Pre-War Cards

‘It’s In The Details’

1933-34 V304-B O-Pee-Chee Overview

A total of five different sets have all been designated as V304 O-Pee-Chee cards. The Each set (series) has its own separate designation – V304-A, V304-B, V304-C, V304-D, and V304-E. These series designations are printed on the backs of the cards along with a card number.

These cards were printed during the same 1933-34 season (though, some attribute these cards as being from 1934-35 instead) as the V304-A cards were and included different players. Because V304-A contained most of the bigger stars, including Ace Bailey, Howie Morenz, and King Clancy, this V304-B set is a little less star studded.

Cards are colorful with bold backgrounds, a player image, and the player’s name. A large star is behind the player with surrounding smaller stars and there are several background colors for the cards, including orange, red, green, and blue. Players can be found with more than one of those colors making a master set a fairly large one. The player’s name is printed at the bottom in a name plate of sorts with two bold black lines above and below it.

In addition to the series designation and card number, backs include bilingual biographies in English and French. Backs give us a name for this set — simply calling them, “National League Hockey Stars.”

These cards have the same look as the V304-A set. And since they are from the same season, 1933-34, they probably are better as grouped with that V304-A set, anyway. However, since they are called Series B on the backs (and because other series’ also have their own series letter), they are considered as a separate issue.

Below is a checklist for the entire set (card numbers pick up from the previous V304-A series).

Want to know more about this set and how it compares to the other O-Pee-Chee issues? Here’s a full breakdown of the five sets.

1933-34 V304-B O-Pee-Chee Checklist

49. Babe Siebert
50. Aurel Joliat
51. Laurie Aurie
52. Ebbie Goodfellow
53. John Ross Roach
54. William Beveridge
55. Henry Earl Robinson
56. Jimmy Ward
57. Archie Wilcox
58. Lorne Duguid
59. Dave Kerr
60. Baldy Northcott
61. Marvin Wentworth
62. Dave Trottier
63. Wally Kilrea
64. Glen Brydson
65. Vernon Ayers
66. Robert Gracie
67. Vic Ripley
68. Tiny Thompson
69. Alex Smith
70. Andrew Blair
71. Cecil Dillon
72. Bun Cook