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This blog will discuss the 1980s and the baseball card collecting hobby, with a focus on the Chicago Cubs. Contrary to vintage baseball cards, the majority of modern cards are affordable. The various sets will be considerably simpler to obtain. So, with thousands of cards in between, we'll start with 80 Topps and end with 89 Upper Deck. The apex of this period was represented by the Sandberg Rookie of the Year in 1983.


Saturday, November 11, 2023

1983 Topps Stickers 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