Topps Test USA

1966/67 Topps Hockey Uncut Sheets – Regular Issue and USA Test Variants

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The 1966/67 Topps hockey set is one of the decade’s most popular issues: wood-grain borders and Bobby Orr! I ran across this uncut sheet featuring the complete set of 132 cards in Mastro’s April 2004 auction catalog.

Mastro described the 26” x 43” final production sheet, arranged in the standard 11×12 layout, as being in Near-Mint condition, with only minor edge wear.

Now, let’s look at a few uncut sheets from this set that have popped up for sale over the years.

In May 2016, Heritage Auctions sold a different example of the regular issue Topps uncut sheet, printed in Canada, for $7,170.

On the lower end of the condition spectrum, but perhaps more unique, is this sheet I found listed on eBay at a $6,000 asking price. It’s described as having a blank back (but without a picture).

Lastly, there’s this incredible 1966/67 Topps USA Test uncut sheet that has been available on eBay, with an asking price of $44,000, courtesy of Vegas-Cardhouse.

1966/67 Topps USA Test Wax Pack Display Box Uncut Sheet

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Mastro’s April 2004 catalog featured this “only known example” 1966/67 USA Test uncut display box. It was described as an ex-Topps Vault item and was accompanied by that company’s LOA.

The 18” x 25”’ blank-backed sheet, printed in the US on regular cardstock, bears the unfolded, central rendering of a 24-count, 5-cent wax pack counter-sales box. Masto wrote that small proofer’s notes and printing alignment marks appear in the periphery of the sheet.

Lelands first sold an assembled 1966-67 Topps USA Test Wax Display Box (pictured below) in October 2017 for $8070 before selling another for $4555 in February 2019.

And for completeness, here’s a 1966 Topps Test hockey “cello” wrapper. Unfortunately, I can’t remember where I found this one to credit the source.