New issues, May/Jun 2006

 

CARTOPHILIC
UPDATE Jan/Feb 2006 Nelvana International 'The Fairly Odd Parents Game'
A sticker album has now come to light which shows there are 40 stickers in the set.
UPDATE March/April 2006 Thornycroft Ltd. 'Super Heroes Tattoos'
It is now believed there are 22 reissued tattoos from the 2004 set and 18 new tattoos all with the 2005 date for the 25 packet issue making a total of 40 to collect.

Butterworth & Son
'Suffolk Steam Railways' (12)

This attractive series of Railway Engines is issued with Suffolk Maid, English Breakfast Tea. The front of the cards shows the company name at the top with the caption at the bottom. The reverse carries an in-depth description of the engine depicted followed by the company address.
Size 86 x 53. Folder available from the company for £5.00.

Texaco Limited 'The Official England Squad 2006' (24)
The cards are issued inside a sealed packet, one per visit for purchases of fuel over £10. The cards are in the form of a pog type pushout, the idea being to push out the centre picture and mount into the album available for purchase at Texaco stations. The series consist of 23 players and the head coach. Fronts are coloured red with the reverse in blue. The card carries the company name and title of series but are unnumbered.
Size 49 x 49.
Imperial Tobacco 'Pack Design Change' Inserts (6)
Inserts are being issued to advertise the change of Superkings pack designs. Two inserts are available for ten Packs, one in the black flash and one with the blue. Size of insert 90 x 39.
Twenty Packs have four inserts, one in each of black.
blue, green and white flashed packets. Size of insert 90x47
The reverse carries the information regarding the product. Undated.
Imperial Tobacco 'For Your Information' Inserts (6)
Very similar to Pack Design Change inserts but with the following differences. The front is titled at top, 'For Your Information' and the reverse carries details of the soon to come 'Pack Design Changes'. Insert size 90 x 47. Undated.
Fleer Bubble Gum (Kaugummi) The Simpsons' (40)
This new wrap around issue from Fleer depicts all the characters from the hit TV show. The 40 stickers are different from the first series and can be clearly seen by comparison. Sticker size 69 x 33, dated TM& © '98 Fox.
BIP Holland BV Power Dips Popping Candy 'The Simpsons' (48)
This particular set depicts Matt Groening's characters with different colour backgrounds. Another nice touch is the use of the characters full names, eg Sticker No. 3 Marge Bouvier Simpson.
Sticker size 47 x 39.
Also different packet designs to collect.
BIP Holland BV Power Stick Candy 'The Simpsons' (48?) These stickers are attached to the outside of the tube of the Power Stick Candy, so collecting them without duplication should be easy. Numbered top left and dated bottom left, size 54 x 39.
Marks & Spencer Pic. 'Crispy Bar Fun Card' (4)
Inside multi packs of milk chocolate milky bars can be found one of four fun cards. Each card carries a puzzle or game. Dated top left 01/06 with plain backs, size 182x113. All the small wrappers inside are the same design.
Merisant UK Ltd. Canderel 'The Fashion Collection' (4)
Canderel has teamed up with four fashion designers, Giles, Matthew Williamson, Julien Macdonald and Patrick Cox, to design labels for the fronts of their low calorie sweetener packets. The packets could only be urchased at Harrods until 28 February before going nationwide. The sweetening dispenser comes on an attractive backing card, the reverse of which shows all four designs.
Card size 149 x 94, dispenser size when detached 80 x 54.
John West Foods Ltd. The Raging Sea' (1)
A single card issue found inside packs of Wild Scottish Sardines. The reverse of the card can be completed to send in for a limited edition print of the painting. Card size 78 x 69, undated.
On the reverse of the packet is a picture of the artist Ewa Polanek with a short resume of her life and work
Kellogg Company UK Ltd. 'Footy Skills Training Cards' (9)
There are three training skills cards printed on three separate packets of Tiger Power cereal, each pack being numbered: 01, 02 and 03. The training tips have been put together by Chelsea football in the community promoting grass roots football. The cards are designed to be cut from the pack, tied together through holes as indicated and taken to football training sessions.

Pack 01 Right Foot, Wrong Foot - Tiger Chase - Super 7

Pack 02 Freestyle - Earn Your Strikes - Arrowhead

Pack 03 Tiger Tackling - Nutmeg - Keepy-Up

Card size when cut 130 x 53, thus becoming Anonymous. Undated and unnumbered.
Western Mail and Wales on Sunday 'Wales Rugby Trumps' (30)
The cards are numbered top right and take the form of a game using the points allocated to each player for certain disciplines of the game. The set is issued in a box, upon which the rules of the game are set out.
In order to obtain a full set, tokens had to be collected from the newspapers concerned. Interestingly for collectors of Welsh rugby, seven of the players have not appeared on cards previously.
Card size 100 x 60. Undated.
Topps Europe Ltd. England 'Passport to Germany 2006' (104) (Pocket Sticker Collection)
The stickers can be purchased in packets containing two cards with one Bazooka gum. There are 26 cards to collect and each card contains four stickers that can be removed and placed in a special album. The album takes the form of a passport with spaces inside for four stickers per page of the 18 England players included with the remainder devoted to various overseas stars. Brief player details are also given.
Card size 85 x 61, numbered on the reverse and dated 2006
COMMERCIAL
David J. Hunter 'Infantry Regimental Colours' 1st Series (6).
Another attractive batch of cards from David on this fascinating subject. Each card has been meticulously researched and the designs are attractively displayed in full colour to give a true record of these wonderful regiments:
The Duke of Wellington's Regiment
The Gloucestershire Regiment
The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
The Royal Leicestershire Regiment
The Royal Lincolnshire Regiment
Seaforth Highlanders
Card size 11 x 60. Undated.

 

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