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1963 Monty Sports Stars Playing Cards

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  1963 1963 Monty Sports Stars Playing Cards Netherlands At least 52 cards Features 1 (one) chess player card, 2 of Clubs Max Euwe. The cards are playing cards with similar backs with a red background and geometric shapes. The set features famous Dutch athletes of the time. Only the chess player card is listed here. 2 of Clubs. Dr Max Euwe (Schaken)

1979 Stars of Soviet Sport

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  Karpov front                 Karpov Back Tretiak Front                  Tretiak Back Checklist Front Cover                                Back Cover 1979 1979 Stars of Soviet Sport Editor: Publishing House Plakat,  Order of the Red Banner of Labor Kalinin Polygraphic Combine of the Soyuzpoligrafprom under the USSR State Committee for Publishing, Printing and Book Trade, Kalinin, 5 Lenin Ave. Moscow, Russia (USSR) 15 Cards Print Run: 600,000 Features 1 (one) chess player card, #NNO Anatoly Karpov. The cards are significantly larger than typical trading cards with a portrait and biographical information on them.  #NNO. Vasily Alekseyev ( ВАСИЛИЙ АЛЕКСЕЕВ) #NNO. Nikolay Andrianov ( НИКОЛАЙ АНДРИАНОВ) #NNO. Valery Borzov ( ВАЛЕРИЙ БОРЗОВ) #NNO. Irina Deryugina ( ИРИНА ДЕРЮГИНА) #NNO. Alexander Zaitsev ( АЛЕ...

19th century E.D. Williams Paul Morphy Cigar Trade Card

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  19th century E.D. Williams Paul Morphy Cigar Trade Card 19th century Hartford, Conn., USA 1 Card  E.D. Williams produced cigars and tobacco products from the mid to late 19th century. This trade card advertises the Paul Morphy Cigar among others. Paul Morphy featured prominently in advertising upon his return from Europe. The card is made of sturdy, cardboard like material and is blank backed. If any readers have further info or other famous chess player trade cards please comment. #NNO. Paul Morphy, Pearl Queen, Windmill, and Nutmeg Brand of Cigars