1959 Topps Venezuelans for sale

purduepete

I have four three 1959 Topps Venezuelan cards from the low-number series for sale:

56 Carl Sawatski

62 Tony Taylor

63 Jim Hearn

#89 Billy Gardner SOLD

The Sawatski has a little sliver of paper loss on the back, and the other 3 cards have some creases as shown in the pictures. Overall, they are not too bad for first year Venies!

$30 each with shipping included - PayPal F/F preferred.

Thanks for looking!

purduepete

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AFLfan

I don't know anything about Venezuelan Topps, but I noticed there is a Venezuelan note under the cartoon on three of the cards, but the Sawatski says it was printed in the USA. Is that common?

purduepete

Hi Todd,

I'm not an expert on the 1959 Topps Venezuelan set like a couple of the members here are, but I do know the ways that set them apart from the regular Topps cards.

You were correct in noticing that one of the cards has the "printed in USA" on the back, where the others have "impreso en Venezuela". In this 2-series, 198 card set, both notations are used in no apparent order in both series. Also, the Venezuelan cards can be printed with either a grayish back or a cream-colored back.

The first giveaway that it's a Venie is that there is no gloss on the front of the card. The second way that you can tell it's a Venie is that the card stock is cheaper than a regular Topps card is made of.

The 1st series cards (1-110) from Topps always come in a cream-colored back, so if you see one of the first series cards with a gray colored back, it is definitely a Venezuelan, even if it says "printed in USA" on it. First series cream-backed Venies that say "printed in USA" can be a little tougher to differentiate; you'll need to refer back to the missing gloss and cheaper card stock to know for sure.

The 2nd series cards (111-198) from Topps all have gray backs, so any cream-backed cards from that series are definitely Venies. You can use the gloss/card stock method from the previous paragraph for any 2nd series gray-backed cards to help you spot the difference.

Hope that this answers any questions that you might have!

Thanks!

purduepete

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