X Nr Set
Common, with no part of the range harder than another. Most cards are on dark, yellowed paper; the scarce ones are chalk-white copies, which collectors look for.
- 300 cards
- 141 names
- 131 in stock
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Set facts
- Cards
- 300
- Numbering
- #1–300
- Printing
- Color
- Publisher
- Svenska Handelskompaniet
Good to know
- The number is printed as "X Nr." followed by the number, for example "X Nr. 21".
- No 131 is the only Marilyn Monroe card in the set.
More about this set
About the set
- Issued in 1958. 300 cards, numbered 1–300.
- Published by Svenska Handelskompaniet in Malmö.
- Sold in packs of ten. The wrappers read "10 världsberömda FILMSTJÄRNOR i strålande färger" and are marked "Serie X 115", "X 106" and so on. A card shows through a window in the wrapper.
- A long and common set. The subjects are almost all film, music and Western stars.
Variants and printings
- Most pictures are dark and yellowed. Chalk-white cards also exist. They are scarcer, and collectors look for them.
How to recognise
- Most cards are on dark, yellowed paper.
- 1958 PA Set is from the same year, has the same wrapper wording and the same yellowed paper. Its cards read "PA." before the number.
Numbers to know
- No part of the number range is harder to find than another. The scarce thing in this set is white paper (see below), not any particular number.
Related sets
- 1958 PA Set: a shorter set from the same year, with the same wrapper wording and the same yellowed paper.
Set history and notes in our own words, based on En värld av filmisar! by Bo Öfwerlund (Premium förlag, 2018), a collector's guide to the cards sold in Sweden 1950–1980.
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