VINTAGE 1978 SSPC Complete TEN Booklets/270 cards ~ ALL 10 team booklets w/cards

Description: Periodically we experience problems with our scanner. Today is one of those days. Depending upon which view you choose, the first scan will show horizontal lines and/or cross hatching marks. Rest assured, these are not on the card itself. Usually scanning problems are confined to color pictures but today it's "advanced" to black and white! (You will note that the second scan (reverse side of the card) exhibits none of these problems.)Offered for your consideration is . . . 270 Vintage 1978 Contemporary MLB Player Cards inserted within ten (10) different team booklets1978 SSPC Baseball Card Team Booklets & Card Sets ~ All 270 different cards in 10 booklets Issued in 1978 by Sport Stars Publishing Co. (SSPC) Sport Star Publishing Company (SSPC), a new company challenging Topps' monopoly of publishing contemporary player baseball trading cards, flashed on the scene the summer of 1975.SSPC had a 3 year run which culminated with the production of these ten (10) booklets, each depicting a Major League Baseball team and featuring 27 different player cards inserted inside. Cards are standard 2.5" X 3.5" and are in uncut sheet form. Team booklets include:1977 That Championship Season of the Yankees ~ Boston Red Sox ~ California Angels ~ Chicago Cubs ~ Chicago White Sox ~ Cincinnati Reds ~ Kansas City Royals ~ Los Angeles Dodgers ~ Texas Rangers ~ How to Play Baseball The Phillies Way Each booklet contains 27 players for the featured team. Cards are standard size but in uncut sheet form affixed to the booklet by staples. If desired, they can be removed and cut down to 2-1/2" X 3-1/2" size. These booklets recount the 1977 season and include the 1977 World Champions (Yankees), National League Champions (Dodgers), American League West titlists (Royals), '77 N.L. Eastern Division champions (Phillies) and runner-up Reds AND MORE!Condition: Generally Excellent BUT the Phillies booklet has a foreign substance adhered to and discoloring the front coverPostscript: Our last scan has nothing to do with this listing. It is a picture of all-time baseball great Ted Williams with The Baseball Hobbyist's Steve Mitchell at a 1983 Connecticut sports collectors gathering - Ted's very first-ever collector event. On the second day of the show "The Splendid Splinter" visited with collectors and dealers and graciously posed for this photo. (Photo was taken by fellow collector-dealer Bob Thing, longtime Maine hobbyist). _______________________ Important: Shipping Information Our goal has always been to keep shipping costs low. Our objective is to sell cards and other things of interest to baseball hobbyists - not make money by overcharging on shipping. U.S. residents: We combine multiple items purchased so you pay only the shipping on the heaviest item - all other items ship free of charge. (An exception would be if an item must be sent via media/book rate.) All Other Countries: Email us first. To receive your combined shipping, please wait for us to send you a combined invoice. The eBay checkout system usually displays an incorrect shipping charge. (It is normally too high.) Please do not pay for each item separately; if you pay separately, there is no shipping discount. We pack your order carefully - sandwiching cards between cardboard and utilizing boxes, bubble wrap, etc., as necessary - to ensure your items arrive in the condition you expect. Items are shipped the next business day after we receive your payment. We ship 5 - usually 6 - days each week. Payment should be made within 7 days after notification of purchase. Library ~ The Baseball Hobbyist and Gram invite you to visit their eBay Store ~

Price: 79.95 USD

Location: Edmonds, Washington

End Time: 2024-11-05T23:41:40.000Z

Shipping Cost: 9.5 USD