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For its final set, 1963-64 Parkhurst featured one of the most beautiful designs ever on a hockey card set. The Gordie Howe card is considered one of the most iconic cards ever produced. There was an emphasis given to the two Canadian teams, with two cards for nearly every player.
The fronts featured a player picture superimposed against a team-specific background design. Detroit Red Wings were shown with an American flag in the background, regardless of that player's actual birth nation. Toronto Maple Leafs were placed in front on the Red Ensign that served as the national flag at the time. Montreal Canadiens weren't given any flag, instead they had parallel bars as a background.
Key rookies in the 99-card set include Cesare Maniago, Red Berenson, Alex Faulkner, John Ferguson and Jacques LaPerriere. My set grades about Ex/NM with a few NM and a few EX.

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1172.1962-63 Parkhurst NHL Hockey set

While the 62-63 set has an inspired design, it once again re-uses photos from previous sets. There are 18 cards for each of the 3 Teams (Toronto, Montreal and Detroit) featured with each team's star having two cards (Mahovlich, Geoffrion and Howe). There are also two unnumbered cards:one card is a checklist, which is referred to as a Tally card. The other is a Zip card, which was a contest entry for one of 20 bicycles. These are quite rare and are (along with the 2 Howe cards) the most valuable in the set. My set grades about EX/NM with a few better (NM+) and a few which would grade EX.

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1173.1952-53 Parkhurst NHL Hockey set

I also purchased this set at the same time as my 1951-52 Parkie set from the gentleman from Montreal at the Anaheim National Sports Collectors Convention in 1985. It is in a bit lesser condition due to being stored in a Parkhurst Album and would grade about VG or maybe a bit better. Some are autographed by players who visited the Forum and signed for the original owner. Set features the Rookie Card of Tim Horton.

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