This  scarce card is one in a series of  120 cards issued in Canada by  the  WORLD WIDE GUM  Company of Granby Quebec Canada (often referred to as the Canadian Goudey), in packs of their Marine Bubble Gum.  .  Although there are no company identifiers on the card itself I have seen the wrapper from this series which indicates it as having been issued by the World Wide Gum Company of Canada  Burdick has listed this series as series number V403 in his American Card Catalogue.  Unfortunately Mr. Burdick did not provide us with a date of issue  I have always assumed that it is some time around the late 1930’s or 40’s era as the subjects seem to mostly World War 2 Naval Ships or earlier.    The card front feature a blue tones photographic image of a ship from the Royal Navy (both Canadian and British ships) with the information about the ship written in both French and English printed on the front.   No numbers higher that 120 have ever been reported (if you do have a card number higher than 120 please email me and let me know I would be interested in seeing it, for my references).     The back of the card is blank as it was issued.   This card is  number 108 in the series, and features the submarine  H.M.S. CATCHALOT . The Card measures 3 1/4 inches by 2 11/16 inches approximately. The card does have some corner creasing and edge wear, as well as a few spots of discoloration.  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.  and are scarce.  Due to the lower population in Canada than in the US,  print runs in Canada were much smaller compared with American Cards. (Because of this the majority of all Canadian non sports cards are far scarcer than card issued in the USA)

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, Cigarettes , 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, Presidents of the United States, NCAA and IVY League Colleges and Universities, Dog Breeds,  Circus themes and many more.  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. 

For USA purchases I Can combine shipping.  Please message me for details.

Unfortunately Ebay’s Global Seller Program does not allow for combined shipments on international order