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Strip cards were issued in the 1920s as a cheap collectible for kids. Issued in strips of 10 or so or sheets of up to 25 cards, they were meant to be cut apart by the kiddies and played with. Since they are usually on cheap paper stock and were toys, they are typically found in rotten condiion. The low quality of the product also leads to many variations and errors in the finished cards.
What is below is a gallery of various strip card types.
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1 E Advertising Jeffries We start with a rare Jim Jeffries card from a sheet of cards that were made to advertise Philadelphia Caramel's E79 and E95 sets. This version is blank backed
2 E Advertising Jeffries printed back This version has a printed advertisement on the back.
3 W Unc Sullivan
4 W Unc Willard
5 W-Unc Ruth
6 W-unc Ketchel
7 W Unc Nelson
8 W-unc Gibbons
9 W-Unc Gibbons
10 W-unc Firpo
11 W-Unc Firpo red
12 W-unc Gans
13 W-Unc Gans
14 W Unc Wills
15 1920s W-Unc Wolgast SGC 20
16 W Unc Wolgast
17 W-Unc Leonard
18 W-Unc Speaker 2
19 W-Unc Fitzsimmons, Young Bob
20 W Unc Johnson
21 W Unc Dempsey A set of rare strips that was mostly entertainment cards, there are boxers and baseball players also known. The cards were issued in vertical strips rather than the typical side by side horizontal strips.
22 1930 W Unc McGraw
23 W511 Dempsey and Kearns W511 is a combination of sport and nonsport cards. There are two boxing cards (Firpo ands Dempsey/Kearns) and one baseball card (Babe Ruth). Numbering variations are known as are cropping variations. The cards can come in multiple colors. Blue and red stock cards with black printing have been seen.
24 W511 Dempsey red 1924 W511 strip card Jack Dempsey and Jack Kearns. Red variation.
25 W511 Firpo variation showing him listed as 'champion'
Of what I have no idea...
26 W511 Firpo #7 variation
27 W511 Firpo #92 variation in purple
28 Decalco Litho set 1 The set has 20 cards and is known with the images either correct or with reversed negatives. A few color variations are known as well.
29 Decalco Litho set 2
30 Decalco Litho set 3
31 Decalco Litho set 4
32 Decalco Litho 1 Dempsey
33 Decalco Litho 2 Gibbons
34 Decalco Litho 3 Herman
35 Decalco Litho 4 Moran
36 Decalco Litho 18 Leonard
37 W512 41 Dempsey
38 W512 42 Villa
39 W512 43 Dundee
40 W512 44 Tunney 2
41 W512 45 Walker 2
42 W512 46 Firpo 2
43 W512 47 Carpentier
44 W512 48 Leonard
45 W512 49 Goldstein
46 W512 49 Goldstein 2
47 W512 50 Ledoux
48 W512 50 Ledoux 2
49 W515 1 Dempsey
50 W515 2 Siki
51 W515 3 Wills
52 W515 5 Johnson
53 W515 6 Tendler 1
54 W515 6 Tendler 2
55 W515 7 Firpo
56 W515 9 Gibbons
57 W515 10 Greb
58 W515 Strip of 5 uncut
59 W551 Carpentier
60 W551 Dempsey
61 W551 Dundee Wools back
62 W551 Kilbane
63 W551 Leonard
64 W551 Lynch
65 W551 Villa
66 W551 Walker
67 W551 Wilson
68 W551 Strip Set Here is a full W551 strip. Uncut strips are becoming rarer as people cut them up looking to have them slabbed.
69 W560 Dempsey
70 W560 Heeney
71 W 560 Sharkey
72 W560 Leonard
73 W580 Attell
74 W580 Buff
75 W580 Burke
76 W580 Carpentier
77 W580 Choynski 2
78 W580 Corbett Young
79 W580 Cross
80 W580 Dempsey 2
81 W580 Firpo
82 W580 Freeman
83 W580 Griffo
84 W580 Jeffries
85 W580 Johnson
86 W580 Klaus
87 W580 Leonard
88 W580 Lewis
89 W580 Lewis, Ted
90 W580 Lynch
91 W580 maher
92 W580 McFarland
93 W580 McGovern
94 W580 Moran
95 W580 Moran, Pal
96 W580 ODowd
97 W580 Sullivan
98 W580 Tendler
99 W580 white
100 W580 Willard
101 W580 Williams
102 W580 Wolgast
103 W590 Britton
104 W590 Dundee
105 W590 Firpo
106 W590 McTigue
107 W590 Renault
108 W590 Terris
109 W590 Wills
110 ca. 1926 uncut strips of 10 cards Uncatalogued set; uses the same images as the 1st run of Exhibit Blue Boxers
111 W-Unc purple strip
112 ca. 1926 W-Unc. single strip close up of card from prior image
113 W-Unc Cobb
114 1920s W-Unc Simmons
115 W515 1 Dempsey W515 Dempsey. Another ten-card set, I like the art on these. Reminds me of comic book villains from the 1920s and 1930s.
116 W515 6 Tendler 1 This W515 Tendler and the next one show a variation. The set was issued in two formats with one about 20% larger than the other.
117 W515 6 Tendler 2 Note the arms on the two Tendler cards
118 W551 Dempsey W551 Jack Dempsey. A ten-card strip set of boxers, all of the subjects are champions.
119 W565 Leonard 2 W565 Benny Leonard. These cards were issued in sheets of 25 and were meant to be cut out from the sheets and used to play cards.
120 W565 Schwartz-Stribling W565 Izzy Schwartz and Young Stribling. The bottom row of cards on W565 sheets does not match the playing card format of the rest of the cards.
121 W565 Hudkins
122 W565 Singer
123 W529-1 Leonard 7 W529-1 Leonard
124 W529-2 Leonard
125 W529-3 Leonard 4 W529-3 Leonard
126 W529-4 Leonard W529-4 Leonard #53
127 W529-5 Leonard W529-5 Leonard
128 W529-6 Leonard
129 W529-7 Leonard
130 W529-8 Leonard 1920-21 IFS
131 W529-5 51 Dempsey All blue print
132 W529 dempsey black
133 W529-6 Britton W529-6 Britton
134 W529-1 little wonders variations 1
135 W-Unc German Transfer Stamps No Names Left to right
Top Row: Frank Erne, Peter Maher, Tommy Murphy. Bottom Row: Mike Sullivan, Owen Moran, Tommy Burns
136 W-Unc German Transfer Stamps
137 W unc transfer sheet This sheet of transfer stamps was made in Germany and depicts Dempsey-Tunney II, the Long Count fight.