Thursday, August 29, 2019

The Sneaky Errors in 1973-74 O-Pee-Chee

The 1973-74 O-Pee-Chee issue includes the rookie cards of Bill Barber, Billy Smith, Dave "The Hammer" Schultz, Bob Nystrom, Terry O'Reilly and Larry Robinson. But the set also comes with a few sneaky errors and variations.

Two cards are missing the black border around the team nicknames on the front. Here's card #43 Bryan Hextall of the Pittsburgh Penguins:


And suffering the same type of error is rookie card #44 for Chuck Lefley of the Montreal Canadiens:
 

The error on card #37 Ted McAneeley takes the mistake a step further by omitting both the border and the Golden Seals nickname:


Bryan Hextall's card #43 is involved in yet a third error where the bio on the back is that of his brother, Dennis. The wrong bio back card was issued first, then correct but with the missing border on the front, and then corrected a third and final time to include the correct bio and black border.



And of course Dennis Hextall's card #115 comes in both error (top) and corrected (bottom) versions.


1 comment:

  1. Latest find is #6 Stan Mikita missing the black border around the team nickname on the front.

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