In addition to Topps' 1971 baseball card set, there are other series available from companies such as Milk Duds and Fleer, though they are far scarcer. Fleer issued their World Series cards this year with new artwork and the MLB logo. The reverse features different text in black writing instead of blue, and also provides the scores from each game. This set features 68 cards, and includes the 1904 and 1970 Series.
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The 1971 Fleer baseball card set was reissued in 1978 with 7 additional cards to update the set to include the years 1971 through 1977. In this year, Milk Duds began printing sepia tone pictures of major league players on the backs of their candy boxes, which were sold in retail stores. It was part of a marketing campaign designed to increase the sale of their candy among children, with 69 different players featured. The base Topps baseball card set for 1971 features 752 cards (the largest number to date), with League Leaders, Playoff Highlights and World Series Highlights subsets. Key rookie cards include Dave Concepcion (14), Dusty Baker and Don Baylor (709) and Steve Garvey (341). For the first time, the backs of the cards had black and white photos of the players instead of in-depth statistics, which wasn't as popular with collectors. The cards also featured black borders, another first.