Pre-War Cards

Introduction

F-Cards represent issues from various food companies. These are mostly later issues that came out after companies discovered the fascination of collectors with candy and tobacco products.

Several issues are not traditional cards, either. The Dixie Lids baseball cards, for example, are actually the lids/tops of ice cream products. The Kellogg’s Pep Stamps are miniature, perforated pictures. The Wheaties Panels are actually the oversized pictures on old Wheaties boxes. Despite that, many of these products have become collectible over the years.

F-Cards come in all shapes and sizes. One unique issue is the 1932 Astra/Sanella set, which was a German multi-sport issue. It covers numerous sports, is larger in size than most issues, and was printed on thin stock for two brands of margarine.

Some beverages held a separate designation in the American Card Catalog. Others in this section include J-Cards (Soda) and K-Cards (Coffee) as well as any other types of beverage items not elsewhere classified.

Listed below are pre-war food, soda, and coffee cards that include boxing cards.

Sets

1932 Astra Margarine	1936 Cafes Gilbert	1932 De Beukelaer Biscuits Sports
1927/1928 Echte Wagner Margarine	1927 Fro-Joy Champions (F52)	Humorous Sporting Series
1937 Kellogg’s Pep Sports Stamps (F273)	1920s Nestle Sports Stamps	1930s Nestle Sports Stamps
1926-34 Oxo Feats of Endurance	1927 Palmin Dempsey vs. Tunney	1930 Palmin Six Sayings for the Youth
1927 Rich’s Sportsfolk	1932 Sanella Margarine	1939 Timaru Milling Century of Progress
1936 Train with Me on Rippled Wheat	1933 Wheaties Skippy (F272-23)

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