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Title	G21 Allen & Ginter World Champions Banner
Year	1889
Size	16″ x 28″
Images	Color
Type	Banners
Number in Set	1

1889 G21 Allen & Ginter World Champions Banner Overview

The 1889 N29 Allen & Ginter cards featured a collection of 50 champions and stars in a variety of sports, including baseball, rowing, wrestling, pugilism/boxing, rifle shooting, and billiards/pool. These cards were packaged inside of boxes of Allen & Ginter cigarettes. It was a continuation of sorts from the 1888 N28 Allen & Ginter issue.

The G21 banners were an advertisement of sorts that were likely hung in shops selling the cigarettes that included the cards. Printed on thin paper, they are difficult to find at all – let alone in good condition.

You may find these advertised as both an 1888 and an 1889 issue. Like the cards in the N29 set, there is some conflict between collectors as to when these were actually produced. 1889 is the more accepted year of release, however.

The posters feature a layout of all 50 cards. One unique thing is that the cards on the poster do not overlap and the pictures are the same ones used in the A17 Allen & Ginter Album. Those also included pictures of the N29 cards but did not have the Allen & Ginter name printed on the bottom as the cards that were packaged with cigarettes did. It is important to note that, while many collectors assume all hand cut N29 cards that are blank-backed and without the Allen & Ginter name at the bottom are from the A17 Album, that is incorrect. Some of the hand-cut examples out there were from the album but some were also from these banners, such as this example here.

The banners had a different appearance from the G20 Allen & Ginter Banners. Instead of being placed in the middle, the Allen & Ginter name was featured at the top of the predominantly olive and blue background.

1889 G21 Allen & Ginter World Champions Banner Checklist

The cards featured on the banner are the same in the N29 Allen & Ginter set and are listed below.

1. James Albert
2. W. Barry
3. Theo Bauer
4. Edwin Bibby
5. Captain Boyton
6. E.C. Carter
7. C.W. Clarke
8. W.E. Crist
9. H. Crocker
10. William Cummings
11. Captain Daly
12. Patsey Duffy
13. James Dwight
14. William East
15. Billy Edwards
16. Buck Ewing (Baseball)
17. Pat Fitzgerald
18. Joseph Fogarty (Baseball)
19. M. Ford
20. W.G. George
21. Charles Getzin (Baseball)
22. Willie Harradon
23. Jack Havlin
24. Gus Hill
25. F.F. Ives
26. Patsey Kerrigan
27. George La Blanche
28. E.D. Lange
29. Hugh McCormack
30. Jack McGee
31. George Miller (Baseball)
32. James Morrell (Baseball)
33. Frank Murphy
34. Johnny Murphy
35. L.E. Myers
36. William O’Connor
37. W.B. Page
38. Axel Paulsen
39. Thomas Pettitt
40. C. Queckberner
41. T. Ray
42. Duncan Ross
43. William Rowe
44. James Ryan (Baseball)
45. R.D. Sears
46. H.W. Slocum
47. Percy Stone
48. Ralph Temple
49. Matthew Webb
50. Fred Wood

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