For 14 years in the 1970s and early 1980s, the Kellogg's cereal
company provided Topps with virtually the only meaningful national
competition in the baseball card market. Kellogg's kicked off
its baseball card program in 1970 with a 75-player set of simulated
3-D cards. Single cards were available in selected brands of
the company's cereal, while a mail-in programe offered complete
sets. The 3-D effect was achieved by the sandwiching of a clear
color photo between a purposely blurred stadium background scene
and a layer of ribbed plastic. The relatively narrow dimension
of the card, 2-1/4" X 3-1/2" and the nature of the
plastic overlay seem to conspire to cause the cards to curl,
often cracking, the plastic layer, if not stored properly. This
one shows HOFer Rod Carew and it's a GEM MINT card with four
razor corners and 50-50 centering.