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1970 Topps Super Baseball Wax Packs
1970 Topps Super Baseball Wax Wrappers
1970 Topps Super Baseball Wax Boxes
1970 Topps Super Baseball Display Box Proof Sheet
1970 Topps Super Baseball Wax Case
OK, first things first. It’s an X-out case, meaning it was non-returnable. Topps would also mark the boxes with big, black magic marker X’s but this is the first one I’ve seen where it’s stamped on a shipping carton. The packing code date is January 21, 1971. Wait, what?! Well the same wrapper and I believe the same box (or the majority of the graphics at least) were used for both the 1970 and 1971 releases of this product. As January seems very early for a supplemental issue, which generally seem to have been tied to the baseball season already being well underway, given the X-out, this seems like 1970 overstock being sent to Fritsch. Also, note the address has switched to Duryea on the shipping carton.
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