The other day, I showed off some cards for my 1888 Allen & Ginter City Flags set build. Today, I've got some cards to show off from my
other original 1800s Allen & Ginter set that I'm trying to put together - the 1887 Flags of All Nations set.
I didn't realize it at the time when I decided to try and build the Flag set but this particular set has a number of different variations. While I'm not going to try and acquire all of the variations, I am going for the main ones - namely the different background options on certain flag cards.
A perfect example of that is this pair of Austria cards that I was able to acquire:
One is a "common fancy" background while the other is a (rarer) plain background. Neither of the two cards I acquired are in particularly good shape but luckily I'm not a snob when it comes to card condition for sets that are over 100 years old!
In addition to the pair of Austria cards, I was also lucky enough to land two other cards that I needed for my set - Holland and Uruguay.
With those four cards now in hand, I'm down to needing only six more cards from this set!
Finally, how about a bonus original A&G card?
That's a 1889 Types of Nations card and the price was low enough that I threw it in my eBay cart along with the other cards that I've previously shown off. All in all, a fun purchase - there's something magical about these old A&G cards if you ask me!
This thing where you inspire me to go looking for these cards and the I end up getting something else instead of them.
ReplyDeleteThe Types of Nations set is a fun one. You gonna try for that one too?
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