Tuesday 12 November 2013

Amalgamated Press / The Champion - AMA-105 The Champion Sports Wallet (2)


1936
AMA-105 - The Champion Sports Wallet
Amalgamated Press / The Champion
8 booklets

Some illustrations of the wallet for this collection. As you can see, each booklet was intended to be stuck in the cardboard wallet, allowing you to open up the concertinaed photographs.
UPDATE (21-11-2022 23:32):  Date amended to 1936 (from 1935), see Carl Wilkes' comment below.

Wizards of the Football Field
Footballs Finest Goalgetters
Sporting Marvels in all Sorts of Sports
Sporting Film Favourites
Ace Drivers of the Motor Track
The Speedways Big Broadsiders
Famous Fighters in Action
Super-Men of the Skyways

2 comments:

  1. hi Alan, we can now date this to 1936. it mentions the 1936 Derby horse race on the back of the orange folder. The earlier, similar "Portfolio" edition is 1933 not 1935 (comic no. 574 January 1933 has the "Portfolio" shown on the cover) best wishes Carl Wilkes

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    1. Thank you Carl, it's difficult to track down issues of The Champions from this period, thanks for your help;

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