Question on possible PSA mistake.

JoeBanzai

Hi there! Please help me if you can. Recently sent in my first ever submission. Two of the items were Topps scratch-offs, one with white background the other with red. From what I have read (TOPPS INSERT, TEST AND SUPPLEMENTAL BASEBALL ISSUES 1949-1980 by David Hornish) the white background is 1970 the red 1971. Grades popped, and they list them both as 1970's (a "5" and a "6", hoping for "7's"). PSA still has cards.

Two questions; 1, am I identifying these issues correctly? 2, if I am correct, should I contact PSA now, or should I resubmit the card after it comes back?

Thanks in advance for any help.

Joe

hhmag70

Can't help with what year is correct, but it is worth trying to catch them before they ship to get them fixed if they are wrong. I have done it and it saves the hassle of sending back in and waiting again.

JoeBanzai

Thank you!

Dialj

Here is the information for those two years from the 2010 Standard Cataglog of Baseball Cards:

1970 Topps Scratch Offs:

Not having given up on the idea of a game which could be played with baseball cards, Topps provided a new game - the baseball scratch-off - in 1970. Unfolded, cards measure
3-3/8" x 5", and reveal a baseball game played by rubbing the black ink off playing squares to determine the “action.” Fronts have a player picture as “captain,” while backs have
instructions and a scoreboard. Inserts with white centers are from 1970 while those with red centers are from 1971.

1971 Topps Scratch Offs:

For a second year in 1971, Topps continued its scratchoff baseball card game with the same checklist of 24 players from the previous year. Unfolded, cards measure 3-3/8" x
5", and reveal a baseball game played by rubbing the black ink off squares to determine the “action.” Fronts of the cards have a player picture as “captain,” while backs have instructions and a scoreboard. Inserts with white centers are from 1970 while those with red centers are from 1971.


I hope this helps!

JoeBanzai

You guys are the BEST!!!

Joe