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This blog will explore the baseball card collecting hobby of the 1980s, particularly highlighting the Chicago Cubs. Unlike vintage baseball cards, most modern cards are quite budget-friendly. The different sets will be much easier to find. Therefore, with thousands of cards in the mix, we will begin with the 80 Topps and conclude with the highly valuable 1985 Topps Mini Test. The pinnacle of this era was marked by the Sandberg Rookie of the Year in 1983.


Saturday, November 11, 2023

1983 Topps Stickers +Test Sticker Strips Cubs Checklist

Number of Cards

330 cards in the 1983 Topps Stickers collection included 9 Cubs players.

Size of Cards

The size of the cards measure approximately 1 15/16" by 2 9/16"



Basic Features

Made in Italy for Topps and O-Pee-Chee by Panini. The fronts feature white-bordered color player photos framed with a colored and a black line. The colored line is red for AL players and blue for NL players. The stickers may be placed on an album, which was sold in retail establishments. The typical All-Star Players subset, which has a foil border, is included in this set. Ryne Sandberg Rookie Card is in this set.

O-Pee-Chee was exactly the same as the Topps set except that the horizontal backs carry a bilingual ad for O-Pee-Chee in red lettering. Look for differences at the bottom. There was a bilingual player's position in the album, and the backs had an offer in both languages.

Chicago Cubs 1983 Topps Stickers Checklist


Number Player
219 Leon Durham FOIL
220 Jay Johnstone
221 Larry Bowa
222 Keith Moreland
223 Bill Buckner
224 Fergie Jenkins
225 Dick Tidrow
226 Jody Davis
328 Ryne Sandberg




















1983 Topps Test Sticker Strips

Number of Cards

48 cards in the 1983 Topps Test Sticker Strips included 5 Cubs players.

Size of Cards

The size of the cards measure approximately 9 11/16" x 2 1/2"

Basic Features

This is a variant of the Topps Stickers from 1983. While the strips were joined and came in a long box, there were eight separate boxes for this set.
Player
John Candelaria / Fergie Jenkins / Bob Horner / Ken Oberkfell / George Hendrick 
Tim Lollar / Broderick Perkins / David Green / Keith Moreland / Dick Tidrow 
Greg Minton / Bob Forsch / Ryne Sandberg / Jody Davis / Bill Buckner 
Steve Rogers / Jay Johnstone / Dave Parker / Jerry Reuss / Neil Allen 
Garry Templeton / John Montefusco / Brian Giles / Larry Bowa / Phil Niekro