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A&BC Chewing Gum Ltd. - a brief history

About this history

Earlier this year (2007) Nigel's Webspace was contacted by Mr Tony Coakley, one of the original directors of the A&BC Chewing Gum company. Now in his 80s Tony was one of founding members of the company in 1949, and stayed with A&BC until it's sad demise in 1974. In this article Tony helps to recall some of the history of A&BC Chewing Gum. This article is copyright and may not be reproduced without the permission of the author, Nigel Mercer - contact cards@littleoak.com.au.

This history has five sections:

  1. Introduction and beginnings

  2. Card production and Topps

  3. Football cards, Topps and the Beatles

  4. The end of A&BC Chewing Gum

  5. Non-football cards and stickers produced by A&BC Chewing Gum, 1953 to 1974.

  6. Football cards and stickers produced by A&BC Chewing Gum.


Part 5 - Cards and stickers produced by A&BC Chewing Gum, 1953 to 1974

Cards and stickers produced by A&BC Gum (in chronological order of production, by year), excepting football card issues

The information in the table below has been compiled from a number of sources, but primarily from American & British Chewing Gum Ltd. Cards (A.& B.C.), The London Cigarette Card Company Ltd., Guide Book No. 3, Published 1981, 2nd Revised Edition 2004.

Year of issue

Set name

Size

1953

Film and T.V. Stars

25

1953

Film and T.V. Stars

48

1953

Film and T.V. Stars, 2nd series

48

1953

Film and T.V. Stars, 3rd series

48

1953

Royal Portraits

24

1954

All Sports

120

1955

Film Stars

48

1958

Planes

120

1958

Railway Engines

48

1958

Real Colour Films

?

1958

Space Cards

88

1959

Cricketers

48

1959

Elvis Presley

66

1959

Flags of the World

80

1959

Railway Engines

72

1959

T.V. Westerns

56

1960

Exploits of William Tell

36

1960

Funny Greeting

66

1960

Golden Boys

36 / 40

1961

Cricketers, Test Series

48

1961

Fotostars

40

1961

Funny Valentine

66

1961

Who-Z-At-Star?

70

1962

Sir Francis Drake

25

1962

Wacky Plaks

88

1963

Flags of the World

80

1964

Beatles

60

1964

Top Stars

50

1964

Top Stars

40

1965

Beatles

40

1965

Beatles, 2nd series

45

1965

Civil war banknotes

15

1965

Civil war news

88

1965

Pop Stars Fab. Photo Stamps

96

1965

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

55

1965

The Rolling Stones

40

1965

Winston Churchill

55

1966

Batman

44

1966

Batman

55

1966

Battle

73

1966

Flags

40

1966

Military Emblems

24

1966

Silly Stickers

37

1967

Batman

44

1967

Batman

38

1967

Batman

55

1967

Christian Names

56

1967

Girl from U.N.C.L.E.

25

1967

Magic

36

1967

The Monkees

55

1967

The Monkees

55

1967

The Monkees Hit Songs

30

1967

Ugly Stickers

44

1967

Wacky Labels

37

1967

You’ll Die Laughing

48

1968

Bazooka Joe and his Gang

60

1968

Comic Book Foldees

43

1968

Famous Indian chiefs

22

1968

Hip Patches

200

1968

Nutty Initials

49

1968

Planet of the Apes

44

1968

Punch Out Jigsaw

16

1968

Superman in the Jungle

66

1968

The Legend of Custer

54

1968

Wanted Posters

16

1969

Battle of Britain

66

1969

High Chaparral

36

1969

Huck Finn

55

1969

Land of the Giants

55

1969

Man on the Moon

74

1969

Put-On Stickers

33

1969

Star Trek

55

1969

Tattoos

16

1969

The Champions

45

1970

Crazy disguises

24

1970

Grand Prix

27

1970

Lotsa Laffs

55

1970

Love Initials

84

1970

Mickey Takers

52

1970

Mini-Toons

12

1970

Monster Tattoos

16

1971

Banknotes

17

1971

Car stamps

21

1971

Flags

73

1971

Stacks of Stickers

44

1972

Fantastic Twisters

54

1972

Olympic Posters

16

1972

Olympics

36

1972

T.V. Cartoon Tattoos

15

1972

The Partridge Family

55

1973

Military Look Silk

151

1973

Walt Disney Characters Tattoos

15

1974

Kung Fu

60

1974

You’ll Die Laughing

66

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