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1970 Baseball CardsBy Patrick Mondout
Topps produced their biggest set yet with 720
cards. Kellogg's introduced its first new set of cards since 1948 - a
popular 3D set. Topps' Canadian licensee O-Pee-Chee
began to print the backs of their cards in both French and English as the
result of a new law.
Topps test issues include candy lids similar to what they would issue
for real in 1973. These are rarely seen. Topps also
printed up some cloth stickers in the style of their 1970 cards. They are
exceedingly rare with under 20 different players confirmed to exist and
for some of those there is only one example. It is likely that this test
issue was a test printing never intended to be distributed. Fleer, which
did not have a license to print Major League Baseball player cards,
printed 1970 team logo cloth stickers. Topps would eventually print a test
set of cloth stickers in 1972 and a proper set in 1977.
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1970
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Kellogg's
return to baseball cards was
welcomed by collectors. Read more
about these cards and view a
checklist here. |
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The 1970 O-Pee-Chee
baseball cards are virtually
identical to the Topps issue (which
is why I have chosen to show a wax
pack instead) but are printed on
white card stock with "printed
in Canada" on the back. Read
more about this set here.
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If
the 15 Rold Gold Pretzels
3D cards in this set look similar to
the 1972 Kellogg's All Time Greats,
its because they are identical with
the exception of a 1970 copyright on
the back. The cards, which were
celebrating 100 years of baseball,
are worth at least twice as much as
their '72 reissues. |
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Our
coverage of Topps 1970
baseball set of 720 cards is here
and a complete checklist is here. |
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These 8 11/16 x 9 5/8 fold-out
thin paper Topps Posters were
one of several inserts for '70 Topps
wax packs. They were folded
four times to fit and most examples
seen today are heavily creased.
The set of 24 includes Johnny
Bench, Frank Robinson, Joe Horlen,
Phil Niekro, Willie Dabis, Lou
Brock, Ron Santo, Ken Harrelson,
Willie McCovey, Rick Wise, Andy
Messersmith, Ron Fairly,
Tommie Agee, Roy White, Larry
Dierker, Rod Carew, Don Mincher,
Ollie Brown, Ed Kirkpatrick, Reggie
Smith, Roberto Clemente, Frank
Howard, Bert Campaneris and Denny
McLain.
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Topps inserted Story
Booklets into selected wax packs
in 1970. Each of the 24 booklets -
one per team - featured a story
about a single major leaguer with a
checklist on the back.
Players in the 6-page booklet set
include: Mike Cuellar, Rico
Petrocelli, Jay Johnstone, Walt
Williams, Vada Pinson, Bill Freehan,
Wally Bunker, Tony Oliva, Bobby
Murcer, Reggie Jackson, Tommy
Harper, Mike Epstein, Orlando Cepeda,
Ernie Banks, Pete Rose, Denis Menke,
Bill Singer, Rusty Staub, Cleon
Jones, Deron Johnson, Bob Moose, Bob
Gibson, Al Ferrara, and Willie Mays.
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Topps introduced a Scratch
Off game in packs of 1970 and
1971 baseball cards. The Hank Aaron
card on the left is shown unfolded
and both outside and inside. Notice
the white borders around the black
scratch-off boxes on the inside. Red
borders indicate 1971 inserts.
The 22 card set includes Hank
Aaron, Rich Allen, Luis Aparicio,
Sal Bando, Glen Beckert, Dick Bosman,
Nate Colbert, Mike Hegan, Mack
Jones, Al Kaline Harmon Killebrew,
Juan Marichal, Tim McCarver, Sam
McDowell, Claude Osteen, Tony Perez,
Lou Piniella, Boog Powell, Tom
Seaver, Jim Spencer, Willie Stargell,
Mel Stottlemyre, Jim Wynn and Carl
Yastrzemski.
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Although
Topps issued a "Super"
set in 1969, the '70 set is quite
different. First off, it's larger:
the cards are 3 1/8" x 5
1/4" and they were printed on
very heavy card stock (they are
thick!). The cards were issued in
3-card wax packs with backs that
were virtually identical to '70
Topps. We have a checklist here. |
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Transogram
produced a series of baseball
statues for kids in 1969 and 1970.
In the first year, there was on card
on the bottom of a box containing
one statue. For 1970, the bottom of
each box was a panel of three cards
(similar to the Hostess
panels of 1975-1979)
and there were three statues in the
box. The 1970 set of blank-backed
cards consisted of a 15 Amazin' Mets
of '69 plus 45 players from other
teams. Complete boxes are
exceedingly rare now as most were
disposed of or cut up and intact
boxes can command hundreds of
dollars. |
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Share Your Memories!What are your memories of the 1970 Baseball cards? Share your stories with the world! (We print the best stories right here!) |
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