1973 Wacky Packages Complete set of 30 Cloth stickers Protected in wax paper

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1973 Wacky Packages Complete set of 30 Cloth stickers Protected in wax paper:
$339.00

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1973 Wacky Packages Complete set of30 Cloth stickers Protectedin wax paper

Just a few facts about the 1973 Wacky Packages Cloth Stickers you might like to know

The titles in this series are exactly the same as in the regular issue 1st series, however these were peel and stick cloth stickers.

This series is a bit of an enigma and few people remember them or when they came out and it has been difficult to determine exactly when they were made and when they were released. This lead to one of the hottest debates in the hobby. But that all changed in May 2003, when Topps sold this proof sheet on . This basically proved the cloth series was developed before the regular 1st series was released, as the sheet is dated 11/15/72. Topps confirms unequivocally that this was the Cloth series. This sheet in fact settled some other issues, though it\'s still debated exactly when they were released because collectors remember buying them late into 1973. To read more about this sheet, see some of the continuing discussion.

Packs came with two stickers, a checklist, and a piece of gum. This series had its own unique wrapper advertising the wackys as \"patches\" that you could stick on your clothes.

Band-Ache and the other tough 1st series stickers were not as short-printed in the cloth series as they were in the regular 1st series.

• There was one Band-Ache, Paul Maul, Mutts, and Lavirus for every 44 cloth stickers made, as opposed to one of every 77 in the regular 1st series. At the other extreme there were three Maddie Boy\'s for every 44 cloth stickers, slightly fewer than in the regular 1st series.
• With the exception of occasional irrational offerding wars, cloth stickers generally sell on for between $15 to $100 each.

As the name indicates, the cloth stickers were printed on a cloth like material. They also used a different glue from the later stickers, probably because they were intended to be stuck onto clothing.

• Besides a very blurry printing quality typical of the cloth stickers, they are notoriously hard to store because the glue seeps through the cloth material and is still sticky and oozing 30 years later. The glue also has a tendency to rot the paper. Because of this it is difficult to find a good storage solution, some people even store them in wax paper or in the freezer. Due to the browning and spotting caused by the glue, the backs can look anywhere from reasonably good to pretty awful.

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  1973 Wacky Packages Complete set of 30 Cloth stickers Protected in wax paper:
  $339.00