Topps Recycles Photos Again and Again and … (Part 3 of 8)

BY MARK A. LARSON
Editor & Publisher

In addition to reusing cards in one flagship set and then another, Part 3 of this series shows more cross-product recycled photos with Bazooka Gum (a Topps product) cards and the 1967 Pin-Up Poster insert. Another interesting repeat is Bob Veale’s photo first shown on his 1962 Rookie Parade card.

• If you missed – or want to reread – the introduction to this series in Part 1, Click Link Here •

– 1968 • 1969 • 1970 –

What’s better than recycled photos two years in a row? … Three years in a row, of course.

– 1967 • 1969 –

– 1963 • 1964 –

Repeat photo with new team, but surprisingly no airbrushing the old logo (uncommon for Topps).

– 1968 • 1969 –

– 1959 • 1960 –

– 1962 • 1963 Bazooka –

Bazooka bubble gum was a popular Topps product that had smaller cards on their boxes.

– 1968 • 1969 –

– 1962 • 1963 –

– 1967 • 1969 –

– 1966 • 1967 Pin-Up • 1969 –

Pin-Up Posters were a very nice folded insert in 1967 packs of Topps.

– 1962 • 1963 –

– 1969 • 1970 –

– 1967 • 1969 –

– 1960 • 1961 –

This time, Topps changed to the Milwaukee “M” to a Detroit “D” cap logo on the second card.

– 1965 • 1968 Game –

– 1972 • 1973 –

– 1963 • 1964 –

– 1967 • 1969 –

– 1960 • 1962 –

– 1961 Bazooka • 1962 • 1964 Coin –

Colavito was traded to the Kansas City A’s on Nov. 18, 1963. His ’64 coin was obviously prepared
prior to that date, while his regular 1964 Topps card was updated and shows him with K.C.

– 1972 • 1973 –

– 1963 • 1964 –

– 1962 • 1963 –

Topps “re-Vealed” Bob’s body for their 1963 card set.

– 1967 • 1969 –

– 1961 • 1962 –

This is the third of eight articles exploring Topps’ recycyled photos.
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