TV Set

Set facts

Cards

150

Numbering

#1–150

Printing

Color

Publisher

Cumulus

About the set

• Issued in 1962 by Cumulus in Stockholm. 150 cards, numbered 1–150.
• A common set, in a style close to the Star Bilder sets. The paper is somewhat thinner than usual, and the cards are laminated.
• Sold in packs. Wrappers known with the set read "Serie TV 10", "Serie TV 11" and "Bild-Kalendarium Nr 34 · Aktuella Film- och Scenidoler".
• Some TV cards were packed together with other cards, for example from 1959 Calendar Set and 1961 Calendar Set.

Variants and printings

• The set was printed in several runs, so almost every number exists in more than one colour shade. Only clear differences count as variants, and the line between a variant and a normal shade difference is a judgement call.
• 38 numbers count as colour variants: No 1, 7, 15, 17, 18, 24, 26, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 39, 49, 55, 56, 57, 58, 62, 67, 73, 75, 82, 93, 97, 98, 99, 101, 103, 104, 105, 109, 117, 123, 135, 141, 145 and 147.
• The clearest of them are No 26, 62, 73, 75, 82, 93, 101, 109, 117, 123 and 135.
• A few cards have no laminate, probably from a test print or similar. They are often in a different colour from the normal cards and are not counted as colour variants.

How to recognise

• The number is printed with "TV" in front, followed by the name, for example "TV 125. Tony Curtis — Sidney Poiter".
• The paper is thinner than on most sets.

Numbers to know

• No 80 names Cliff Richard, but the picture shows Ricky Nelson.
• No 125 reads "Sidney Poiter".
• Every number is common. For No 123 (Lassie), how hard it is to find is unclear.

Related sets

• 1962 TEVE Set: also printed in several runs, with colour variants.
• 1959 Calendar Set and 1961 Calendar Set: sometimes sold in the same packets as TV cards.
• 1962 Star Bilder A and the other Star Bilder sets: Cumulus sets in a similar style.