1977 Hostess Unissued Proof Augustine Forsch Reuss 157 158 159 panel set sheet

Description: Offered here is one of the absolute rarest cards of the 1970's, a 1977 Hostess Unissued Proof panel of card numbers 157, 158, 159...Augustine, Forsch, Reuss. This is an extremely rare panel of cards that were never issued to the public. The 1977 Hostess set consisted of 150 cards, but on a few production sheets they made some extra cards to be possible replacements for another card in the set or to make a larger set. These are those extra unseen cards. As such, they were never issued onto the boxes that were sold to the public. The extra neat thing about this panel is that it has Jerry Reuss as card number 159. Reuss was intended to be a reserve/replacement card in case they changed their mind about who to issue onto the product boxes. You see pictured the two versions of the cards/panels. The extremely rare version of Jerry Reuss as number 159 on a panel with unissued cards 157 and 158(this is the one I am selling), and the #119 Reuss version of which is the common one and not included this listing. In the end they did make a last minute change and used Jerry Reuss to replace the Dave Parker card that was originally intended to be issued to the public. As such, Parker was pulled from production in the final proof stage and was replaced by Jerry Reuss, and Reuss is the player on card #119 that is seen in all the cards that were put on boxes in the sets and sent out to the public. This rare panel has Reuss as card #159, along with 157(Augustine) and 158(Forsch) of which never made it to distribution and remained as Unissued proofs the public never knew existed or had a chance to obtain...until now. The unissued Dave Parker card is also available in panel form in another of my listings. This panel never made it onto a box or panel for distribution in the stores and this panel is a hole in everybody's 1977 Hostess set. Very few were made and fewer survived. This is a final production card with a printed back. This is a very rare find. I have sold many Hostess cards, panels, sets, sheets, complete boxes and Hostess store display items through the last few years here on Ebay with many satisfied customers. Thank you to all who have bought from me in the past and I hope these rare treasures being offered today find a good home.

Price: 599 USD

Location: Plainfield, Illinois

End Time: 2025-01-04T02:00:00.000Z

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