yes, the 1969 sets included a canadian team for the first time, but i am still going to use a dodger to illustrate the (lack of) differences between o-pee-chee and topps. so, here's jim lefebvre's 1969 o-pee-chee front.
if i had been thinking, i would have used 'frenchie' to showcase the 1970 o-pee-chee set. oh well. here's the topps front:
and here's the o-pee-chee back:
hey, look! it's an o-pee-chee logo! sort of. really just a big 'o' but at least they are taking some ownership here for the first time. the copyright is still 't.c.g' though. here's the topps back:
i guess the reason they used o-pee-chee above the card number is because topps used a logo rather than just text. in 1970, o-pee-chee would revert to leaving the 'topps' text above the card number. very interesting.
the 1969 o-pee-chee set grew to 218 cards, and paralleled the topps checklist, so no reggie jackson rookie, mickey mantle, or nolan ryan.
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