Roche & Co Ltd - Rising Sun Paraffin Matches - Famous Footballers - 1927

 

Year of issue: 1927

Issued by: “The Rising Sun Best Paraffin Matches” (Roche & Co. Ltd.)

Number of cards in set: 50

Approximate value (per card):  £12.00 - £15.00

25.    F. C. Keenor

27.    W. Hardy

A series of fifty cards issued within matchboxes, these are very hard to find and command very high catalogue prices.

Godfrey Phillips Ltd - Sports Cigarettes - Footballers - 1950

Year of issue: 1950

Issued by: Godfrey Phillips Ltd (Sports Cigarettes)

Number of cards in set: 50

Approximate value (per card): 

A. T. Sherwood

S. W. Montgomery

These can be collected in five ways: as individual paper cards trimmed to the back of the packet and therefore anonymous or as complete packets that have been opened and laid flat. This collection was also issued printed on card that was used as a slide within the packet of cigarettes. 

Footballers - on paper - trimmed to back of the packet - with blue frameline

Footballers - on card - trimmed to folds of slide

Footballers - 'Sports' packet - on paper 5s - with blue frameline

Footballers - 'Sports' packet - on paper 10s - with blue frameline

Footballers - 'Sports' slide - on card - as illustrated above

Imperial Printing Co. - Southern League Div 2 Winners Booklet - 1913

Imperial Printing Co. (Cardiff)

Southern League Div 2 Winners Booklet 

1913

A rare 15 page booklet

Chix Confectionery Co. Ltd - Footballers (Double picture) Series 1 - 1960

Year of issue: 1960

Issued by: Chix Confectionery Co. Ltd

Number of cards in set: 24

Size:

Approximate value (per card):

No. 22   Danny Malloy

There are four different versions of these cards in circulation. The blank backed ones are probably proof copies. The cartoon back version is common, the cartoon with pink shading version is the most difficult to find and last but not least the "Ask For Chix".

C. H. Knorr - Siege-Rekorde-Sensationen (Victories-Records-Sensations) - 1956

Year of Issue: 1956

Issued by: C. H. Knorr A.G.. heilbronn (Neckar), West Germany

Number of cards in set: 64

Size:

Approximate value (per card):

Nr. 57    Englische Rasen-Akrobaten

Arsenal v Cardiff City - Horton (Arsenal), Howells (Cardiff City), Stitfall (Cardiff City)  -   the album states that the game ended 1-0 to Cardiff City which dates the photo as 7 March, 1953 

Anonymous - Postcard - 1920-21

Anonymous 

Postcard 

1920-21

Cardiff City 1st Team 1920-21

Leaf Ltd - Footballers - Portrait & Caricature - 1961

Year of issue: 1961

Issued by: Leaf Ltd

Number of cards in set: 20

Size: 

Approximate value (per card): 

Graham Moore