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A&BC CHEWING GUM LTD.
A&BC
Chewing Gum Ltd. formed in 1949, are one of the best remembered card producers
from the last century. Their sets included amongst many other things pop stars,
film stars, TV stars and cricketers. The company produced their first set of sports cards in
1954 - All Sport. The 120 card set of sporting personalities included 36
footballers. Their first all-football card set followed in 1958 and the company
would issue at least one set of football cards each year for the next 16 years before
being taken over by American company Topps Chewing Gum in 1975.
1970/71
SCOTTISH FOOTBALLERS (GREEN BACKS)
A&BC started
issuing cards specific to Scotland in 1962 but the 1970/71 set was the first
large Scottish collection issued by the company. Generally, the Scottish sets
are rarer than the English.
Each packet cost 6d and contained six cards.
Number of cards in set: 171
Number of Albion cards in set: 3
The card backs are
enlargeable by clicking on them
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73 - BOBBY HOPE |
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77 - ASA HARTFORD |
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151 - DOUG FRASER |
Card Dimensions: H 89mm x W
63mm
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