Anyone know where these 70's team cards came from?

tsalems1

Team photos - white back card stock
I see they were also done in 1978 and 1979

Here is an example...

Angels Team 1977

mikeschmidt

Tom:

Topps had a mail-in offer where if you sent a wrapper and money to Topps, you would get a set of team checklists. I think there were perhaps 15 cards to a sheet? As I understand it from folks, the she would be folded so that there was a 3x2 panel of cards folded over the 3x3 panel of cards and it could be mailed in a 8.5 x 11 envelope.

The card stock was completely different. It was a thin white cardstock, closer to what topps started to use in the 90's for cards than the grey cardboard used for 70's Topps issues.

A collecting buddy of mine provided this comparison of the cardstock / color, which is pretty easy to see on the back:

tsalems1

Great info!

Thank you.

These must be difficult to find I would think and if found, I bet most are in off condition.

mrmopar

You can find them on ebay periodically. Columbia City Collectibles has a bunch, but they are pricy. I have a run from 75-82. Not sure why I never got any as a kid for BB, but I did get 1-2 years of football checklists. Not sure if they made them in different years or not, as I have not seen or looked for the other years. I picked them up as another unique Garvey variation item.

Here is a 77 Topps sheet on ebay now:

77 Topops Team Checklist Sheet

GDM67

I have the '81 sheet. I've considered having it framed.