1930 Milton Bradley Set Features Early Aviators — and Perhaps Amelia Earhart’s Earliest Trading Card

Reviewing the little-known 1930 Milton Bradley Aviation set
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Read moreThis month’s obscure card is an early tobacco release for famed aviators Orville and Wilbur Wright
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Read more‘It’s In The Details’ Title Garbaty Moderne Schonheitsgalerie (Modern Beauty) Year 1934 Size 2 1/16″ x 2 7/16″ and 2 7/16″ x 3 1/4″ Images Color Type Tobacco Number in Set 600 (300 in each series) 1934 Garbaty Moderne Schonheitsgalerie (Modern Beauty) Set Overview This unique set was produced in Germany and included two series’. The set mostly includes actors and
Read more‘It’s In The Details’ Title Speed Champions Year 1900s Size 1 7/8″ x 4 1/8″ Images Sepia Type Tobacco Number in Set 5 Speed Champions (T228) Overview This rare set consists of only five cards but they are nearly impossible to find. Dubbed ‘Speed Champions,’ the cards have a focus on machinery. The lone card not in that category is
Read more‘It’s In The Details’ Title Heinz Famous Airplanes and Aviators (F277) Year 1935-39 Size 1 7/8″ x 3″ Images Color Type Food Number in Set Varies by Series 1935-39 Heinz Famous Airplanes and Aviators (F277) Set Overview This confusing series was issued by Heinz in the 1930s. While it is often considered to merely be a 1935 or 1936 set,
Read more‘It’s In The Details’ Title Orami Heroes of the Air Year 1933 Size 1 3/8″ x 2″ Images Black and White Type Tobacco Number in Set Unknown 1933 Orami Heroes of the Air Set Overview Orami issued numerous trading card series’ in the 1930s. One of those series’ (Series H) focused on aviation. Like other Orami cards, these were black
Read more‘It’s In The Details’ Title Mars Aeroplanes, Pilots, and Airports Year 1938 Size 1 5/16″ x 2 11/16″ Images Color Type Gum and Candy Number in Set 50 1938 Mars Aeroplanes, Pilots, and Airports Set Overview This rare set was issued by Mars Confections, which offered several trading card sets in the 1930s. Specifically, these cards were offered by Mars
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