The wrapper reveals the test issue status of this set:
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I believe that pack belongs to John Moran, who has a mind blowing collection of Topps goodies, but I could be mistaken (your blogmeister was less diligent about the origin of scans prior to last year).
As you can plainly see, the pack held, in addition to a delicious stick of gum, twelve stamps and one of 24 team albums. The stamps were panelized:
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The clipped sides of this panel are common but they can also be found unclipped, which is a tougher deal. There must have been a major find of the clipped versions as you can buy full 24 sheet sets of them on Ebay almost at will. Full sized stamps should measure about 1" x 1 1/2".The albums however, at just under standard size at 2 7/16" x 3 7/16" are not common and quite difficult to locate:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz_cagay93ALyDZXqaeAwv3-m8OGMAf6880Xh9FQ_wLI387rBk9jLPu0TOaRLnfSV8BXQxJzqcqHIzbUMYuiPycKJvuaGmFjb_srQu9LvPmLux3jrvmKWJWeqHU8Bwb-RQEkk4NYtCsA/s320/74+stamp+album+front.jpg)
The above album is fairly well centered, also an uncommon trait and miscuts abound, as we shall see below.
The back features an autographed ball of the dozen players within:
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You're not seeing things, the scan is from the back of the Cubs team album, not the Braves.
The interior had a table of contents and the front part is impinged, a result of its assembly at the printing plant:
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The inside followed a similar approach:
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You can see typical cuts and colors below:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSTE8cA63ovorgFAwH10Tfkrr8zs41hqliUT2KAbcs6-TiCFDBGX-Q3ItiTqqvKTOqqVod1uG_apFUK001h9EIF107-v4smKIHr4P1VQzJmkxlzZGFYl4R5-te_fH1VmehBJ2dOR9GRQ/s320/74+stamp+album+4+color+fronts.jpg)
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This colorful set is loaded with Hall-of-Famers and was part of the last gasp spasm of test issues from Topps in 1974. It would never be the same again.
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