOiik7hM0sN_2k2A5Tu0VuMqn2zNNaw_2zDto-qFzT7SdgIUNFcR8iqwh24lAn6j0EpnAc85oATQxv_drK98lDNFN0SIo1tGDwU2WtenoX2VWSU1caib_8n5pnPfToremg/s1280/Topps+The+Hidden+Treasure.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLTtG3T44K6AOiik7hM0sN_2k2A5Tu0VuMqn2zNNaw_2zDto-qFzT7SdgIUNFcR8iqwh24lAn6j0EpnAc85oATQxv_drK98lDNFN0SIo1tGDwU2WtenoX2VWSU1caib_8n5pnPfToremg/w400-h225/Topps+The+Hidden+Treasure.png" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwB9JmRY-tuXzDpcmTRGpz4HACwxcyVZ-0YCt2uIhRwN4MOwjVoSx0zJBtQ5p5oxlCNuFCwBgMgC3FtmHHLjiNSTbyfsbWOq8h9xkz-8oBD-YNlZw8-3IoI1ErYan8eE4wjwugzB8ozfM/s1280/Topps+The+Hidden+Treasure+1.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwB9JmRY-tuXzDpcmTRGpz4HACwxcyVZ-0YCt2uIhRwN4MOwjVoSx0zJBtQ5p5oxlCNuFCwBgMgC3FtmHHLjiNSTbyfsbWOq8h9xkz-8oBD-YNlZw8-3IoI1ErYan8eE4wjwugzB8ozfM/w400-h225/Topps+The+Hidden+Treasure+1.png" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This is a fantastic look back at kids collecting baseball cards during 1967 as well as look at the new Topps factory in Durya, PA.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We get to see kids opening packs of 1967 Topps Baseball:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeLiLj8ge1tlu3-HPAPk30oC5x0KXYXzH-VQrJKOmUOz7czAV32zTppbAmhnLmC6dbhZur58H_Vdc4PGRyMBw6G12PYnhRml2JsDm3fL8I8YTj-gdH5W3PSWgSDSamb1deb5iAZnv1zGQ/s1280/1967+Topps+Pack.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeLiLj8ge1tlu3-HPAPk30oC5x0KXYXzH-VQrJKOmUOz7czAV32zTppbAmhnLmC6dbhZur58H_Vdc4PGRyMBw6G12PYnhRml2JsDm3fL8I8YTj-gdH5W3PSWgSDSamb1deb5iAZnv1zGQ/w400-h225/1967+Topps+Pack.png" width="400" /> </a> <br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Looks like these are 1967 High Numbers based on the Don Clendenon (# 535)! <br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhG6sjc33sKzy1nnmZTG2S7VzCJfE1TnnUa6sAmC3XW7LTpXLZBqhufKORzv_VPJjGRU34ihJJFtB1NJdFp2-nb3VCqUCA1q325vDXi1qGTrd3QNE8egxnLIa5iEm4GPeVBbBa2OARWek/s1280/1967+Topps+Pack+Don+Clendenon.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhG6sjc33sKzy1nnmZTG2S7VzCJfE1TnnUa6sAmC3XW7LTpXLZBqhufKORzv_VPJjGRU34ihJJFtB1NJdFp2-nb3VCqUCA1q325vDXi1qGTrd3QNE8egxnLIa5iEm4GPeVBbBa2OARWek/w400-h225/1967+Topps+Pack+Don+Clendenon.png" width="400" /> </a> <br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We see more high numbers in the packs his sister opened! <br /></div> </div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYIBWRnemP-ppR09ilcY1Jakyq0fP4QEQ1lYbI9t-FJvPeQv8lSOcRc92E9IoJ0GonKlBA_RhiY8H33SWr-p8hz-c_RIs24iyPHqwIm5zpREYZPLZJjccP1K64FvEG2gTywgKWQDg6JU0/s1280/1967+Topps+Baseball+Cards.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYIBWRnemP-ppR09ilcY1Jakyq0fP4QEQ1lYbI9t-FJvPeQv8lSOcRc92E9IoJ0GonKlBA_RhiY8H33SWr-p8hz-c_RIs24iyPHqwIm5zpREYZPLZJjccP1K64FvEG2gTywgKWQDg6JU0/w400-h225/1967+Topps+Baseball+Cards.png" width="400" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We see kids flipping their cards. STOP! Those are '67 High Numbers!!!! <br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaPAEUGX3G7AJT21FrQewM4AQQBT4qZRd6G-uhZ6qED7vvRPfQ9Mn5ptUuKy2RZjgW-TsIimlX_VpZM4nnbAnM9tLQhcvlzT0pNt7nUiwuTpLqM5GSYsoYbobu7yNVXYqehO7tBboe_u8/s1280/1967+Topps+Cards+Flipping.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaPAEUGX3G7AJT21FrQewM4AQQBT4qZRd6G-uhZ6qED7vvRPfQ9Mn5ptUuKy2RZjgW-TsIimlX_VpZM4nnbAnM9tLQhcvlzT0pNt7nUiwuTpLqM5GSYsoYbobu7yNVXYqehO7tBboe_u8/w400-h225/1967+Topps+Cards+Flipping.png" width="400" /></a></div> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">What are the odds that one of those cards on the ground is a Seaver or a Carew rookie!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />I also like the Topps poster in the widow behind the kid with the blond hair. I have never seen that before.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />The "story" of the "Hidden Treasure" is that the kid who is flipping cards loses all his cards to the "new" kid who for some reason has a diabolical laugh. After losing his cards, and not being able to get any cards from his sister to use to win back some of the cards he lost, he goes fishing to "brood all alone", at which point he discovers a Treasure map:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6htQi6wfrCu-_7_J4WpMmmOS9lxmqbTfOX3MjVl_cIfTLIqTWhNLpEse2bioKg3TjLXOug75BZduY-YbBiMdhqzSLm2yXrzsVRnxNtsJj6xa9nEQkvHFrf0TbvxINbHziEylp86_xICI/s1280/Topps+The+Hidden+Treasure+Map.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6htQi6wfrCu-_7_J4WpMmmOS9lxmqbTfOX3MjVl_cIfTLIqTWhNLpEse2bioKg3TjLXOug75BZduY-YbBiMdhqzSLm2yXrzsVRnxNtsJj6xa9nEQkvHFrf0TbvxINbHziEylp86_xICI/w400-h225/Topps+The+Hidden+Treasure+Map.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The map directs him to the new Topps factory in Durya, PA which had started operations a few years before:<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbxVK4xYN4ykHWoKOLHC5K8mWxO6_EPtz4AlQxFSZiiyz90OBmorbzXjwfcQtr-kmZv7mbabsbx6cwOhhkWcDIJmElz1C0zj0Ra198YsP6tVC8xGKnIamBT_mcZnJ3drrZ81r7f7gw1Gc/s1280/Topps+Durya+PA+Factory.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbxVK4xYN4ykHWoKOLHC5K8mWxO6_EPtz4AlQxFSZiiyz90OBmorbzXjwfcQtr-kmZv7mbabsbx6cwOhhkWcDIJmElz1C0zj0Ra198YsP6tVC8xGKnIamBT_mcZnJ3drrZ81r7f7gw1Gc/w400-h225/Topps+Durya+PA+Factory.png" width="400" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">He plans to sneak in to the factory, and then when everyone goes home for the night, dig for the hidden treasure.<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Once inside, he starts exploring, and comes across rolls of wrappers:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghelxoJJQWiWlp8Csr1C0Ko7QqvcrF_gb7T90zXBxsjYIeKb0FdYPlxDKd_sHiSfeszY032b8bFUnnfF2hvdIA-mkBEZoMoThfp3sG0TguocHK-FLIg4W378MKvPlNSjEoffINxNv2Qy0/s1280/Topps+Wrapper+Rolls.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghelxoJJQWiWlp8Csr1C0Ko7QqvcrF_gb7T90zXBxsjYIeKb0FdYPlxDKd_sHiSfeszY032b8bFUnnfF2hvdIA-mkBEZoMoThfp3sG0TguocHK-FLIg4W378MKvPlNSjEoffINxNv2Qy0/w400-h225/Topps+Wrapper+Rolls.png" width="400" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">He starts playing with the equipment, including the machines that pack the baseball cards:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt0xDt8B85lwPnuDk7IugGBcVeyzQzICULaAgZwSoeUSmkaZskvNxZDFlT8lMNoEwcIPzUi5GKTEREqQzMqmv4NWTlNTCn5GIVv0SJveHTZeOoQgWm5JzvTHulJ9XulJU7ZopUm1do6AY/s1280/Topps+Factory+1967+Cards.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt0xDt8B85lwPnuDk7IugGBcVeyzQzICULaAgZwSoeUSmkaZskvNxZDFlT8lMNoEwcIPzUi5GKTEREqQzMqmv4NWTlNTCn5GIVv0SJveHTZeOoQgWm5JzvTHulJ9XulJU7ZopUm1do6AY/w400-h225/Topps+Factory+1967+Cards.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Here we see the gum getting added to be packaged with the cards as we now see a stick of gum on top:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNM0WSXaYjvC2mrH73TDZQO6jVwCnH8R1ooTxyMq-bDqDWkPgW0p5FNcZWSk30Y9V1mc3HWwMqoTUyBdpXqnfFYYK5lFy3L0wvRuE9b4PetEVMj9GzwnRPZ_LHJLP_auEmXusAkZbTHr4/s1280/Topps+Factory+1967+Cards+with+Gum.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNM0WSXaYjvC2mrH73TDZQO6jVwCnH8R1ooTxyMq-bDqDWkPgW0p5FNcZWSk30Y9V1mc3HWwMqoTUyBdpXqnfFYYK5lFy3L0wvRuE9b4PetEVMj9GzwnRPZ_LHJLP_auEmXusAkZbTHr4/w400-h225/Topps+Factory+1967+Cards+with+Gum.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The cards then get put into wrappers. This is where things get confusing. The video shows a roll of 1966 wrappers, so presumably this was footage that had been shot a year earlier:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnOhoAuXspzBeDyQnfFCEakk6S8UQPo3cc1FTddxMQcsueZLZmhZNiHKNRftQlqh2NgHdebD_gJKWJaFspt-FcmHu6LxGBR9nBxa6guDC469ylkIngsBna38-GCNF2fXBcc8bSj4DWIPA/s1280/Topps+Factory+1966+Wrappers.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnOhoAuXspzBeDyQnfFCEakk6S8UQPo3cc1FTddxMQcsueZLZmhZNiHKNRftQlqh2NgHdebD_gJKWJaFspt-FcmHu6LxGBR9nBxa6guDC469ylkIngsBna38-GCNF2fXBcc8bSj4DWIPA/w400-h225/Topps+Factory+1966+Wrappers.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We also see what appear to be 1966 packs coming off the assembly line:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVugH87sXuI0CP8JmgklhJ7im4dYNYUMvWHHv62X7kG98_M4X1phG30duhnzZg2mTP_zLCxthikOL6dAXmfouXufBbNpzceIxWcKf0T7VEH-W22HXJ_w6UurzyHEIVrzT0sITm4IE1grg/s1280/Topps+Factory+1966+Packs+1.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVugH87sXuI0CP8JmgklhJ7im4dYNYUMvWHHv62X7kG98_M4X1phG30duhnzZg2mTP_zLCxthikOL6dAXmfouXufBbNpzceIxWcKf0T7VEH-W22HXJ_w6UurzyHEIVrzT0sITm4IE1grg/w400-h225/Topps+Factory+1966+Packs+1.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjprcwvziqYYQdQrK93jT3YIrxqZVuJ4AofphL2SshuxI1BxJwTEr1-5uCU0-vSBoWcQTWJ9PDfdxgU7pa2Fed51HXMn70EOEq6hrSYxZuJUmEnvZqFFPM-yCtx9VuWOHL0JAWxlSB3_Yk/s1280/Topps+Factory+1966+Packs+2.png" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Our treasure hunter then falls asleep and dreams of being caught by the factory workers and being turned into a baseball card.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKz2NDQweeCRhNRKLoQftkwbvwBnjdLnE_fAtky-pt4JoE752JsMKVjXQZG_zry00eLkR-6k-3yC6VGFCp_2bKHy-uCOoofoiPAsO3FudlUnqg3A0YZq1x235V9MGNBG4jQ6LlNjgMLkE/s1280/Topps+Factory+1967+Topps+Baseball+Cases.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKz2NDQweeCRhNRKLoQftkwbvwBnjdLnE_fAtky-pt4JoE752JsMKVjXQZG_zry00eLkR-6k-3yC6VGFCp_2bKHy-uCOoofoiPAsO3FudlUnqg3A0YZq1x235V9MGNBG4jQ6LlNjgMLkE/w400-h225/Topps+Factory+1967+Topps+Baseball+Cases.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjboCwVzE1gaCqQTdYRbtKwGBQJKOJqjKNztffFTcpjZHrk2W1jFTB5O_vDO9nXYjoz8mjf2O_EC-TPn4d9nzsmdYHa03HfTCU2SgvnMFcBp6fHc33vJrYp04RKQ2pHCtiNRruQk6YaHaQ/s1280/Topps+Factory+1967+Topps+Baseball.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjboCwVzE1gaCqQTdYRbtKwGBQJKOJqjKNztffFTcpjZHrk2W1jFTB5O_vDO9nXYjoz8mjf2O_EC-TPn4d9nzsmdYHa03HfTCU2SgvnMFcBp6fHc33vJrYp04RKQ2pHCtiNRruQk6YaHaQ/w400-h225/Topps+Factory+1967+Topps+Baseball.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Once again, we see a 1966 wrapper as the factory workers cover him up with a mock up of the 1966 design. <br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">He doesn't realize it, but he has found the treasure and he is laying on top of it! Those appear to be 1967 Topps Baseball cases.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Here is a picture of a 1967 Topps Baseball shipping case (right under the Football case). Note the baseball player in the bottom left corner - these appear to be similar boxes:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8-Aw_zk76bOx-H1QHHJth0jWFYzHUo8eYAMi8JiwMWmoZQZBTKV4W08SL6trfpVU-cJTUsPQAs3OA7VfDN5IYXPBYP48rFLDr7QmO3mkyFE_6Ph3X2QYA-tV5ttWFEIGz71OoEPuyHFI/s547/1967+Topps+Baseball+Case.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="306" data-original-width="547" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8-Aw_zk76bOx-H1QHHJth0jWFYzHUo8eYAMi8JiwMWmoZQZBTKV4W08SL6trfpVU-cJTUsPQAs3OA7VfDN5IYXPBYP48rFLDr7QmO3mkyFE_6Ph3X2QYA-tV5ttWFEIGz71OoEPuyHFI/w400-h224/1967+Topps+Baseball+Case.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">They also share a similar design to the 1967 wax box:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM957huJIgef6mMdpWjKXaXD2YYSA0eTofU6tGgIIpwueIpeGNVpUJWFDbxxAERC_YaL2LazVEyDgXpW8TRjsn3d1vF-6Urm0YLSnXsMM2jr2yz4IxvE1Bpd7zoXrPwgHPvSpdtOfSKU4/s812/1967+Topps+Baseball+Box.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="812" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM957huJIgef6mMdpWjKXaXD2YYSA0eTofU6tGgIIpwueIpeGNVpUJWFDbxxAERC_YaL2LazVEyDgXpW8TRjsn3d1vF-6Urm0YLSnXsMM2jr2yz4IxvE1Bpd7zoXrPwgHPvSpdtOfSKU4/w400-h295/1967+Topps+Baseball+Box.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">There appear to be 4 rows of 9 cases, or 36 cases. We see from the picture of the case that there are 24 was boxes in a case, so that would mean he is laying on top of 864 wax boxes!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I have no idea what an unopened box of 1967 Topps might go for (especially if these were the High Numbers that he was opening earlier), but just throwing some numbers together if you could get $12k per box, you are looking at over $10 million, and that is likely a low estimate!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">He didn't need that shovel to dig for treasure! All he needed was to take one of those forklifts and take the pallet of those 36 cases home!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The story ends with our treasure hunter getting punished by his parents for breaking into the factory (double the chores and no baseball cards) while his sister mocks him with more cards:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv8hXI3LdTy4i-nhuKcJ84WM-93EqCdMVg2U9i0Bb2y5Uf9hdqLV62scMwTc6-ocu6mNd4y9GG05EAAah4pjbYXa_wN-12KlEycmkEuXmYn0H9VW6ckw3yKPZpghabrMIEuXWk9Q3YS6c/s1280/1967+Topps+Baseball+Cards+1.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv8hXI3LdTy4i-nhuKcJ84WM-93EqCdMVg2U9i0Bb2y5Uf9hdqLV62scMwTc6-ocu6mNd4y9GG05EAAah4pjbYXa_wN-12KlEycmkEuXmYn0H9VW6ckw3yKPZpghabrMIEuXWk9Q3YS6c/w400-h225/1967+Topps+Baseball+Cards+1.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid8i0bi7jnjeRQoezkPOicuM-pM9jBnolXWkTuLJIJ6EM3qH9EQXV53NZuob4_uZPOcBX9L1ccKUCVNUFR2ggDwRrapqwQQe2ovHnWtkWMawX2WuMQnRZzqLKSe9_eeoa1vXvsIHzgOe4/s1280/1967+Topps+Hidden+Treasure+Ending.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid8i0bi7jnjeRQoezkPOicuM-pM9jBnolXWkTuLJIJ6EM3qH9EQXV53NZuob4_uZPOcBX9L1ccKUCVNUFR2ggDwRrapqwQQe2ovHnWtkWMawX2WuMQnRZzqLKSe9_eeoa1vXvsIHzgOe4/w400-h225/1967+Topps+Hidden+Treasure+Ending.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Its not really clear who the audience would have been for this film. Presumably Topps was hoping it could be shown in schools, perhaps from the angle of showing how candy gets made and factories operate.<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Here is the video so you can travel back to 1967 and see what it was like in the Topps factory:<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/lfvCFFBnWic" width="320" youtube-src-id="lfvCFFBnWic"></iframe> </div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><p></p>Fleerfanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15864097341083255908noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1455498748416586967.post-62814585510120001242020-12-27T17:04:00.001-08:002020-12-27T17:04:10.158-08:00False Advertising - 1979 Topps Football Sell Sheet<p>I saw this 1979 Topps Football sell sheet on ebay, and was quite surprised to see the Steelers logo on Terry Bradshaw's helmet. This flyer certainly gives the impression that the 1979 set would include team logos on the helmets based on the picture:<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH0CYaW9ZyhKdJ3KbvcmgQghju9po4ltfMV1uiARyiTnxdislndpT7i4XgYh6FPHVTpouopJpo5WkKbzB3Obyns2FwXZfvL9lvgGlvsEwn8hJZ56FQVwp5PinvlHrJUIY4OUxVIOQoi0I/s993/1979+Topps+Football+Sell+Sheet.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="993" data-original-width="847" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH0CYaW9ZyhKdJ3KbvcmgQghju9po4ltfMV1uiARyiTnxdislndpT7i4XgYh6FPHVTpouopJpo5WkKbzB3Obyns2FwXZfvL9lvgGlvsEwn8hJZ56FQVwp5PinvlHrJUIY4OUxVIOQoi0I/w341-h400/1979+Topps+Football+Sell+Sheet.jpg" width="341" /></a></div>Alas, what we actually got was the same old airbrushed helmets that we had to endure for the entire decade as this is what we ended up with:<br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcLax2HRQvuSPylMSKrJrL5-Mr3-20kfmGittqAW9YLAqoPHrGQc-FHnwL28ZaB9ohj1HoEkgYLc_aF_0RvpqAY4fdQ8qt7A_zeO54uxyTtwfJtAe105wP4PBFLpZiDYEh1TkzmkTp29U/s1136/1979+Topps+Terry+Bradshaw.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;">I'<img border="0" data-original-height="1136" data-original-width="821" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcLax2HRQvuSPylMSKrJrL5-Mr3-20kfmGittqAW9YLAqoPHrGQc-FHnwL28ZaB9ohj1HoEkgYLc_aF_0RvpqAY4fdQ8qt7A_zeO54uxyTtwfJtAe105wP4PBFLpZiDYEh1TkzmkTp29U/w289-h400/1979+Topps+Terry+Bradshaw.jpg" width="289" /></a></div><p></p><p>I'm guessing that Topps didn't bother to airbrush the sell sheet as that isn't a trading card, and they probably figured the NFL would not bother going after them over a sell sheet.</p><p>Here is a look at the other sports sell sheets from 1979:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPKLhQjcji0LoUpjFjyrSLX3uxII-Pnk9YI-iQMdWSxx11aEmcHLIgzajylTylTmpVMUA0CnJERIQr6dxdGyaHVqLDpOXu7DAkyJ6JAHD0Q0Fi2KOqj89ybroUO3OPLV2mI9LLC1H1eHM/s987/1979+Topps+Baseball+Sell+Sheet.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="987" data-original-width="836" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPKLhQjcji0LoUpjFjyrSLX3uxII-Pnk9YI-iQMdWSxx11aEmcHLIgzajylTylTmpVMUA0CnJERIQr6dxdGyaHVqLDpOXu7DAkyJ6JAHD0Q0Fi2KOqj89ybroUO3OPLV2mI9LLC1H1eHM/w339-h400/1979+Topps+Baseball+Sell+Sheet.jpg" width="339" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-IYFgjEkwowQSrJeT1UNkdKGWZcYLrifREGExsUpTXRkSeI7PpzbAol7Cf_uwOiEIYSJqVFeLB6LjS87P4j68beq7NDYmG3jPz3FRoYPxzqtjTB4sseKqhxAz5hjLAD2fbbfgZvJsgXg/s943/1979+Topps+Basketball+Sell+Sheet.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="943" data-original-width="815" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-IYFgjEkwowQSrJeT1UNkdKGWZcYLrifREGExsUpTXRkSeI7PpzbAol7Cf_uwOiEIYSJqVFeLB6LjS87P4j68beq7NDYmG3jPz3FRoYPxzqtjTB4sseKqhxAz5hjLAD2fbbfgZvJsgXg/w346-h400/1979+Topps+Basketball+Sell+Sheet.jpg" width="346" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7xyIAZFo7DP2xyHu1yQ7Z1FtZuRGz2Uz5d4quN0bmMIg_vUWHdl4ziHKiTzNRfhDf1aarABsfa2F1ozP0HDgik1AIcPvIK9p8tAA8pLZmodep8CeNaxGZtnWPZVNPSXhC2V383mAKyps/s1059/1979+Topps+Hockey+Sell+Sheet.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1059" data-original-width="909" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7xyIAZFo7DP2xyHu1yQ7Z1FtZuRGz2Uz5d4quN0bmMIg_vUWHdl4ziHKiTzNRfhDf1aarABsfa2F1ozP0HDgik1AIcPvIK9p8tAA8pLZmodep8CeNaxGZtnWPZVNPSXhC2V383mAKyps/w344-h400/1979+Topps+Hockey+Sell+Sheet.jpg" width="344" /></a></div>Oh to have bought a few cases of each of these and just put them away for about 40 years!<br /><p><br /></p>Fleerfanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15864097341083255908noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1455498748416586967.post-49306549559895552322020-07-23T08:50:00.001-07:002020-07-23T08:53:02.529-07:00Play Ball! - Bob Laughlin StyleAs we get ready for the most unique season in MLB history, I thought this would be a good time to show a Sporting News cover from 1967 that I recently came across featuring the artwork of Bob Laughlin with his representations for each team at the start of the season:<br />
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Here is the full cover from the Feb 25, 1967 issue:<br />
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Card collectors will recognize Bob's work from his World Series sets that he initially produced himself in B&W</div>
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as well as the <a href="https://fleersticker.blogspot.com/2010/04/1st-issue-of-bob-laughlins-inside-pitch.html" target="_blank">color World Series and other sets he did for Fleer</a> and other self produced sets in the early to mid-70s: </div>
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In fact, in his <a href="https://fleersticker.blogspot.com/2010/03/world-series-card-set-ads-from-r-g.html" target="_blank">initial ad for the World Series sets</a>, he mentions doing the above cover for the Sporting News: </div>
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If you are interested in checking out The Sporting News archives, they are currently available through a subscription to <a href="http://newspaperarchive.com/">newspaperarchive.com</a>. I bought a one month subscription and had a great time reading through articles from the 50's through the 80's. The database is searchable, so if you want to search for articles on a particular player or team, you can quickly find the pages you are looking for.</div>
Fleerfanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15864097341083255908noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1455498748416586967.post-74362141628256456212020-07-21T21:56:00.003-07:002020-07-21T21:56:53.822-07:00The Joys of Marking Off a Checklist in the Digital AgeAs I've mentioned a few times on the blog, <a href="http://fleersticker.blogspot.com/2008/02/flashback-to-my-first-love-wacky.html" target="_blank">Wacky Packages were the first things I collected</a>, and the checklists were what got me hooked on wanting to complee sets, which continues to be my collecting focus 40+ years later.<br />
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other titles looked like and add them to my collection.</span><span style="font-size: 100%;"> </span><span style="font-size: 100%;">Filling out the checklist, and getting those last few stickers to complete the set became an obsession.</span><span style="font-size: 100%;"> </span><span style="font-size: 100%;">Each pack that yielded a sticker or two to fill in one of those checklist boxes was a thrill to open.</span></span></div>
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It wasn't until many of the titles from the 16th Series appeared in the 4 series of reissue sets from 1979 - 1980 that reprinted a number of the original Wackys that many collectors found out that the 15th Series had not been the last one once they started seeing a number of what appeared to be new stickers, but actually turned out to be reprints from a series most weren't familiar with.. </div>
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After finally filling in the gaps I was missing in my collection of the 1st through 15th Series, I decided to start tackling the 16th Series, which is the Wacky equivalent to something like the 1967 Topps Baseball High Numbers. This has been a quest that has been going on for a number of years. Its not that the stickers are impossible to find, its just hard trying to find them at a price I am willing to pay.</div>
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Since part of my childhood memories are the fun of marking off the Wacky checklist when acquiring new stickers (not simply deleting something off a wantlist like I do now), I decided it would be fun to mark off the checklist to keep visual track of my progress, just like back in the day.</div>
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Since there was no way I was going to ruin one of my checklists, I came up with a solution using Microsoft Paint.</div>
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I took a scan of one of my unmarked checklists, and when I am able to add a new sticker to the collection, I simply pull up the scan, and fill in the box. Its also very handy to have the picture of the checklist to keep track of the titles I am still looking for.</div>
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Fleerfanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15864097341083255908noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1455498748416586967.post-66551896037638420172020-05-24T11:41:00.001-07:002020-05-24T11:41:52.929-07:00Mike Boddicker Has A Great Sense of Humor!Last Fall, I called out Topps on their mistake for using a picture of Mike Boddicker on<a href="https://fleersticker.blogspot.com/2019/10/topps-carelessness-creates-collecting.html" target="_blank"> Jim Palmer's Greatest Seasons card</a> in the Update Series.<br />
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As a followup to that post, I wanted to share a picture that Bill sent me of the card where Mike displayed a great sense of humor by signing the card using Jim Palmer's nickname "Cakes":<br />
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Its great to see Mike taking this mistake in stride and having fun autographing a card where he is identified as Jim Palmer with a playful nod to the mistake.<br />
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As for the origin of the nickname, it is a result of Palmer's routine of eating pancakes on the day he was scheduled to pitch:<br />
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The fantastic "When Topps Had (Base)Balls!" site created an<a href="http://whentoppshadballs.blogspot.com/2017/11/nicknames-of-1970s-jim-cakes-palmer.html" target="_blank"> awesome Nicknames of the 70's card for Jim "Cakes" Palmer</a>:</div>
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I'd like to thank Bill for sending along the picture of the card showing Mike having some fun with Topps' mistake.</div>
Fleerfanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15864097341083255908noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1455498748416586967.post-31210594632726662192020-05-15T18:22:00.001-07:002020-05-15T18:22:49.837-07:001991 Bowman Variation Discovered - Obscured Budweiser SignIn what appears to be an attempt to cover up alcohol advertising, I've come across a variation of the 1991 Bowman card # 174 for Scott Lusader where the Budweiser advertisement on the Tiger Stadium scoreboard has been partially whited out as you can see on the card on the right:<br />
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The interesting thing is that I found both of these versions in factory sets that I was recently going through. I have no idea which version may be more scare. As there is only 1 Lusader card on COMC right now (with the ad showing) I don't have a representative sample to make a guess if one is harder to find than the other. <br />
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When I came across these variations, it instantly reminded me of the the 1989 Fleer Randy Johnson card with the various attempts by Fleer obscure the Marlboro sign in the background.Fleerfanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15864097341083255908noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1455498748416586967.post-37832676824145739282019-10-18T19:05:00.000-07:002019-10-18T19:05:41.373-07:00Topps Carelessness Creates Collecting DilemmaIn looking at the cards that just came out in the Topps Update series, I found that there is a new Jim Palmer card to add to my player collection - or so I thought. When I took a look at the picture of the card, I realized it wasn't Jim Palmer on the card:<br />
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Instead of Jim Palmer, we get a picture of Mike Boddicker. <br />
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Really Topps? I appreciate you trying to find a new picture rather than recycling the same few shots over and over again, but this is ridiculous. Is there no quality control process to check to make sure the pictures are of the correct players, especially for a series recognizing a player's greatest season?<br />
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This isn't some minor league prospect we are talking about. Jim Palmer is a Hall of Famer, and appears in a number of Topps sets each year, so you should have an idea of what he looks like. His # 22 is retired by the Orioles, and Boddicker's uniform clearly shows a 5. How this got missed is beyond me.<br />
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So here is my dilemma - should I even bother with adding this card to my Palmer collection? It obviously isn't him. If this were the only card, I'd probably say yes, just as a curiosity. However, as with almost every Topps card these days, there are the dreaded parallels. I see there are gold and blue parallels already listed on ebay, and I'm sure there are black, green, red, and 150th variations as well. <br />
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Since I do try to pick up the parallels (the unfortunate curse of being a completist), I find myself not even wanting this card, because then I've essentially committed myself to gathering up the parallels to go with it. I've got the 150th Anniversary Greatest Players card of Palmer (and all of the parallels except red), but if I then put this card in the Jim Palmer binder, it will seem odd that 1) IT ISN'T EVEN HIM! and 2) unlike the other cards where I have the parallels, this one will look odd by itself.<br />
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I find myself disliking the card because of the fact that Topps obviously doesn't give a flip about producing quality cards. When you don't have any competition, why bother to try hard.<br />
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So I'd like to ask the player collectors out there - if one of the players you collect ended up with a card picturing someone else, would you still feel it needs to go in your collection? And if you also chase the parallels, would you try to track those down as well?Fleerfanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15864097341083255908noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1455498748416586967.post-50622791524751686642019-06-11T20:26:00.000-07:002019-06-11T20:26:02.493-07:00Fleer Stickers That Never Were - USFL EditionI came across a great item on Pinterest where someone designed USFL helmets in the style of the 1977 - 1980 Fleer Team Action stickers:<br />
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I also like that the creator (Gumball) uses the Fleer logo for their name. Very nice touch.<br />
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I never saw a USFL game in person, but do remember watching some of them on TV. Since I was not born when the AFL formed, and too young to remember the WFL, it was exciting to see the start of a new league. Its a shame the league wasn't able to survive.<br />
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If you haven't seen the ESPN 30 for 30 documentary "Small Potatoes: Who Killed the USFL", I'd highly recommend you check it out. Its a great look back at the league.Fleerfanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15864097341083255908noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1455498748416586967.post-15245897157282059172018-12-15T06:59:00.000-08:002018-12-15T06:59:17.642-08:00"Merry Christmas In The NFL" - A Lost Christmas ClassicWhen I was back at my childhood home over Thanksgiving, I came across a few cassette tapes I had made as a kid where I had recorded songs off the radio from the late 70's and early 80's. <br />
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As I was playing back the tapes, one of the songs I had recorded was a Christmas song I hadn't heard in probably over 35 years. <br />
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The song is "Merry Christmas in the NFL", which was released in 1980. It was recorded by Jerry Buckner and Gary Garcia, who would have a hit a couple of years later with "Pac-Man Fever".<br />
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The song is a parody of the poem <i>The Night Before Christmas</i>, but instead of Santa, it is Howard Cosell who comes bearing gifts.
Instead of calling out the names of Santa's reindeer, he calls out NFL cities. He brings a helmet, autographed pictures of cheerleaders, and
highlight videos on Betamax!<br />
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If you'd like to take a listen, here is the lost Christmas classic:<br />
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Merry Christmas!Fleerfanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15864097341083255908noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1455498748416586967.post-3825708974427739652018-04-29T13:33:00.001-07:002018-04-29T13:34:44.043-07:00Getting Help With My 1967 Fleer Baseball Emblem CardsContributor to the blog John was kind enough to send me one of the hard to find 1967 Baseball Emblem cards that I need for my set:<br />
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You may recall that John provided scans of the cards from his collection which I shared in a <a href="http://fleersticker.blogspot.com/2017/09/1967-fleer-baseball-emblems-cards-cloth.html" target="_blank">post reviewing the 1967 Fleer Baseball Emblem Cards and Cloth Patches</a>. At the time he still needed 2 teams - the Senators and the Giants.<br />
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Fortunately John has been able to track down the 1967 Senators card since then,<br />
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If anyone has a copy of the 1967 Fleer Baseball Emblems Giants card and would be interested in trading with John, please let me know and I will be glad to put you in touch.<br />
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John was also kind enough to send a few scans of the 1967 Fleer Baseball Emblems Cloth Patches from his collection: <br />
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I'd like to say thanks to John for sharing pictures of his collection and for his generosity in sending me the Braves card. Fleerfanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15864097341083255908noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1455498748416586967.post-10100785691188042072018-03-17T12:47:00.000-07:002018-03-17T18:02:07.800-07:00Blog Bat Around: My Current ProjectsThanks to Night Owl for kicking off this latest Blog Bat Around. After reading about his current projects as well reading posts from other bloggers who have posted, I thought I would join in.<br />
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Here is a look at my various card collecting interests, and what I am currently focused on for each:<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Baseball Sets</span></b><br />
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Collecting baseball card sets is my primary focus. As I have discussed before in a <a href="http://fleersticker.blogspot.com/2008/11/blog-bat-around-who-are-you_20.html" target="_blank">previous Blog Bat Around</a>, I am a completist, so the main enjoyment I get from collecting is completing sets. <br />
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I have completed Topps flagship baseball sets from 1964 through 2017. I must confess though that for about the last 30 years, I have just bought Topps factory sets as my primary focus has been building vintage sets rather than building current sets through opening packs. While I miss the enjoyment of building each year's current set, I would rather focus my efforts on vintage cards.<br />
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<b>Sets I am currently working on:</b> 1960 & 1963 Topps<br />
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I've got about 1/2 of the 1960 set completed, and I'm down to only needing 6 cards for the 1963 set. Unfortunately the cards I need for '63 are guys named Rose, Mantle, Aaron, Mays, Koufax, and Clemente, so I'm afraid I'm going to be stuck at needing 6 for a while. <br />
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In addition to Topps, I also collect all other brands that were issued
in the 1980's (Fleer, Donruss, Score, Upper Deck), and have complete
sets for all of those brands up through 1991. <br />
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As for the sets that I have completed, I am still working on some of those sets in terms of:<br />
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<b>Upgrades</b> - from the sets I built in the 70's, there are still some cards like checklists that are marked, and cards that are not in the greatest condition that I am working on replacing. I'm also trying to improve cards that are terribly off center.<br />
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<b>Errors / Variations </b>- for the sets that I have completed, I'm trying to go back and build master sets that include all variations.<br />
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<b>And finally, I am also purchasing 1990s sets</b> - my goal is to have every major set issued from each year that I am collecting. Right now I'm trying to fill in the gaps in sets that I don't have from the early 1990's. That includes trying to put together all the insert sets as well.<br />
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Given the over production from the era, it is pretty easy to find some great prices on sets from this time period. In many cases though, the shipping costs more than the set. Once you add in the cost of a binder and pages, I end up spending more on the set than it is worth, but I enjoy being able to look at my cards in binders. If the cards are all packed away in boxes, then I never look at them, so I am progressively working my way through the sets that I have and putting them in binders.<br />
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Realistically, I think I will stop this project of completing all sets for a given year towards the end of the 1990's as there are just too many different sets by late 90's that I'll never be able to complete (and will never have enough room!). <br />
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One project that I have taken on where I am actually building some sets from the 1990s are 2 parallel sets - 1994 Score Gold Rush and 1994 Pinnacle Museum. I was able to pick up some lots for each of these sets, and have enjoyed trying to build them a few cards at a time.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Fleer Items</b></span><br />
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Now we get into the items that are the inspiration for this blog!<br />
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I've always loved all of the different Fleer items with team logos, as evidenced by all the different sets I've covered on the blog.<br />
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<b>Sets I am currently working on:</b><br />
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<b><a href="http://fleersticker.blogspot.com/2008/01/1969-fleer-baseball-pennants-and-stamps.html" target="_blank">1969 Baseball Pennants and Stamps</a></b> - This is one of my favorite Fleer issues given the multiple logos on each sheet. I'm down to only needing 2 sheets, but these things are almost impossible to find.<br />
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<b><a href="http://fleersticker.blogspot.com/2017/09/1967-fleer-baseball-emblems-cards-cloth.html" target="_blank">1967 Baseball Emblems and Fact Cards</a> </b>- These are much harder to find than the <a href="http://fleersticker.blogspot.com/2008/01/1968-fleer-team-logo-emblem-cards-cloth.html" target="_blank">1968 versions</a>. I still need quite a few 1967 patches and fact cards.<br />
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<b><a href="http://fleersticker.blogspot.com/2013/06/when-were-1962-fleer-baseball-decals.html" target="_blank">1960 - 1962 Fleer Baseball Decals with Red Backs</a></b> - Another Fleer variation that is very hard to find. Still trying to find a couple of teams.<br />
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<b><a href="http://fleersticker.blogspot.com/2008/06/1976-fleer-pioneers-of-baseball-2nd.html" target="_blank">1976 Iron Ons</a></b> - I'm a few teams short of completing this set as well.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Football Sets</span></b><br />
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In addition to collecting baseball sets, I also collect football cards. I've got complete Topps sets from 1966 though 2015 when they lost their license.<br />
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My next goal would be to collect the 1965 Topps set, but given that set contains the Namath rookie, I've decided instead to work on the 1964 - 1967 Philadelphia Football sets. <br />
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<b>Sets I am currently working on:</b> 1964, 1965, and 1966 Philadelphia (1967 is complete)<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Oddball</span></b><br />
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I love oddball sets! Oversize cards, posters, coins, stamps, stickers - I want them all!<br />
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My most recent completions were the 1971 Topps Coin set, the 1989 Topps Talking Baseball set, and the 1988 - 1990 Topps Big sets.<br />
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<a href="http://fleersticker.blogspot.com/2010/03/how-1971-topps-greatest-moments-set.html" target="_blank">1971 Topps Greatest Moments </a>- I'll probably never finish this one as the SP cards are ridiculously expensive, but I love the look of this set.<br />
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<b>Topps Sticker sets</b> - 1985 & 1986 Topps Baseball, 1985 & 1986 Topps Football - I'm trying to finish complete runs of the Topps Baseball and Football sticker sets from the 1980s.<br />
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<a href="http://fleersticker.blogspot.com/2010/10/1982-kelloggs-raisin-bran-nfl-team.html" target="_blank">1982 Kellogg's Raisin Bran NFL Posters</a> - Need a few more teams to complete the set.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>1970's Food Issues</b></span><br />
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As a <a href="http://fleersticker.blogspot.com/2008/12/i-love-1970s-collecting-at-grocery.html" target="_blank">kid growing up in the 1970s</a>, the Kellogg's and Hostess sets were a great way to get additional cards since Topps was the only game in town. I have fond memories of checking the backs of Hostess products looking for cards I needed and always wanting more Frosted Flakes to get another card for my set.<br />
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I've been able to finish a complete run of the Hostess panels from 1975 - 1979.<br />
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I've completed 1972 - 1983 Kellogg's.<br />
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I haven't started 1970 or 1971 yet, but they are on my list to start working on.<br />
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I also have the 1970 Kellog's Football set, but need to start the 1971 set. <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Basketball</b></span><br />
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My interest in basketball is limited to the Topps sets from the 1970s and early 1980s.<br />
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I've completed 1973-74 through 1979-80.<br />
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I'm currently working on the 1980-81 set, except of course I need the Bird/Johnson rookie.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Non Sport</b></span><br />
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<b>Wacky Packages</b> - <a href="http://fleersticker.blogspot.com/2008/02/flashback-to-my-first-love-wacky.html" target="_blank">Wackys were the first thing I ever collected</a>. Before I'd ever seen a baseball card, I had been gotten caught up in the Wacky craze. I blame the checklists that came in every pack for making me the set collector that I am today.<br />
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Seeing those checklists with all of the titles I didn't have made me want to keep buying packs until I could mark off every box on the checklist. I've been hooked on collecting sets ever since!<br />
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I've been able to complete the original 1st through 15th Series, as well as reissues and most of the All New Series that were released since 2004.<br />
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<b>Sets I am currently working on:</b><br />
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<b>Wacky Packages 16th Series </b>- The ultra rare 16th Series that most people at the time of its release were never aware of. Most collectors never knew about the series until Topps did reissues in 1979-1980 that had stickers that people had never seen before.<br />
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I've only picked up a few of the stickers in this set so far. They typically sell for at least $50 a piece, so this is another project that is probably going to take a very long time to finish.<br />
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<b>Other Non-Sports:</b><br />
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<b><a href="http://fleersticker.blogspot.com/2010/01/1974-topps-evel-knievel-cards-stickers.html" target="_blank">Topps Evel Knievel</a></b> - I was fortunate that this limited Topps issue was released where I was growing up. I was at just the right age to get totally swept up in the Evel Knievel mania. I had the toys and my friends and I would set up ramps to see how many Tonka trucks we could jump over on our bikes. I'm down to needing only 2 cards to complete the set, and have about half of the stickers.<br />
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<b>Topps Beatles cards</b> - I have always been a huge Beatles fan, so naturally I would be interested in collecting Beatles cards. I'm down to just needing a few to finish a complete run of all the Topps Beatles sets. <br />
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<b>Charlie's Angels</b> - How could I not collect these growing up in the 70's? I've got the card sets, but still need some of the sticker sets.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Star Wars -</span> </b><span style="font-size: small;">Same situation. Have all the cards from the original 5 series, just need to finish off the sticker sets.</span><b><span style="font-size: small;"></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Card Related Items</b></span><br />
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In addition to cards, I also collect wrappers and the boxes the cards came in. My goal is to have a wrapper and the box the cards came in from every set that I have collected from as far back as the 1960 Topps set I am working on through the end of the 1980s and the wax era. I've got quite a ways to go with this project.<br />
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Once you start getting into the 1990s with foil packs and the explosion of sets, it just becomes too much to try to collect.<br />
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There is much more I would like to include in this review. but I think I'll stop here as this is getting pretty long, and covers my main focus areas of collecting. If you've made it this far, thanks for reading!Fleerfanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15864097341083255908noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1455498748416586967.post-55172731242384551852018-02-10T15:57:00.000-08:002018-02-10T15:57:07.404-08:00Secrets Revealed In a 1974 Fleer Uncut Cloth Patches SheetRecently I had someone contact me regarding an uncut sheet of Fleer Cloth Patches to see if I would be interested in purchasing a framed uncut sheet.<br />
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Needless to say, I was blown away by the beauty of this item. Here was the Holy Grail of Fleer cloth patch collecting! <br />
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I asked how they had acquired the sheet, and they told me that their grandfather had worked as a printer in Philadelphia, which is where Fleer was headquartered. He did not work for Fleer, but their print shop did work for Fleer. <br />
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Apparently anything that was off even by 1/16th of an inch would be scrapped, so he would save some of the sheets that were being trashed. While the grandfather had saved a number of different sheets, over time most of those sheets had been given away to friends. <br />
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This particular sheet had not been given away, and the owner decided to have it professionally framed a few years ago.<br />
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In discussing what the seller was looking to sell the sheet for, they explained that they had gotten an appraisal on it a few years ago of $2,000, so they were interested in selling it for $2,500 as they had spent a few hundred on the professional framing.<br />
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I let the seller know that I wasn't in a position to spend that amount, but that I would be glad to feature the sheet on my blog, and would let them know if anyone expressed interest. If anyone is interested in making a serious offer, please let me know, and I will be glad to pass your information along to the seller.<br />
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As for the secrets revealed in the sheet, I think I am able to date the sheet by the fact that there is one team missing.<br />
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After comparing the layout of the sheet to the partial uncut sheet that I do have<br />
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I noticed that the 4th patch from the left on the top row on my sheet was the Padres while the full uncut sheet had a Yankees patch in its place. Same situation for the 3rd patch from the left on the 3rd row - instead of the Padres cap patch, there was an extra Mets cap patch. There isn't a single Padres patch on the full uncut sheet.<br />
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Therefore, I would assume this sheet would be from early 1974 when the Padres were about to move to Washington, DC. It looks like Fleer omitted the Padres patches from the sheet as they had no idea of what patch to create for the relocating team, similar to the situation Topps had when producing their 1974 set:<br />
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Unless Fleer made changes later in the print run, it appears that Fleer did not issue any Padres patches in 1974. <br />
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One other piece of helpful information from the sheet comes from the top left corner of the sheet:<br />
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were not issued until at least 1975.<br />
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I would like to thank the person who reached out to me about the sheet for contacting me and for providing a number of pictures. They also sent pictures of 2 other Fleer items which I will be sharing in future posts, so stay tuned! Fleerfanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15864097341083255908noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1455498748416586967.post-68361121006436938222018-01-07T20:30:00.000-08:002018-01-07T20:32:36.373-08:00Celebrating 10 Years and 1,000,000 Page Views!I'd been meaning to post this last month, but ended up being very busy during the holidays. I wanted to announce that December marked the 10 year anniversary of The Fleer Sticker Project!<br />
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Another exciting milestone for the blog occurred in December as well when the blog passed the 1 million page view mark.<br />
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I would have never imagined that when I made my first post back on <a href="http://fleersticker.blogspot.com/2007/12/welcome-to-fleer-sticker-project.html" target="_blank">December 12, 2007</a> that 10 years later the blog would still be going, and that it would have been viewed as much as it has.<br />
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My posting frequency has decreased significantly since the first few years where I was focused on trying to cover all of the different Fleer releases and the many variations from the early 1960s to the early 1990s<br />
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I'd like to say Thank You to everyone who has checked out the blog, and especially to those folks who have left comments and who have shared scans and information for me to post. Thanks for helping me keep this going for 10 years! Its great to know there are other collectors who also enjoy collecting Fleer decals/patches/stickers/cards/stamps, etc, as well as other items featuring team logos.</div>
Fleerfanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15864097341083255908noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1455498748416586967.post-28584891586019641472017-09-13T19:05:00.000-07:002017-09-13T19:33:33.685-07:00Back to School with NFL and AFL Book Covers from the 1960sFall means its time for football and time to head back to school. As we gear up for another NFL season while the kids are heading back to class, I thought it would be interesting to take a look at something that combines both of these Fall activities by reviewing NFL book covers from the 1960s.<br />
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In 1965, kids could buy book covers for their favorite NFL team, such as this cover for the Baltimore Colts: <br />
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and here is a closer look at the back showing helmets for all the NFL teams (note at this time helmets were shown with chin straps): </div>
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Here are the other teams I have been able to find pictures for with this design:</div>
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There was also a cover showing all 14 NFL Helmets and Team Logos: </div>
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Here is a closer look at the team logos:<br />
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The book covers could be purchased in a group of 5 for $.49:<br />
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These were also apparently available via a offer on the wrapper of 1965 Philadelphia Football Cards where you could buy all 15 covers (the 14 teams plus the cover with all the team helmets) for $1.50:<br />
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In 1966, the design changed as seen on this Green Bay Packers book cover:<br />
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and there were now 15 teams with the addition of the Atlanta Falcons:<br />
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which is also reflected on the back of each book cover with the team logos: <br />
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Here are the other teams I have been able to find with this design:<br />
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Dallas Cowboys:<br />
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Once again, the book covers were available through an offer on 1966 Philadelphia Football Card Wrappers, but the offer now includes 16 covers for $1.60: <br />
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The same design was used in 1967 as there is also a book cover of the expansion New Orleans Saints, but note that the back cover still only shows the 15 teams that were in the league in 1966:<br />
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It appears they used the same design in 1967 (which is why these are sometimes identified as being from 1967), but didn't bother to update the back to include the Saints.<br />
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The book covers were again available through an offer on the 1967 Philadelphia Football Card Wrappers:<br />
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There were also AFL book covers with a similar design<br />
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To wrap up, here is another item which would have been great to have heading back to school back in the day - an NFL Folder:<br />
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This folder has a 1967 NFL Properties copyright: <br />
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<br />Fleerfanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15864097341083255908noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1455498748416586967.post-33195579329692695612017-09-03T22:53:00.000-07:002017-09-03T22:53:57.570-07:001967 Fleer Baseball Emblems Cards & Cloth Patches Since I <a href="https://fleersticker.blogspot.com/2008/01/1967-fleer-team-emblem-cards-cloth.html" target="_blank">first wrote about the 1967 Fleer Baseball Emblems Cards & Cloth Patches almost 10 years ago</a>, I have slowly been making progress on finding images for this extremely rare set. That process was helped greatly when John recently contacted me looking for some Emblem cards to complete his set, and was kind enough to share the cards in his collection:<br />
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John has done a great job in tracking down these rare cards, and is now only looking for the Senators and the Giants to complete the set. Even though there were 20 MLB teams at the time, there are only 19 team emblem cards and team cloth patches as <a href="https://fleersticker.blogspot.com/2008/01/you-cant-call-them-astros.html" target="_blank">the Houston Astros did not have an Emblem Card or Cloth Patch for either the 1967 or 1968 sets, as there were licensing issues that impacted not only Fleer, but Topps as well.</a></div>
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The main things that distinguish the 1967 team Emblem cards from the 1968 cards
are 1) the fact that the card has the 1966 won - loss record on it (the
1968 card does not have a W/L record), 2) it says "SAVE ALL 19
CARDS" in Red (while the 1968 card has this printed in Black), and 3) the 1968 card contains a "Baseball Fact" while the 1967 card does not:</div>
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From the scans that John sent, it appears that the only team with a different logo in the 1967 set is the Reds, as they are the "Redlegs" with a head shot of Mr. Red on the 1967 card, and are the "Reds" with a full body shot of Mr. Red in 1968:</div>
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The other team with a significant change is the A's, who are in Kansas City in 1967, but in Oakland in 1968, although the logo remains the same.<br />
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For a more detailed look at the 1968 set, please see my review of the set <a href="https://fleersticker.blogspot.com/2008/01/1968-fleer-team-logo-emblem-cards-cloth.html" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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As for the Cloth Patches, the 1967 patches are almost impossible to find. In the nearly 10 years since I first wrote about these, I've only been able to find pictures of 8 of the 19 teams.<br />
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The 1967 Cloth Patches are nearly identical to the 1968's except for
the fact that the 1968's include the directions "PEEL OFF HERE" and dotted lines around the logos while
the 1967's do not.<br />
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In addition to the Orioles, I've only been able to find pictures of the following 1967 cloth patches:<br />
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In addition to one large team sticker with 3 cloth patches (sometimes referred to as tallboys), packs also contained a smaller sticker that included 3 patches of the names of teams (sometimes referred to as trio patches): <br />
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I have no idea of how many variations of these there may be, or if there is a way to distinguish the 1967 patches from the 1968 patches (other than the fact that any patches with the A's would either say Kansas City in 1967 or Oakland in 1968).<br />
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The packs for 1967 look similar to the 1968 packs, with the main difference being the title "Baseball Emblems" is red in 1967, and black with a different font in 1968:<br />
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In each pack, there was one large team Cloth Patch sticker (consisting of 3 patches), and one of the smaller trio stickers (with 3 team names), which make up the 6 cloth patches in each pack. In addition to the patches, there was also one team Emblem card in each pack, which was included to give the pack some stability, but it is not mentioned on the pack (as were none of the other various cards inserted with cloth patches over the years for some reason). <br />
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Finally, here is a look at the box the packs came in: <br />
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Many thanks to John for sharing his collection of team emblem cards, and for giving me a great reason to update my review of this set. Fleerfanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15864097341083255908noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1455498748416586967.post-44135481217405391822017-07-30T15:13:00.000-07:002017-07-30T15:13:52.880-07:00Orioles All Orange Uniform Finally Appears on a Topps Card!46 years after the Orioles first wore them, Topps has finally created a card showing the <a href="http://fleersticker.blogspot.com/2010/12/new-photo-of-brooks-robinson-in-1971.html" target="_blank">all orange uniform that was worn briefly in 1971 and 1972</a>:<br />
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The 2017 Topps Stadium Club card of Brooks Robinson shows him in the all orange uniform. Here is a look at the uncropped photo:<br />
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Topps - great work showing this rarely seen uniform. If you are reading this, please consider using this photo for one of your next Brooks Robinson cards so that we can also have a card showing the <a href="http://fleersticker.blogspot.com/2011/01/rarely-seen-1968-1969-baltimore-orioles.html" target="_blank">1968 - 1969 Orioles vests</a>:</div>
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whose s<a href="http://fleersticker.blogspot.com/2011/01/one-of-coolest-jersey-tags-of-all-time.html" target="_blank">porting goods company supplied the uniforms:</a><br />
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I believe these shots are from the April 22, 1972 game in Cleveland. Hopefully a few more color pictures will surface from this game. <a href="http://fleersticker.blogspot.com/2012/11/new-pictures-of-1971-1972-orioles-all.html" target="_blank">We have shots of almost the entire lineup from this game</a>, but unfortunately most of the shots are in B&W. </div>
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Fleerfanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15864097341083255908noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1455498748416586967.post-12617102424962209762017-04-23T12:32:00.000-07:002017-04-23T12:32:34.698-07:00You Can Judge a Book by its CoverJudging by the awesome cover of this 1962 Sporting News publication,<br />
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I would have to agree that this book is "dope". Fleerfanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15864097341083255908noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1455498748416586967.post-57763342071852969182016-09-24T09:37:00.002-07:002016-09-24T09:37:35.757-07:00Greatest Single 45 Picture Sleeve of All TimeI came across this Spanish 45 picture sleeve for the Rolling Stones, and loved how they have pictured the band as actual stones, complete with their names, and Mick asking the rest of the band "have you seen your mother, baby, standing in the shadow?":<br />
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Perhaps the Spanish record label was not fond of the Stones in drag, so they decided on a safer cover than this:<br />
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