1933-34 V252 Canadian Gum Hockey Cards

Product Details

1933-34 V252 Canadian Gum Hockey was among the sport's first cards to be issued along with gum. The V252 set was distributed by Canadian Chewing Gum Sales, Ltd. The 50-card set offered collectors a chance to win a hockey game, but there was an element of skill and luck involved.

1933-34 V252 Canadian Gum Hockey card fronts feature a black-and-white player portrait. The pictures resemble an oblong octagon as the corners are cut away. A box below the player contains a letter inside a starburst and instructions to save the letter for a hockey game. The words to the left are in English, while a French translation appears to the right. A red field surrounds the player and the box. A Hockey Picture Gum designation appears along the top, and the player's name appears between the picture and the box. A white border surrounds the card. Backs start off with the player's name and team. The rest of the card is bilingual, with an English biography of the player beside a French version of the text. At the bottom is the description of the contest and an ad line for Canadian Gum.

In order to obtain the game, collectors had to get the full names for five of the seven NHL teams, including the city, from the letters printed on the front of the cards. The set was also issued without numbers. These factors allowed the cardmaker to release the set without short-printing any of the cards. As a result, many 1933-34 V252 Canadian Gum Hockey cards are found today with the lower portion trimmed away. Cards that have been cut are worth a small percentage of those that aren't.

Key cards to the set include Howie Morenz, Charlie Conacher, Aurel Joliat and King Clancy.

Key 1933-34 V252 Canadian Gum Hockey Cards:

• Howie Morenz
• King Clancy
• Charlie Conacher
• Aurel Joliat
• Ace Bailey

Making purchases through affiliate links can earn the site a commission

1933-34 Canadian Chewing Gum V252 NHL Dit Clapper RC KSA Authentic Boston Bruins

$169.99

1933-34 Canadian Chewing Gum V252 Hockey Babe Siebert RC Poor New York Rangers

$59.99

1933-34 Canadian Chewing Gum V252 NHL Clarence Taffy Abel LG Chicago Black hawks

$89.99

1933-34 Canadian Chewing Gum V252 NHL Lionel Conacher KSA Authentic Americans

$169.99

1933-34 Canadian Chewing Gum V252 NHL Howie Morenz HOF KSA Authentic Canadiens

$339.99

1933-34 Canadian Chewing Gum V252 NHL Johnny Gottselig LG-G Chicago Blackhawks

$89.99

1933-34 Canadian Chewing Gum V252 Leighton happy Emms RC LG-VG Detroit Red Wings

$89.99

1933-34 Canadian Chewing Gum V252 Hockey Bun Cook Rookie Poor New York Rangers

$59.99

1933-34 Canadian Chewing Gum V252 Hockey Walter Jackson RC LG New York Americans

$69.99

1933-34 Canadian Chewing Gum V252 NHL Hockey BILLY BRYDGE RC New York Americans

$49.99

1933-34 Canadian Chewing Gum V252 NHL Hockey Bob Gracie LG Boston Bruins Card

$59.99

1933-34 Canadian Chewing Gum V252 NHL Hockey Glenn Brydson RC Montreal Maroons

$59.99

1933/34 CANADIAN GUM NHL HOCKEY CARD #NNO LORNE CHABOT ROOKIE RC KSA 3 VG OPC

$389.99

1933-34 Canadian Chewing Gum V252 NHL Helge Bostrom LG-G Chicago Black hawks

$89.99

1933-34 Canadian Chewing Gum V252 NHL Hockey Dave Trottier RC Montreal Maroons

$69.99

1933-34 Canadian Chewing Gum V252 NHL Johnny Gottselig KSA Authentic Black hawks

$149.99

1933-34 Canadian Chewing Gum V252 NHL Hockey Baldy Northcott RC Montreal Maroons

$59.99

1933-34 Canadian Chewing Gum V252 Hockey Duke Dutkowski RC LG New York Americans

$59.99

1933-34 Canadian Chewing Gum V252 Hockey Jimmie James Ward RC Montreal Maroons

$59.99

1933-34 Canadian Chewing Gum V252 BILLY BRYDGE (rc) NY Americans Trimmed ROOKIE

$27.56