1974 Pete Ward's Baseball Clinic

Pete Ward was a professional ball player with 8 years in the majors from 62-70 when his playing days were over he started a baseball clinic hosted at Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon.  He used his contacts in the majors to get some major league players to attend to help the kids learn the game.  In 1974 he issued a set for the kids it was 6 1/4 x 8 printed on thin paper they are very rare today as very limited distribution and very poor stock.  Checklisted below is 6 it is believed to be complete.

Mickey Mantle Yankees
Pete Rose Reds
Maury Wills Dodgers
Billy Martin Twins
Pete Ward Yankees
Harry Walker Cardinals

1964 Cincinnati Reds Souvenir 12 Player Picture Pack

Continuing the tradition the Reds issued another 12 player pack this one is the easiest to identify as it is the only year where they put Cincinnati Reds next to the names instead of the usual Reds.  It was originally issued through the mail or ball park in a envelope with a clear cellophane window.

Checklist

Gordon Coleman
Pete Rose
Frank Robinson
Joe Nuxhall
John Edwards
Jim O'Toole
Vada Pinson
John Tsitouris
Bob Purkey
Leo Cardenas
Jim Maloney
Joey Jay

1981 Fleer Star Sticker Color Variations

This one is not something I usually pounce on but clearly the 1981 set was either printed in 2 locations or had 2 runs probably the later.  If you notice they come in a dark blue border or a lighter blue border the lighter blue seems the rarer of the two but I've never seen any premium on them.  You can also notice on the front the stars on the top and the lettering - the darker blue has more of a 3-d effect an extra white shadow line while the lighter blue does not.

I doubt anyone beside super hard core collectors care about this but I think it worthy enough to post.

1975 SSPC Variations

Another sidenote item but for us collectors with everything here is a cheap uncataloged variation I just noticed.  The SSPC set seems to have been printed twice once on cream colored paper and other on pure white there is also a cropping difference top to bottom notice the middle C on the jersey.  It's a widely available cheap set that has been rumored to have been reprinted long after 1975 think this pretty proves it.  The cream seems to be slightly easier to find but I have a small sampling to go by

1974 Reds Alert Scapbook

This set was released in the local news magazine called Reds Alert which covered the Cincinnati Reds in detail.  The set is a large sized 9 3/4 x 13" they seem to be carrying on the Cincinnati Enquirer scrapbook issues.  The set is unnumbered and the backs contains various articles from the magazine I am not sure if the checklist below is complete but I believe it is.

Sparky Anderson

George Scherger

Ted Kluszewski

Andy Kosco

Bill Plummer

Cesar Geronimo

Clay Carroll

Dan Driessen

Darrel Chaney

Dick Baney

Fred Norman

George Foster

Jack Billingham

Johnny Bench

Ken Griffey

Pedro Borbon

Pete Rose

Phil Gagliano

Roger Nelson

Tom Hall

Tony Perez

1969 MLB Photostamp variations

While this set is well cataloged there is a variation to it.  Early in 1969 the set was first issued in 4 booklets each containing 48 stamps corresponding to each division nl west, east, al west, east.  Then they were re-released later on in the year in the traditional 18 sheets of 12.  This made for the addition of 24 extra players for the second set.

The variation between the 2 printings are mainly on the back the photos are identical although if you really get nitty gritty they are cropped a hair different.  The first printing which is much scarcer and is called var 2 has a solid line on the back while the second printing carries a dashed line. 

The scan above highlights the differences.

As for the checklist I'll list the 24 players added those will only come in variation 1 the second printing style the rest come in both variations.

The following players were NOT issued in the "type 2" or "variation 2" group:
AL:   Andy Etchebarren - Orioles				NL:       Bob Aspromonte - Braves
Bob Allison - Twins				Bill Hands - Cubs
Bob Rogers - Angels				Tony Cloninger - Reds
Chico Salmon - Pilots				Jesus Alou - Astros
Ed Stroud - Senators				Len Gabrielson - Dodgers
John Donaldson - A's				Jim Fiarey - Expos
Jose Santiago - Red Sox				Bud Harrelson - Mets
Ken Berry - White Sox				Rick Wise - Phillies
Larry Brown - Indians				Jerry May - Pirates
Mickey Stanley - Tigers				Dick Selma - Padres
Steve Hamilton - Yankees				Mike McCormick - Giants
Steve Whitaker - Royals				Dal Maxville - Cardinals

1970 MLB Photostamps

There has always been a lot of confusion with this set but I'll try and straighten it out.  The 1970 set is an extension of the 1969 set the 69 set was issued in 18 sheets of 12.  The 1970 set continued that trend with 2 exceptions the last sheet only has 3 cards and the album had an extra perforated sheet of 12 cards.  They are easy to tell apart when in sheet form but when cut out biggest difference is they do not have airbrushed logos.

Below is the complete checklist in the sheet format

Sheet 19

Lou Piniella

Dick Green

Rich Reese

Mike Kilkenny

Dave Boswell

Al Weis

Mike Hegan

Chuck Dobson

Bob Oliver

Ron Perranoski

Bill Butler

Bobby Bolin

Sheet 20

Bobby Wine

Al Oliver

Ron Brand

Rudy May

Tom Satriano

Steve Carlton

Frank Reberger

Nolan Ryan

Jay Johnson

Coco Labay

Bob Moore

Bill Stoneman

Sheet 21

Reggie Jackson

Pat Dobson

Sparky Lyle

Andy Messersmith

Duke Sims

Bobby Murcer

Leo Cardenas

Mike Cuellar

Vern Fuller

Earl Wilson

Mark Belanger

Grant Jackson

Sheet 22

Bill Russell

Ted Sizemore

Bobby Tolan

Nate Colbert

Joe Hoerner

Larry Hisle

Alex Johnson

Wayne Granger

Denny Lemaster

Donn Clendenon

Fred Gladding

Jackie Hernandez

Sheet 23

Dave Campbell

Wayne Comer

Harold Kelly

Tito Francona

Dick Dietz

Gerry McNertney

Vada Pinson

Joe Perry

Ron Hansen

Vicente Romo

Bill Melton

Joe Sparma

Sheet 24

Bob Didier

Claude Raymond

Sandy Alomar

Buddy Bradford

Clay Kirby

Richie Hebner

Ken Tatum

Bobby Bonds

Ken Holtzman

Ron Reed

Carl Yastrzemski

Manny Sanguillen

Sheet 25

Jim Davenport

Steve Hovley

Walt Williams

Sheet from Album Perforated

Boog Powell

Denny McLain

Hank Aaron

Frank Howard

Tom Seaver

Willie McCovey

Ernie Banks

Johnny Bench

Mel Stottlemyre

Harmon Killebrew

Bob Gibson

Sam McDowell