Need help how to spot the diffrence

[sortguld]

Hi.
I went through my Damphousse collection and found theese cards.
Is there a way to spot the diffrence they look all the same to me just want to know that it isnt a dupe i have instead of 2 diffrent.
Regards Patrik

1993-94 Stadium Club #240 Vincent Damphousse
1993-94 Stadium Club OPC #240 Vincent Damphousse

[30ranfordfan]

I will take a look for you this evening, and come back to this thread to tell you 100% for sure.....

But in the meantime, I'm 99% sure that the difference is in the fine print.

The 'OPC' version (i.e. Canadian release) will have 'Printed in USA' written in very fine print on the back... around one of the edges. The 'Topps' release will not have it.

[sortguld]

Oh...that means i have 2 opc
My collection have been complete up to 2000 on vinnie for several years but suddenly iam missing 1 card....
As i have your kindly attention i also noted i have 2 First Day Issues.
But they are diffrent the stamp is on the right on 1 card and to the left on the other but on the back booth says Ptd in usa?
Regards Patrik

[30ranfordfan]

I might be wrong. There are a couple of topps / opc variations from that era.... and they're all old enough that I have a hard time keeping them straight in my mind :)

I know I have each version in my Ranford collection, but to remember for sure what the difference is.... I need to see them in person (and not at home right now to check).

I believe the varations are:

Stadium Club
Stadium Club 1st Day Issue
Stadium Club OPC
Stadium Club 1st Day Issue OPC
Stadium Club Members Only Master Set


I think that the front of the card should look the same for both 1st Day Issue cards, or both 'regular' cards. It's just that 'Printed in USA' variation on the back. Members Only set has a different foil stamp on it.

I have the 5 Ranford cards pictured in my bucket, but only scans of the front.... so not much help. When I get home this evening, I will take a look at them and post front / back scans here.

[centrehice]

Did Stadium Club have Decoys as parallels in the 90's? I don't think they did. I have a couple of Decoys but all of them are 99-00 or 00-01 or 01-02 Stadium Club

[Drewk86a]

As i have your kindly attention i also noted i have 2 First Day Issues.
But they are diffrent the stamp is on the right on 1 card and to the left on the other

If I remember correclty, the location of the 1st day issue stamp was not the same on every card. Some had it on the right, some the left, some the top and some the bottom. However, if you have two cards of thesame player, I would think the stamp would be in the same place. If it is not that is a curiosity I can't explain.

[mingus_md]

If I remember correclty, the location of the 1st day issue stamp was not the same on every card. Some had it on the right, some the left, some the top and some the bottom. However, if you have two cards of thesame player, I would think the stamp would be in the same place. If it is not that is a curiosity I can't explain.

I seem to recall that there were variations in the stamp location for a couple of players, but I am really not sure about this. I am working on the NY Rangers team set of these cards, and I just checked the ones that I have and the Topps and OPC versions for a given player have the stamps in the same location.

[30ranfordfan]

Okay, as promised here's some scans.....

The Front



The Back

[30ranfordfan]

In the front scan.... in order... they are "Stadium Club", "Stadium Club 1st Day Issue", "Stadium Club 1st Day Issue OPC", "Stadium Club Members Only Master Set", and "Stadium Club OPC".

The stamps for the 1st Day Issue are in the same spot on both of them (top left), but the stamp for the Members Only Master Set is on the top right.


Only way to tell the difference between the "Regular" vs the "OPC".... or "1st Day Issue" vs "1st Day Issue OPC" is on the back. You'll see I circled, in red, the "PTD IN U.S.A." that appears on the Canadian version.

If memory serves me correctly, I got the "Regular" card by buying the single base card from a dealer on Beckett.... but made sure I bought from an American one. Back when I was building the bulk of my Base / Parallel collection..... I must have gone through 5 or 6 lots of 100-300 cards, and ALWAYS got the version with PTD IN USA. The lots were all comming from Canadians, so that was the version of the base they had.

[sortguld]

Thnx for all the input.
However my Member set card is an opc?
It says PTD in the us on the back but yours isnt is there 2 versions there to?
And check out the front on my 2 first day issues diffrent spots.