The collection of themed material adds a new dimension to your hobby. Dinosaurs have been a popular subject for trade cards since they began and the collection of these shows how our knowledge of these prehistoric creatures has changed over the years. The cards also carry a lot of information on the subject which can form a useful reference.
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Brooke Bond "Prehistoric Animals" Card is No 17, Tyrannosaurus, in a set of 50. This set was first issued in November 1971 |
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This double image came with Osato chocolate bars in Japan. The back is in Japanese which I cannot translate but the images are obviously a stegosaurus and a plesiosaur |
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This is card is No 6 in a set issued with Pepsi Cola in 1992. The illustration is an excellent representation of a stegosaurus by Dave Marrs. |
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This is a sticker featuring a tyrannosaurus that was issued with Pez sweets. There were 8 stickers in 4 sets. |
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This is card No 56 in the William Stout 2 set by Comic Images issued 1994. This study of the duckbill and stegosaur families shows the variation in head shapes of the duckbilled dinosaurs and differences in the spine and plate arrangements of the stegosaurs. |
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This superb set of 80 Fossil Cards is by Mostly Minerals Inc. This is card No 71 and shows a triceratops specimen from the Hall Creek formation, South Dakota, in the Royal Tyrrell Museum, Alberta. |
Kevin O'Neill is a member of Southampton Mineral & Fossil Society and the Dinosaur Collectors' Club. He can be contacted through Gary Morse if you want any further information.
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