Post by graham on Dec 3, 2021 12:04:21 GMT
As mentioned a while ago, I've collected cards for some years so seeing as winter tends to be a time on the forum when not a great deal happens, I thought I'd post some of the sets I have.
These two sets are from the vast number issued by Liebig. They were a German company formed in 1847 who manufactured meat extract products and forged a relationship with Fray Bentos in Uruguay who shipped huge quantities of the extract to various continental countries on behalf of Liebig. The goods were sold in small stone jars and Liebig soon cottoned on to the idea that a series of colourful cards would enhance the product sales.
Thus, Liebig cards were born, initially in monotone until the early 20th century when the cards started to appear in colour. Between 1860-ish and 1975, almost two thousand sets were issued with subjects spanning everything from wildlife, to medicine, the arts, countries, scenery, railways, ships, chess, astronomy, geology, famous people, musical instruments, the armed services and much more. In the late 60s, the Leibig company merged with Brooke Bond and of course, their "Oxo" stock cubes are probably found in most kitchens.
The cards were printed in several European languages including German, French, Dutch, Flemish, Danish, Italian, Russian, Spanish and Swedish although peculiarly, very few were ever issued in English and are worth a king's ransom if you can find any.
Two sets here are firstly, the 1956 set "Jet Propulsion and Reaction" and secondly, "Italian Air Force Battles" from 1962
20211203_111458 by Graham Brown, on Flickr
20211203_111522 by Graham Brown, on Flickr
20211203_111620 by Graham Brown, on Flickr
20211203_111648 by Graham Brown, on Flickr
These two sets are from the vast number issued by Liebig. They were a German company formed in 1847 who manufactured meat extract products and forged a relationship with Fray Bentos in Uruguay who shipped huge quantities of the extract to various continental countries on behalf of Liebig. The goods were sold in small stone jars and Liebig soon cottoned on to the idea that a series of colourful cards would enhance the product sales.
Thus, Liebig cards were born, initially in monotone until the early 20th century when the cards started to appear in colour. Between 1860-ish and 1975, almost two thousand sets were issued with subjects spanning everything from wildlife, to medicine, the arts, countries, scenery, railways, ships, chess, astronomy, geology, famous people, musical instruments, the armed services and much more. In the late 60s, the Leibig company merged with Brooke Bond and of course, their "Oxo" stock cubes are probably found in most kitchens.
The cards were printed in several European languages including German, French, Dutch, Flemish, Danish, Italian, Russian, Spanish and Swedish although peculiarly, very few were ever issued in English and are worth a king's ransom if you can find any.
Two sets here are firstly, the 1956 set "Jet Propulsion and Reaction" and secondly, "Italian Air Force Battles" from 1962
20211203_111458 by Graham Brown, on Flickr20211203_111522 by Graham Brown, on Flickr20211203_111620 by Graham Brown, on Flickr20211203_111648 by Graham Brown, on Flickr