Auction #18 - October 2024
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 11/10/2024
No set typifies the 1930's gum card offerings of war and grit and strife more than the R69 Horrors of War set. Issued in 1938, before the United States had entered WWII, the set was printed on sheets of 24 cards with 10 sheets making up the base low number offering. Two sheets or 48 cards made up the high number section for a total of 288 cards. The cards pictured all manner of unspeakable acts from the beginnings of WWII perpetrated by those who would be come the Axis powers of the war.
To advertise the set, Gum Inc used a couple promotions on the backs of cards. There were cards with pre-printed advertising on the back known as 'sample cards' as well as 'free pack' cards that had stamps on the back offering a free package of R69 Horrors of War for the lucky receipient.
This lot of (5) R69 Gum Inc Horrors of War have all been PSA-Graded and includes the following subjects: #121 Japanese Apply Torch to Dead Farmer (PSA3.5 VG+), #124 Japanese Bomb Railroad at Suchow (PSA4 VGEX), #126 Chinese Cavalry Surrounds Garrison (PSA4 VGEX), #128 Chinese Universities Flee From War (PSA4 VGEX), #135 A Battle From a Rooftop in Barcelona (PSA5 EX). Great lot of midgrade cards to build upon.
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