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Decade : 1960s

The 1960s feature a bunch of seemingly experimental designs from Topps - between the first fully horizontal set in 1963-64, the first "tall boy" set in 1964-65, and the iconic TV set design in 1966-67 (shamelessly stolen from 1955 Bowman baseball), there was a lot of new ground for them in this decade.
 
Late in the 1960s marked the first time both Topps and O-Pee-Chee produced sets for the same year. In both 1968-69 and 1969-70 the two companies shared the same design, but of course the Topps set only had English on the backs, and had a smaller card count as well. O-Pee-Chee cards were traditionally produced in lower quantities overall for the north-of-the-border market, even though at any point in the last 100 years there were arguably more hockey fans in Canada than in the USA. The net result is that the O-Pee-Chee equivalents are harder to find in the same or better condition.
 
The 1968-69 sets haven't been documented yet; I'll get to those soon.

1969-70 O-Pee-Chee & Topps

1969-70 Topps Bobby OrrComplete. Errors start to creep into production, and we also spot some differences between the Topps and O-Pee-Chee releases, aside from the French writing.

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1968-69 O-Pee-Chee & Topps

Complete. Topps only had one series, and it was almost a carbon copy of O-Pee-Chee, except for the Gerry Cheevers card.

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1967-68 Topps

1967-68 ToppsComplete. Featuring the Derek Sanderson rookie card and more of those pink backgrounds.

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1966-67 Topps

1966-67 Topps Johnny BucykComplete. Yes, even the Orr rookie, one of the most highly regarded cards in the history of the hobby.

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1965-66 Topps

1965-66 Topps Gerry Cheevers (RC) Complete. Featuring the Gerry Cheevers rookie card and an extremely short-printed team card.

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1964-65 Topps ("Tall Boys")

1964-65 Topps Orland KurtenbachComplete. Not a big fan of the "Tall Boy" format, but I sought out this team set as well. Most of the cards are in really good shape.

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Posted in 1960 Tagged Complete

1963-64 Topps

1963-64 Topps Milt Schmidt Complete. Horizontal set with a cheesy hockey stick; Ed Johnson rookie is probably the best card.

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1962-63 Topps

1962-63 Topps Pat Stapleton Complete. Boring, blue-bordered cards with an odd choice in a serif font.

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1961-62 Topps

1961-62 Topps Orland Kurtenbach Complete. Vertical set with a pink background (except for a couple of the rookie cards).

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1960-61 Topps

1960-61 Topps Don Simmons Complete. A mix of both horizontal and verticals cards, including an "All-Time Greats" card of Eddie Shore.

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