1976 SSPC
Description
1976 SSPC is a 630-card "collector's issue" released by TCMA. Dubbed the "Pure Card" set, the designed was based loosely on the 1953 Bowman set. The set was available exclusively via mail order and was advertised in the nascent Hobby Media, such as it was in the mid-70s.
Despite the cards bearing a 1975 copyright, the set is considered a 1976 set as it was not released until then.
SSPC was not licensed by either MLB Properties or the MLBPA, and shortly after its release, was sued by Topps. As part of the settlement, SSPC agreed to never reprint their 1976 set, and to never attempt to produce a similar product ever again.
Keith Olbermann, then still in high school, edited the copy on each card.
Distribution
Factory Sets: ($12.99 + $1 S&H)
Team Sets: ($1 + $0.50 S&H)
Reviews
Checklist
Promos
Collector's Quarterly Samples
This 18-card set was included in the Winter 1975 issue of Collector's Quarterly -- a Hobby magazine of the period published by SSPC owner Mike Aronstein. Each "card" (which was actually two 9-card sheets stapled into the magazine) has the words "SAMPLE CARD 1976" on the back.
1 Harry Parker
2 Jim Bibby
3 Mike Wallace
4 Tony Muser
5 Yogi Berra MGR
6 Preston Gomez MGR
7 Jack McKeon MGR
8 Sam McDowell
9 Gaylord Perry
10 Fred Scherman
11 Willie Davis
12 Don Hopkins
13 Whitey Herzog MGR
14 Ray Sadecki
15 Stan Bahnsen
16 Bob Oliver
17 Denny Doyle
18 Deron Johnson
1976 Promos
SSPC released these six cards to promote the upcoming 1976 SSPC set. Each card has ordering information on the back.
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Base Set
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