Auction #12 - October 2022
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 10/24/2022
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 recipient.
This lot includes a single copy of the #285 "Sudentens and Czechs Engage in Civil War" subject from the R69 Gum Inc Horrors of War set in GVG to VG conditioin.
R69 Gum Inc Horrors of War #285 Sudetens and Czechs Engage... NAZI Imagery
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