1972 Football Wrapper Mystery
PaulMaul
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When I first started collecting wrappers, I became aware that the 1972 Football wrappers came in five ad variations, each corresponding to a unique color combination on the wrapper artwork.
Every photo I've seen of a full wax box from this set has packs with some or all of these variations, which are shown below.
At first I assumed these five variations were all that existed. But I recently acquired two more wrappers that are definitely different from those five. Their ads are not new. But if you compare the versions with the same ad, there are two color differences: the orange areas are replaced by yellow, and the blues are a lighter shade. These appear below:
Perhaps most interesting is that these two are both slightly smaller than the other five:
I would love to know the story on these. Are there only two ads that come like this, or are there others? They definitely seem less common. Are they connected to the high number series? If anyone has examined a lot of full boxes from this set or has any insight, please comment.
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Incidentally, all seven have the same wrapper code.
I have multiple high series wax packs and they match the “smaller” ones u posted
John
Current obsession, all things Topps 1969 - 1972
Interesting! Do they all have these same two ads? Do you believe that the two I posted are the only "smaller" wrappers that exist?
The players image is based on a photo of Deacon Jones and John Brodie
Maybe the light blue one was left in the sunlight and faded.
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No, I've seen several copies of each that look exactly the same.
Will pull them out of storage this weekend and check em out
Current obsession, all things Topps 1969 - 1972
Here 's my 5 series 3 packs. Back of wrapper ads are whales tooth, shake it up, magic magnets, big mouth sticks and state charms. Can't really tell if the wrapper is shorter than my series 1 and 2 packs.
John
Current obsession, all things Topps 1969 - 1972
Interesting....the two on the top and bottom extreme right in your pic have the same color scheme as my last two, but seem darker. Perhaps mine were just lightly inked, because the blues in your two seem the same as the blues on all of the other ones, which I assume are just the same wrappers used in the early series packs.
Can't offer any info. but do like the look of the wrappers.