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Originally posted by JOHN LEVITT:
Good Evening

Whilst sorting out a bunch of Topps Star Wars promo cards I came across text variants on the backs of 2 Topps Star Wars Galaxy Cards (DH1 & DH3) that were issued in 1994. I did carry out a search on CardTalk but found no evidence that they had been reported previously so I thought I would share them with you.

On the back of card DH1 the word "upcoming" is hyphenated on one card (lines seven and eight) and not on the other (line eight) thus causing the rest of the text to be re-arranged, which is obvious when you compare the last line on each card. The hyphenated card shows a last line of "December 1994" and the non-hyphenated "1994"

On the back of card DH3 the word "commander" is hyphenated on one card (lines three and four) not on the other (line four) on another. again causing the rest of the text to be re-arranged, which is obvious when you compare the last line on each card. The hyphenated card shows a last line of "Coming to December 1994" and the non-hyphenated "December 1994"

These cards appear in the 2008 PCE on Page 139 at the bottom right hand corner but no variant text is mentioned. I do not know which version of the cards was issued first.

I have shown the four different backs as below:-

Back of DH1 without hyphenation
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Back of DH1 with hyphenation
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Back of DH3 without hyphenation
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Back of DH3 with hyphenation
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regards

John