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In the tea card collecting community in Canada and the US, this set of Nabisco cards never shows up mixed in with Red Rose tea cards. Why? because they are a lot bigger and would stand out like a sore thumb. They are an unusual and fun to collect set. Come on, who doesn't love collecting cards with airplanes on them? The set was issued in Canada around 1971. The series is called Airliners of the World. It offers all forms of big aircraft telling you where they come from, how they are used and more facts. And at the bottom is a stat area telling you the following:
The cards were distributed one-in-a-box and the box offers a wall chart for fifty cents and two box tops. There is an impression of the wall chart on the back of the box. The wall chart holds all 25 cards and as all good wall charts, it has extra cool info. I've never seen an album for the cards, just the wall chart. There is nothing about albums on the box or cards. The overall print runs were smaller, just because of the lower population in Canada. Because of this the majority of all Canadian non sports cards are harder to come by. What do the cards look like?
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Front Side Here is a card that represent the 25 card set. They are approximatly 2 3/16" x 3 3/8" per card. On the face side is a
nice graphic depicting the airplane in question in great detail and on the other side, a detailed discussion of the stats of the plane.
It is described in English and French. Do you have a list of the different cards?
Why yes we do! Feel free to click the top and sort the list any way you want. If you see a link then there is a
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What else do we know about the series?
It's Canadian, it's Nabisco, it's 25 cards... What we haven't seen is an album. But we have been lucky to see
an original box. And on the box is a way to get a wall chart. Here is a box from back in the day. Who knew they would survive all
these years later. Not me! But I sure am glad they do still exist.
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Box Front Here is a box, front and back views. We notice first off, on both sides that our little boy with the triangle
hat is still working for Nabisco. Heck, he's flying the plane! On the front (side panel) we can see how to order the wall chart.
Fifty cents, two Shreddies box tops and a coupon found on the side panel would get you a 24" x 36" chart to hold all twenty-five
cards. You also get to see on the back what the wall chart looks like.
Wall Chart from the Box I bet there are some nice magazine ads about the cards. If you ever run across an ad showing the Airplanes series, please let me know
and we'll put the ad up on this page. This is a great set to collect. It is challenging enough to get the 25 cards. Empty boxes are crazy expensive. I have never seen a wall chart
up for auction. A complete set seems like a great goal.
Box Back
It's a classic wall chart. All 25 cards can be posted to it and there are all kinds of additional cool facts and drawings in the centerof the chart.
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