1890s SHAKESPEARE Card H550 COMEDY OF ERRORS Libby McNeill Meats USA

Description

This scarce card is one in a series of  24 cards issu
ed
as a premium by  the LIBBY , MCNEILL & LIBBY Company of Chicago in the Unit
ed
States, as an advertising premium for their various brands of canned meat.  The series is designat
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as series H550  in Burdick’s  American Card Catalogue and is entitl
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“ SHAKESPEARE SCENES”   Unfortunately Mr. Burdick does not give a date for this series issue but I have always assum
ed
it to have been sometime in the 1890s era .  The series is actually broken up into three types.  Type 1 has 8 cards done in Sepia Tones, Type 2 has 8 cards which are done in color, and Type 3 has 8 cards which are done on a glossy or glazed type of paper.   Each card features a wonderfully elegant illustration of a particular scene from one of Shakespeare’s many plays.  The back features advertising for Canned Meats.   I believe this  card is a Type 2 Color Card and features COMEDY OF ERRORS Act 3, Scene 1
.
The Card  measures  5  inches by 3 inches approximately .  The card does have some corner creasing, but I think displays very nicely.   I have scanned the front and back of the card fairly large so you can determine the condition for yourself
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, 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.
I am actually located in Canada just across the border.  I have a U.S.A. mailing address, and I mail my items from the USA to avoid border delays.
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 the EVENING BEFORE Monday  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