Arguably hockey’s equivalent to the fabled 1909-11 T206 White Border Baseball card issue, this high-grade set is an amazing array of historic early hockey cards that showcases many of the sport’s greatest pioneers in one of the earliest sets. This offering ranks as No. 6 on the PSA Set Registry with a 6.09 average and includes both of the No. 27 Smaill variations. The issue is regarded as produced by Imperial Tobacco, though the cards don’t bear any identification to the manufacturer. The key card is Georges Vezina, one of the truly legendary figures in hockey history, along with others like Art Ross, Newsy LaLonde, Joe Malone and Fred “Cyclone” Taylor. The breakdown: PSA 7.5 – No. 43; PSA 7 (9) – No. 8, 13, 22, 27 Small (Right Hand on Stick), 29, 32. 35, 39 and 40; PSA 6.5 (8) – No. 3, 10, 12, 26, 36, 37, 42 LaLonde and 45; PSA 6 (25) – No. 1, 2, 4 Malone, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21, 23, 24, 25, 28, 30, 33, 34, 38 Vezina, 41 and 44; PSA 5.5 (2) – No. 20 Taylor and 31 Ross; PSA 4.5 – No. 27 Small (Right Hand on Hip). Follow this link to view the 1911 C55 Imerial Tobacco complete set on the PSA Set Registry.

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