‘It’s In The Details’ Title Propagandas Montiel Los Reyes del Deporte Year 1946-47 Size2 ″2 1/8 x 3 1/8″ Images Black and White Type Gum/Candy Number in Set 180 1946-47 Propagandas Montiel Los Reyes del Deporte Set Overview This massive Cuban set featured athletes from baseball, boxing, wrestling, and tennis. These caramel cards from Montiel are popular and this was
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1934 Star Magazine/Fürth Chocolate Overview Little is known about a rare Star / Fürth Chocolate hockey issue and the fact that it is a Czechoslovakia product makes it even harder to discover here in the U.S. These cards are black and white and were part of a multi-sport set of 100 cards. The fronts include an athlete’s image and a
Read more‘It’s In The Details’ Title Tobler Chocolates Black Sports Stamps Year 1922 Size 1″ x 1 3/4″ Images Color Type Stamps Number in Set 12 1922 Tobler Chocolates Black Stamps Set Overview This stamp set was issued by Tobler Chocolates (Tobler Chokolado), a Swiss chocolate company. The exact date of issue is unknown. The company distributed other similar sets in
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Read more‘It’s In The Details’ Title F&J Smith Champions of Sport Year 1902 Size 1 1/2″ x 2 1/2″ Images Black and White Type Tobacco Number in Set 50 1902 F&J Smith Champions of Sport Overview These early cards featured vintage pictures of several athletes, including golfers and cricket players. Cards were distributed by F&J Smith’s in their packages of cigarettes.
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‘It’s In The Details’ Title Godfrey Phillips Sports Year 1923 Size 1 7/16″ x 2 7/16″ Images Color Type Tobacco Number in Set 25 1923 Godfrey Phillips Sports Set Overview This small tobacco set features a variety of sports. Simply called ‘Sports’ on the back, the issue includes a total of 25 cards. None of the four major American sports
Read more‘It’s In The Details’ Title 1913 Cope’s Music Hall Artistes Year 1913 Size 1 1/2″ x 2 5/8″ Images Color Type Tobacco Number in Set 50 1913 Cope’s Music Hall Artistes Overview This unique issue was distributed by Cope Brothers & Company based out of Liverpool and London. These cards were distributed in their 1913 Cope’s Cigarettes packages. The set
Read more‘It’s In The Details’ Title Lorillard’s Red Cross Tobacco Boxing Positions & Boxers (N266) Year 1893 Size 2 1/4″ x 4″ Images Color Type 19th Century Tobacco Number in Set 25 1893 Lorillard’s Red Cross Tobacco Boxing Positions & Boxers Overview These boxing cards were among the more unique ones of the 19th century. Interestingly, while this is undoubtedly a
Read more‘It’s In The Details’ Title Hess Cigarettes Athletes and Celebrities (N332) Year 1889 Size 1 1/2″ x 2 11/16″ Images Sepia Type 19th Century Tobacco Number in Set 119 (?) 1889 Hess Cigarettes Athletes and Celebrities Overview In the late 1880s, Hess Cigarettes produced several tobacco card sets to help promote their products. While the baseball sets (N321, N333, and
Read more‘It’s In The Details’ Title Max Rigot Postcards Year 1912 Size 3 1/2″ x 5 1/2″ Images Black and White Type Postcards Number in Set 16 1912 Max Rigot Postcards Overview The Max Rigot postcards set featured wrestlers of the pre-war era. Notably, the set really focused on two individual stars in George Hackenschmidt and Frank Gotch. Known as the
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‘It’s In The Details’ Title Health and Strength Postcards Year 1908 Size 3 1/4″ x 5 7/16″ Images Varies Type Postcards Number in Set 1908 Health and Strength Postcards Overview The Health and Strength Postcards set featured wrestlers and boxers of the pre-war era. While the set is popular among boxing fans, wrestling card fans also flock to it as
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‘It’s In The Details’ Title Sanella Margarine and Astra Margarine Year 1932 Size 2 3/4″ x 4 1/16″ Images Color Type Food Number in Set 112 1932 Sanella Margarine and Astra Margarine Overview While the set is mostly referred to as the Sanella issue, two companies actually distributed it – Sanella Margarine and Astra Margarine. The German manufacturers produced this
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