Fleer World Series cards...what do I have here?
1966CUDA
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Had a handful with th blue backs, now just came across a handful with the black backs. What are the mfg. dates of these cards? As you can see they are numberd differently on the back and have different writeups on the reverse.
Thanks in advance.
-Claude
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Fleer issued a set in 1970 and then again in 1971 with all new artwork on the front and redone backs. I forget which color back each year was. ETA, I think the blue backs are 1970 and the black backs are 1971. In 1971 they issued a card for 1904 when the Giants refused to play the AL team, that is why there is a numerical difference.
Nice writeup on the history of these cards in the most recent Beckett Vintage magazine (Aaron cover).
IMF
Well, it's no Jose Uribe.
The 1971 set had a re-release which included the 1971 thru 1979 World Series. These 7 cards were very rare until 4SC came up with a large amount of them in high grade.