- 1985 O-Pee-Chee
This a list with brief descriptions of
O-Pee-Chee sports card products for1985 .Baseball
Base Set
In
1985 O-Pee-Chee licenced version of the Topps set. It was basically identical to the Topps set, however it only had 396 cards instead of the 792 in the Topps set and had the Topps branding replaced with O-Pee-Chee branding. The cards were printed on lighter grey cardstock, featuredbilingual backs, and some had added traded lines. Player cards had a thin white border surrounding the player picture, with the team name appearing in a colored box angled up from the lower-left corner. Manager cards for theMontreal Expos andToronto Blue Jays were issued, but for no other teams. The team logo appeared in a circle on the right border, and the area below the team name and logo was colored and contained the player's name and position. The Topps logo was covered over with a yellow box with black outline featuring the O-Pee-Chee logo. Size: 2-1/2 X 3-1/2 in.Hockey
1985-86 O-Pee-Chee consisted of a 264 card standard sized set. Boxes included 48 packs with 15 cards per pack. Notable rookies were Mario Lemieux & Al MacInnis. Counterfeits of the Mario Lemieux card exist.
References
* Beckett, Dr. James et al (2002). "Beckett Baseball Card Price Guide". Beckett Publications-Dallas, Texas ISBN 1-930692-17-X
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