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1956 Topps baseball card set consisted of 340 baseball cards that measure 2-5/8" by
3-3/4" Six team cards in the first series numbers 11, 72, 85,
90, 95, and 100 have three variations each: either they
are dated, or not dated with the team name either
centered or aligned to the left.
The
number of cards in this set (572) is the largest to date
for Topps, as they no longer had compaction from the
Bowman company. In 1954, and 1955 many of the top stars
like Mickey Mantle signed exclusive contracts with
Bowman. In 1956 Topps purchased the Bowman company and
ended their rivalry in the sports card market. In 1989,
Topps once again began production of cards with the
Bowman name.
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Key Cards:
- 5 - Ted Williams
- 31 - Hank Aaron
- 33 - Roberto
Clemente
- 79 - Sandy
Koufax
- 130 - Willie
Mays
- 135 - Mickey
Mantle
Key
Rookie Cards: Walt Alston, Luis Aparicio, Roger
Craig.
Baseball Card
Checklist Glossary:
- CO -
Coach
- COR -
Corrected Card
- DP -
Double Print
(a card that was printed in double the quantity compared to the
other cards in the same series)
- ERR -
Error card
- FTC -
First Topps Card
- MG -
Manager
- RC -
Rookie Card
- SP -
Single or Short Print (a
card that was printed in lesser quantity compared to the other
cards in the same series)
- UER - Uncorrected
Error
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