Auction #3 - October 2019
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 10/27/2019
The R164 Gum Inc War Gum set was issued in 1941 right at the beginning of the World War II war effort. The set is a 132 card set picturing famous Americans involved in the war effort and scenes of the war effort itself. There are ships, artillery fire, planes, soldiers, seamen and other scenes in the set. Famous participants in the set include President Roosevelt, Gen Douglas MacArthur, Winston Churchill, George Marshall and others. In general, the cards picturing war heroes are set in a vertical pose and the scenes are in horizontal pose. This is a great set that was one of so very many during World War II.
This lot includes a single R164 Gum Inc War Gum wax pack wrapper. This is the variation that pictures the map of Malaysia as the main image on the wrapper. Different variations exist for this set with different countries pictured. This wrapper is in EX to EXMT condition, very clean and a beautiful example of the 1930's gum era wax wrappers.
R164 Gum Inc War Gum Wrapper - Malaysia Map Variant
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