1952

Unnumbered Western Set

Fairly common, every card about as easy as the next except one. The colour variant of Roy Rogers with his horse, marked PARAMOUNT, with lighter clothes and a yellow sky instead of a blue one, is by far the hardest.

61 cards
20 names
0 in stock

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Cards: 61
Numbering: Unnumbered
Printing: Color

Good to know

The Dutch printing: thinner card, smaller text, names in upper and lower case.
The front carries the star's name in capitals and a studio mark, such as "PARAMOUNT", "R.P.", "REP. PICT", "C.F.", "CENTRALFILM" or "COL", but no number.
The cards are unnumbered.

More about this set

About the set

Issued 1952–55 as "Westernbilder". 61 coloured cards with no numbers, counting one colour variant.
Western stars only.
Issued by Svenska Handelskompaniet in Malmö.
The pictures are the same ones used in several numbered sets (see Related sets).
The wrapper is grey with a die-cut window and reads "Serie nr 494", "HOLLÄNDSKA FILMSTJÄRNEBILDER" and "äkta FILMFOLIE-yta".

Variants and printings

Roy Rogers with his horse (marked "PARAMOUNT") has a colour variant: lighter colours on his clothes and a yellow sky instead of a blue one.

How to recognise

The missing number is what sets these cards apart from the numbered sets with the same pictures.
A Dutch printing also exists. Its cards are thinner, the text is smaller, and the names are in upper and lower case instead of all capitals.

Numbers to know

The yellow-sky Roy Rogers variant is by far the hardest card. All the others are equally common.
Some names are spelled "Gene Autrey", "Rex Allan" and "William Elliot" in listings of the set. Whether the cards carry the same spellings is unclear.