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Please help identify British Boxing cards

August 17 2007 at 10:53 AM		David Davis  (Login david_davis)
Cards(?) are of Jim Driscoll and Kid Berg. Appears they could be outer wrapper for matchboxes. Any help is appreciated.

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August 17 2007, 11:06 AM 

Hard to tell, but I do not think they are from matchboxes, definitely an advertisement piece of some kind from the 1920s or 30s. There were a lot of British boxing items similar to these throughout the 1920s and 1930s. Interesting - thanks for sharing

Jimmy


    
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(Login aaroncc)

Re: Please help identify British Boxing cards

August 17 2007, 1:00 PM 

I don't know the history of these, but I believe they are matchbox labels.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/60-Englands-Glory-Matchbox-labels-unused_W0QQitemZ300141729925QQihZ020QQcategoryZ4117QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 
 

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August 17 2007, 1:48 PM 

So they are just cuts from the boxes, interesting auction, they did a good job cutting them out in the two examples above

Jimmy


    
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David Davis
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Re: Please help identify British Boxing cards

August 17 2007, 1:53 PM 

I think they are unused, not cut from the box.

 
 

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Re: Please help identify British Boxing cards

August 23 2007, 2:27 PM 

Yes, they are from matchboxes. Best I can tell they're from around 1935/36. I have an unused one and a few that are still attached to the wood that were cut from the actual boxes. I also have an intact box with the label on it.

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