What did I buy? Mays and mantle!!!

Volod · #1 10-19-2022, 05:00 AM

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Originally Posted by AP34

Does anyone know and brands exclusively from commissary�s? Maybe this was a promo from that. Looking for any clues.

Here are a couple of old news clippings from the Stars & Stripes. The one on the left describes the 1963 contest winner, the clip on the right has the 1962 winner, so apparently Lever Brothers ran the sweepstakes for several years in the early '60's. That company put out a number of different products, but I think the most likely to contain the military offer would be something like All Detergent, or Rinso Detergent, which were packaged in cardboard boxes.
Funny thing - I happened to be on a TDY trip to Japan and was stationed at Tachikawa AB for a couple of weeks in late 1963, so maybe I bumped into the contest winner?

AP34 · #2 10-19-2022, 06:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Volod

Here are a couple of old news clippings from the Stars & Stripes. The one on the left describes the 1963 contest winner, the clip on the right has the 1962 winner, so apparently Lever Brothers ran the sweepstakes for several years in the early '60's. That company put out a number of different products, but I think the most likely to contain the military offer would be something like All Detergent, or Rinso Detergent, which were packaged in cardboard boxes.
Funny thing - I happened to be on a TDY trip to Japan and was stationed at Tachikawa AB for a couple of weeks in late 1963, so maybe I bumped into the contest winner?

Thanks man! You are the best!!! I did so much searching with every combo and came up empty!

AP34 · #3 10-20-2022, 05:29 PM

Anyone else seen anything like this before or know where to find out more about lever brothers in 1960s commissary�s. I keep striking out with every search I perform.

AP34 · #4 10-29-2022, 07:22 PM

Bump for more information. Looking for anything I can use to get more
Info. I can�t find anything!!!

Volod · #5 10-29-2022, 11:48 PM

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Originally Posted by AP34

Bump for more information. Looking for anything I can use to get more
Info. I can�t find anything!!!

What more do you need to know? If the contest entry forms only appeared on boxes sold at overseas military bases, there were likely relatively few entries returned. So, probably very few survived and yours may be rare. But, I don't think that means it has a great deal of value. Just my opinion.

AP34 · #6 10-30-2022, 07:58 AM

Looking for a full panel, or the box they came on. More so specifics about what it is and where it specifically came from.

AP34 · #7 10-30-2022, 09:39 AM

Just crazy to me there is no info anywhere

whiteymet · #8 10-30-2022, 11:32 AM

Can't help with info other than what you already have. But just so know yours is not unique see below.

Sorry photos are upside down don't know how to correct

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