Ali Career-Contemporary Card List?

[FourStrikes]

c. 1970s (?) postcard with Stepin Fetchit (green ink) signature at bottom.

[aljurgela]

Cool. Thanks Adam!
Great information.

Al

[Exhibitman]

Yes, there are at least three sets of those, Dave (good catch), but so damned HTF that I haven't got a good grasp on them yet.

1975 Malaysia “Menko” Muhammad Ali Small Numbers On Front: This is a potential whale of a set. It appears that the makers literally took every photo from Ali’s media day in Malaysia before the Bugner bout and made it into a color card, each about the size of a large commemorative postage stamp, with a red playing card back.



1975 Malaysia “Menko” Muhammad Ali Large Numbers On Front: This is a more interesting issue than the small numbers set and has brown playing card backs. It depicts not merely one media day with Ali but action scenes from various Ali fights. I have identified opponents Joe Bugner from their first fight in Las Vegas and George Foreman from the Zaire bout. I also think I spotted Ken Norton on one.



1975 Malaysia “Menko” Muhammad Ali No Numbers On Front: These cards closely resembles Japanese menko cards with playing card and lucky number backs printed in red. They are the most difficult to find among the three. As I do not read the language I cannot determine whether it is Chinese, Japanese or something else. Can anyone help:





Note that the plain Jack card back corresponds to the small blue circle from the media day set.

FWIW, there will be lots from all three issues that I know of in the LOTG boxing auction later this year.

[slmc]

hi
I add this italian cards/stickers

Ed Nannina 1968/69
Olympia 72 panini sticker variant
Lampo 1965 variant soft paper
il giornalino-1984 sticker
il giornalino-1985 sticker
il giornalino-1996 sticker
Panini tatoo years 80
Ed Alpe years 70 caricature like ok vip

[Exhibitman]

I've found three more of the Stepin Fetchit PCs.

[sthoemke]

Great list.

The 1962 "Pog" is should be titled 1962 PO-PO DISC.

Bancroft Tiddler card has 2 different backs.

[sthoemke]

1972 Ajman Olympic Muhammad Ali 3D Stamp-Souvenir Sheet (card stock)