Who would ever collect these weird, mostly unknown cubs memorabilia? Well, I do, and if you do, then you're a hard-core Cubs collector.
Number of Cards
1970 Topps Candy has 24 lids, which had 1 HOF Cub player.
Size of Lids
Lids are 1 7/8" Diameter
Basic Features
This marked the inaugural year for this peculiar and unusual Topps set. These lids lack borders and are unnumbered, featuring a baseball image, player name, position, and team on the underside of the tops of 1-ounce tubs of bubble gum. The player’s team logos were incorporated into the 1970 set to distinguish the various years of the three sets.
Chicago Cubs 1970 Topps Candy Lids Checklist
Number of Cards
1972 Topps Candy has 55 lids, which had 2 HOF Cub players.
Size of Lids
Lids are 1 7/8" Diameter
Basic Features
This second collection features photographs of baseball players located on the underside of the lids of 1-ounce bubble gum tubs. It was regarded as a test set and is quite difficult to find. For some strange reason, Topps airbrushed all logos from the portrait images, and the lids lack borders and are unnumbered. The names, positions, and teams are printed on the bottom.
Number of Cards
1973 Topps Candy has 55 lids, which had 2 HOF Cub players.
Size of Lids
Lids are 1 7/8" Diameter
Basic Features
The image, name, position, and team of the player were positioned at the bottom of the lid. The logos of the team were airbrushed off the players' caps, and the photographs were encircled by a variety of colors. This issue is widely recognized for the common occurrence of misaligned images.
| Player |
| 1970 Topps Candy Lids |
| Fergie Jenkins logo on hat |
| 1972 Topps Candy Lids |
| Fergie Jenkins no logo on hat |
| Billy Williams no logo on hat |
| 1973 Topps Candy Lids |
| Fergie Jenkins color ring |
| Billy Williams color ring |
