1968 Topps Variations

Bliggity

Hi all, first post, thanks for having me! I'm just returning to collecting after a long absence. As I was going through some old cards, I noticed a variation in the 1968 Topps design. On some cards, the brown "dots" in the background are small and dense (see Aparicio below), and on others, they're bigger and less dense (see Robinson below). The difference is very pronounced; it's as if Topps used a "zoomed-in" version of the background on the Robinson card. I was concerned that one was a fake, but I compared them to others online, and the others show the respective variations also. Did Topps just use different backgrounds on different sheets, or for different series? (Robinson is #20, Aparicio is #310). Why would they do that? It seems strange to change the design so dramatically mid-set.



Thanks for the help!

Stingray

Just a different pattern used, not a variation I believe?

Dboneesq

Yes, that "Burlap" look was used for the first series only. (I THINK that's correct ...lol)