Auction #18 - October 2024
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 11/10/2024
The R722 classification has been expanded to include (31) sets according to non-sport.com. The classification covers candy boxes with perforated cards meant to be punched out and collected into sets. Most are or were issued by the Novel or Leader Novelty companies of New York. Most sets contain (12) different subjects or boxes and generally they have some narrative and number printed on the back of the card or inside of the box.
With only (5) cards checklisted at non-sport.com and the highest number seen being #6, it's believed that the R722-2 Crime Buster Stories set from Novel Package is a (6) card set. The set pictures governmental figures involved in busting crime.
This R722-2 Novel Package Crime Busters card is subject #3 Treasury Man with the top tab that was not removed. The card is in Good to VG.
R722-2 Novel Package Crime Busters #3 Treasury Man With Tab
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