Ice Hockey Olympic Gold Medalist Card V31 Dominion 1824 Chocolate J C Red Porter

Description: This scarce card is one in a series of 120 cards issued in Canada by the Dominion Chocolate Co. Limited of Toronto Ontario. One was inserted into each of their various brands of Chocolate Bars during 1924-25. The series is listed as series V31 in Burdick’s American Card Catalogue . Each card features a black and white picture of the featured Canadian Athlete being featured, as well as a coupon section at the bottom that instructs the purchaser to cut off the coupon and keep the picture. You could exchange a full set of 120 coupons for a valuable prize. Because of this premium exchange offer from the company, finding these cards with the coupons still attached is extremely tough. Most kids would have cut the coupons off and sent them away for the print (what kid would turn down free stuff?) The back gives a fairly detailed description of the Athletes accomplishments. Thus card is number 106 and features J.C. RED PORTER . Here is some information I found about him on the internet: John Chester "Red" Porter (January 21, 1904 – c. 1990) was a Canadian ice hockey player who competed in the 1928 Winter Olympics. In 1928 he was the captain of the Toronto Varsity Grads, the Canadian team which won the gold medal. He played junior hockey for the University of Toronto and the University of Toronto Schools. He won the Allan Cup in 1927 with the Varsity Grads. After the Olympics he was the coach of the University of Toronto for three years from 1928-31. This has to be the most comprehensive card series that focuses on CANADIAN ATHLETICS . It is a unique time in Athletics in Canada, when amateur and professionals were held in similar esteem and fame (this series features University swimmers and NHL Hockey stars as an example) . It is a must have for any Canadian Sports fan, or collector of Canadiana . The Card measures 2 7/8 inches by 1 3/16 inches approximately. The card does have some lighter areas of discoloration most noticeable on the back. Other than that it is free from creasing with the all important coupon still attached. I have scanned the front and back of the card fairly large so you can determine the condition for yourself. THESE CARDS WERE NEVER ISSUED IN THE U.S.A or UK. Due to the lower population in Canada than in the US and UK, print runs in Canada were much smaller compared with American and British Cards. (Because of this the majority of all Canadian non sports cards are far scarcer than cards issued in the USA & UK I will be trying to list several EARLY TRADE & TYPE CARDS over the next few days (spread across different categories), including one or two that are unrecorded in any guide, that were put given away with Tobacco, Caramel, Candy, Gum, Chocolate, Bread Coffee Tea Cereal and other products, covering such diverse subjects as Native American Indians , Baseball , Football, Boy Scouts, Ice Hockey, Golf, Boxing, Presidents of the United States, NCAA and IVY League Colleges and Universities and Circus themes. To view the other cards I have up on ebay please click on the “View Sellers other Items” Icon located on this page. It will take you directly to them. Due to my work schedule and distance to the post office I am only able to ship Monday Mornings. If I haven’t received payment for an item by Sunday evening, the item will have to wait until the next Monday to go out. Its unfortunate but unavoidable. If this doesn’t work for you I respectfully ask that you do not bid or buy. Thanks again. This will be mailed from the USA. Unfortunately Ebay’s Global Seller Program does not allow for combined shipments on international order

Price: 147.5 USD

Location: Niagara Falls, New York

End Time: 2024-11-25T15:44:20.000Z

Shipping Cost: 4.75 USD