Card Identification Forum

     Here is scans of 2 different cards I have of the 1992 Topps # 2 Rickey Henderson. 

     If you look close to the front scan you should be able to notice a difference. One card says Topps 1991 and the other card says Topps 1.991. Is this considered a variation, an error, a forgery or a bad joke? The rear scans looks exactly alike.

     On Beckett's Checklist they note that there is such a card but they do not give it any kind of listing by itself. 

      Any ideas?    Thanks..,,  Paul..

I'd say nothing more than a printing error, a spot of missing black ink.  Not catalogued here.

It is a printing error, but it has a decent following in the variation collecting circles.  It's one of the ones I actually still need for my collection and is a fairly well known variation.  Generally carries a premium over the base card, sells usually in the $5 range when I've seen them.

I know there are those at this site that don't care for printing errors, so I would say that it probably shouldn't be catalogued here.  I've tried to get various other 1990 Topps blackless cards listed a few times (the same issue that caused the name to not print on the Frank Thomas card affected 12 other cards, none of them nearly as popular) but haven't found much interest.

For me...if you have an extra of the 1.991 version and are willing to part with it, let me know and we can try to work out a trade.