1952 Globe Printing Co Punch Board Game Price List Philadelphia Reply Postal Car For Sale

The printed “Special Net Prices” list includes numerous punch-board styles and games, including:

• Midgets
• Baby Midgets
• Cigarette Vendor
• Poker Play
• Win a Buck
• New Buck
• Dollar Game
• Diamond Dust
• Odd Pennies, Cigarette or Candy
• Spend Your Pennies
• Nickel Special
• Charley
• Jack Pot Charley
• Texas Charley

Prices are listed according to the number of holes, ranging from 100-hole boards through 10,000-hole boards. The card notes that prices applied to boards with or without checkers and advertised a 40% jobbers’ discount on other boards. Freight was prepaid on orders of $100 or more.

The attached reply section includes blank order lines and spaces for the purchaser’s name and address. The postal stationery bears an imprinted one-cent Martha Washington postal indicia that was revalued to two cents by the Post Office Department.

An interesting piece of mid-century American advertising history with crossover appeal to collectors of punch boards, coin-operated amusement, gambling-related ephemera, printing history, Philadelphia memorabilia, postal stationery, and vintage business advertising.

Item Specifics:

• Type: Advertising Reply Postal Card / Order Form
• Business: Globe Printing Company
• Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Address: 1027 Race Street, Philadelphia 7, Pennsylvania
• Date: March 1952
• Subject: Punch Boards and Amusement Game Price List
• Featured Products: Midgets, Baby Midgets, Cigarette Vendor, Poker Play, Win a Buck, Dollar Game, Charley and Other Punch Boards
• Theme: Advertising, Printing, Amusement Games, Gambling History, Business Ephemera
• Postage Condition: Unused / Unposted
• Postal Indicia: One-Cent Martha Washington
• Postal Marking: Revalued 2¢ – P.O. Department
• Written: No
• Era: Mid-Century / 1950s
• Material: Paper/Cardstock
• Color: Green and Black Printing on Cream Cardstock
• Orientation: Fold-Out / Horizontal
• Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
• Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
• Unit of Sale: Single Unit