Sunday, 5 March 2023

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.

Friday, 3 March 2023

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

Wednesday, 1 March 2023

Monday, 27 February 2023

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".

Saturday, 25 February 2023

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 

Thursday, 23 February 2023

Tuesday, 21 February 2023

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