Auction #6 - October 2020
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 10/25/2020
One of Topp's early offerings and one of their larger early sets, the 1950 Freedom's War set was (203) cards picturing scenes of the Korean War. The set was apparently issued over a two year period in different series with cards found in either two card panels or single cards in packs. The two card panels were issued in cello and boxed packs and the single cards in one and five cent packages. The first group of cards through card #72 were created using artwork with cards #73-#96 feature Army Photos. Cards #97-#103 were the tank cards--found either die cut or uncut. Cards #104-#127 feature photographs, Cards #128-#177 feature artwork with the rest featuring Army Photos.
The final series mostly picture patches of individual army divisions but also feature photo cards of Patton, Jimmy Doolittle, George Marshall, Dwight D Eisenhower and Omar Bradley among others.
This near set (202/203) cards runs the gamut in condition from Poor to EXMT. The majority of cards in this set are in the VG to VGEX range with quite a few better and just a few worse. The only missing card is card #99--one of the seven tanks in the set. The other six tanks are of the die cut variety and generally VG to VGEX condition and clean. Tank #101 has a lower left corner with paper loss. With just a few upgrades, this set could become a nice mid grade set of Freedom's War and offer a great opportunity to pick up one of the iconic Topps sets of the early 1950's.
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