2020 Topps Update Baseball Forum

I'm reopening this thread, because of the new thread started today [11/21] by lildog, with regard to some 2023 Topps update cards that have SSP printed on the card by Topps, and a different micro code last 4 numbers for each SP / SSP / SSSP variation.

The decision seems to be, to call those cards an insert set, rather than

1. an "a" or "b" variation with notes.

2. a partial parallel set [which in TCDb, partial parallels are not allowed]

I'm thinking that this might be the first time that Topps has imprinted SSP on a card. I'm not an expert. I don't remember seeing it before, or reading about it, though I am kind of random on reading about such things.

With regard to Topps / Fanatics / Panini / Leaf / Upper Deck / other .... printing SP / SSP etc on cards .... insert set will be the policy?

unless the entire set gets an SP variation, ..... and then it will be:   lettering in the base set . OR...  parallel ?