Auction #17 - June 2024
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 6/30/2024
The E40 Philadelphia Caramel Airships set is a (15) card set picturing early airships likely from the period of 1908-1910. The cards picture subjects bound to have excited small children who pulled them from caramel packs of the day. Six of the 15 cards picture dirigibles with the other nine picturing early airplanes by the likes of the Wright Brothers, Curtiss, Farman, Bleriot and others. Many of the airplane subjects can be found on other card sets of the day from candy, tobacco and other manufacturers.
This complete set of (15) E40 Philadelphia Caramel Airships cards have all been PSA-graded and include the following subjects: PSA6 EX-MT (2 cards: Zeppelin and Republique), PSA5 EX (7 cards: Santo Dumont, Baldwin, Knabelschue, Chinese, Curtiss Biplane, Langler Monoplane, Bates Biplane), PSA4.5 VG-EX+ (3 cards: Wright Biplane), Lefebvre Biplane, Latham Monoplane), PSA4 VG-EX (1 card: Farman Biplane) and PSA3 VG (2 cards: Bleriot Monoplane, Gleason-Robinson Biplane). The 4.7 weighted GPA would put this at the #2 set all-time.
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