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Despite a brief attempt by Fleer to sign baseball players in 1963 Topps continued its reign as the only major baseball card manufacturer in the United States. On the other hand Football had more than one professional league in operation, allowing for competing companies to co-exist by producing a major national set each league. Topps was able to produce National Football League sets from 1960-63 while Fleer issued American Football League sets. Topps then began producing AFL sets from 1964-67 while Philadelphia Gum issued NFL sets. Hockey provided still another arrangement. Topps was issuing hockey cards of only the U.S. based teams of the Original Six National Hockey League teams leaving Parkhurst of Canada to issue cards of the Montreal Canadiens and the Toronto Maple Leafs. Parkhurst eventually left the market in 1964 leaving Topps all the teams of the NHL. Topps also maintained a presence in the foreign card market which began near the end of the last decade by issuing baseball cards in Venezuela starting in 1959 and football cards of Canada's Canadian Football League as early as 1958. While there were no major Venezuelan sets produced after 1968, their partnership with Ontario based O-Pee-Chee to produce baseball and hockey cards which began in 1965 and 1968 respectively, lasted for many years. Before the end of the decade Topps revived their basketball issue after a ten year hiatus. The following is a list with brief descriptions of Topps sports card products for the 1960s.
[edit] Baseball
[edit] Base sets
| Year |
Set |
Description |
Cards in Set |
Size |
Notes |
Image |
| 1960 |
Base set |
|
572 |
2.5 x 3.5 inches |
|
 |
| 1961 |
Base set |
|
587 |
2.5 x 3.5 inches |
|
 |
| 1962 |
Base set |
|
587 |
2.5 x 3.5 inches |
|
 |
| 1963 |
Base set |
|
576 |
2.5 x 3.5 inches |
|
 |
| 1964 |
Base set |
|
587 |
2.5 x 3.5 inches |
|
 |
| 1965 |
Base set |
|
598 |
2.5 x 3.5 inches |
|
 |
| 1966 |
Base set |
|
598 |
2.5 x 3.5 inches |
|
 |
| 1967 |
Base set |
|
609 |
2.5 x 3.5 inches |
|
 |
| 1968 |
Base set |
|
609 |
2.5 x 3.5 inches |
|
 |
| 1969 |
Base set |
|
664 |
2.5 x 3.5 inches |
|
 |
[edit] Other Topps Issues
| Year |
Set |
Description |
Cards in Set |
Size |
Notes |
| 1960 |
Bazooka |
|
36 |
1.8125 x 2.75 inches |
|
| 1961 |
Stamp Inserts |
|
207 |
1.375 x 1.1875 inches |
|
| Bazooka |
|
36 |
1.8125 x 2.75 inches |
|
| 1962 |
Stamp Inserts |
|
207 |
1.375 x 1.1875 inches |
|
| Topps Bucks |
|
96 |
1.75 x 1.1875 inches |
|
| Bazooka |
|
45 |
1.8125 x 2.75 inches |
|
| 1963 |
Stick-Ons Inserts |
stickers |
46 |
1.25 x 2.75 inches |
|
| Bazooka |
|
36 |
1.5625 x 2.5 inches |
|
| Bazooka All Time Greats |
|
41 |
1.5625 x 2.5 inches |
|
| 1964 |
Coin Inserts |
coins |
167 |
1.5 inch diameter |
|
| Topps Giants |
|
60 |
3.125 x 5.25 inches |
|
| Stand Ups |
|
77 |
2.5 x 3.5 inches |
|
| Bazooka |
|
36 |
1.5625 x 2.5 inches |
|
| 1965 |
Base set |
|
598 |
2.5 x 3.5 inches |
|
| Embossed Inserts |
|
72 |
2.125 x 3.5 inches |
|
| Transfers Inserts |
|
72 |
2 x 3 inches |
|
| Bazooka |
|
36 |
1.5625 x 2.5 inches |
|
| 1966 |
Rub-Offs Inserts |
|
120 |
2.0625 x 3 inches |
|
| Bazooka |
|
48 |
1.5625 x 2.5 inches |
|
| 1967 |
Bazooka |
|
48 |
1.5625 x 2.5 inches |
|
| 1968 |
Game Card Inserts |
|
33 |
2.25 x 3.25 inches |
|
| Bazooka Tipps from the Topps |
|
15 panels |
5.5 X 6.25 inches |
|
| 1969 |
Deckle Edge Inserts |
|
35 |
2.25 x 3.25 inches |
|
| Topps Super |
|
66 |
2.25 x 3.25 inches |
|
| Bazooka Baseball Extra News |
|
12 panels |
5.5 x 6.25 inches |
|
[edit] Parallel Sets
[edit] Canada
From 1965 onwards, the Canadian gum company O-Pee-Chee produced licensed sets basically identical to the Topps set of the same year. The primary difference with the O-Pee-Chee sets is the 'Printed in Canada' statement on the reverse. The copyright line shows T.C.G, and did so until 1972 when it changed to O.P.C. The 1969 O-Pee-Chee set included the company's logo on the reverse and used a dark red ink as opposed to the pink ink on the Topps cards. [1]
| Year |
Set |
Description |
Cards in Set |
Size |
Notes |
| 1965 |
O-Pee-Chee |
|
283 |
2.5 x 3.5 inches |
|
| 1966 |
O-Pee-Chee |
|
196 |
2.5 x 3.5 inches |
|
| 1967 |
O-Pee-Chee |
|
196 |
2.5 x 3.5 inches |
|
| Paper Inserts |
|
32 |
? |
|
| 1968 |
O-Pee-Chee |
|
196 |
2.5 x 3.5 inches |
|
| 1969 |
O-Pee-Chee Base Set |
|
218 |
2.5 x 3.5 inches |
|
| Deckle Edge Inserts |
|
24 |
2.25 x 3.25 inches |
|
[edit] Venezuela
During the 1960s, a locally produced set was printed and distributed in the South American country of Venezuela. The 1967 Venezuelan set is unique among these in that it features Venezuelan league players along with retired U.S. players in addition to the base set cards.
| Year |
Set |
Description |
Cards in Set |
Size |
Notes |
| 1960 |
Topps Venezuelan |
|
198 |
2.5 x 3.5 inches |
|
| 1961 |
no set issued |
| 1962 |
Topps Venezuelan |
|
198 |
2.5 x 3.5 inches |
|
| 1963 |
no set issued |
| 1964 |
Topps Venezuelan |
|
370 |
2.5 x 3.5 inches |
|
| 1965 |
no set issued |
| 1966 |
Topps Venezuelan |
|
370 |
2.5 x 3.5 inches |
|
| 1964 |
Topps Venezuelan |
|
338 |
2.5 x 3.5 inches |
|
| 1968 |
Topps Venezuelan |
|
370 |
2.5 x 3.5 inches |
|
[edit] Football
- Base set 132 cards (NFL) Size: 2-1/2 X 3-1/2 in.
- Metallic Stickers Inserts 33 stickers Size: 2-1/8 X 3-1/16 in.
- Topps Tattoos 70 tattoos Size: 1-9/16 X 3-1/2 in.
- Topps CFL 88 cards Size: 2-1/2 X 3-1/2 in.
- Base set 198 cards (NFL/AFL) Size: 2-1/2 X 3-1/2 in.
- Flocked Stickers Inserts 48 cards Size: 2 X 2-3/4 in.
- Topps CFL 132 cards Size: 2-1/2 X 3-1/2 in.
- CFL Transfers 27 cards Size: 2 X 3 in.
- Base set 176 cards (NFL) Size: 2-1/2 X 3-1/2 in.
- Bucks Inserts 48 cards Size: 1-1/4 X 4-1/4 in.
- Topps CFL 169 cards Size: 1-1/4 X 2-1/2 in.
- Base set 170 cards (NFL) Size: 2-1/2 X 3-1/2 in.
- Topps CFL 88 cards Size: 2-1/2 X 3-1/2 in.
- Base set 176 cards (AFL) Size: 2-1/2 X 3-1/2 in.
- Pennant Stickers Inserts 24 stickers Size: 2-1/8 X 4-1/2 in.
- Topps CFL 88 cards Size: 2-1/2 X 3-1/2 in.
- Base set 176 cards (AFL) Size: 2-1/2 X 4-11/16 in.
- Magic Rub-Off Inserts 36 cards Size: 2 X 3 in.
- Topps CFL 132 cards Size: 2-1/2 X 3-1/2 in.
- CFL Transfers 27 cards Size: 2 X 3 in.
- Base set 132 cards (AFL) Size: 2-1/2 X 3-1/2 in.
- Funny Rings 24 cards (non-sport) Size: 1-1/4 X 3 in.
- Base set 132 cards (AFL) Size: 2-1/2 X 3-1/2 in.
- Comic Pennants 31 cards Size: 2-1/2 X 3-1/2 in.
- Base set 219 cards Size: 2-1/2 X 3-1/2 in.
- Poster Inserts 16 cards Size: 5 X 7 in.
- Stand-Ups Inserts 22 cards Size: 2-1/2 X 3-1/2 in.
- Test Teams 25 cards Size: 2-1/2 X 4-11/16 in.
- Test Team Patches 44 patches Size: 2-1/2 X 3-1/2 in.
- Base set 263 cards Size: 2-1/2 X 3-1/2 in.
- Four-In-One Inserts 66 cards Size: 2-1/2 X 3-1/2 in. (1 X 1-1/2 individually)
- Mini-Albums Inserts 26 cards Size: 2-1/2 X 3-1/2 in.
[edit] Parallel Sets
Topps did not produce a CFL set in 1968. The following sets are similar only in design to the Topps NFL sets of that year.
- 1968 O-Pee-Chee CFL 132 cards Size: 2-1/2 X 3-1/2 in.
- 1968 O-Pee-Chee CFL Poster Inserts 16 posters Size: 5 X 7 in.
[edit] Basketball
All basketball sets here are of NBA players.
- 1968-69 Topps Test 22 cards Size: 2-1/2 X 3-1/2 in.
- 1969-70 Topps 99 cards Size: 2-1/2 X 4-11/16 in.
- 1969-70 Topps Rulers 23 posters Size: 2-1/2 X 9-7/8 in.
[edit] Hockey
[edit] References
- Beckett, Dr. James et al (2002). "Beckett Baseball Card Price Guide". Beckett Publications-Dallas, Texas ISBN 1-930692-17-X
