“CAPTAIN MIDNIGHT” RARE COMPLETE MEXICAN JUMPING BEANS PREMIUM PLUS NEWSPAPER.
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Auction #201 - Part II
Item numbers 1409 through 3152 in auction 201
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Item Description
1939 issued by Skelly Oil Co. Game and bag with beans are Hake #CMD22-23 but mis-dated as 1940. As per newspaper, 9/18/1939 offer was made “Early November” 1939. Newspaper is Vol. 1, No. 4 and is 10.75x16.5” newsprint with 4 pages with some accent color. Main headline “Captain Midnight Returns To The Radio” with additional headline at right “Mexican Jumping Beans Will Be Given To Flight Patrol Members Soon.” Article mentions “Real, Lively, Mexican Jumping Beans Straight From The Wilds Of Mexico, Brought To You By Your Skelly Dealer.” Page 2 has nice graphic ad with Captain Midnight saying “I’ll Be Back On The Air Sept. 25” with calendar marked in bkg. Newspaper has horizontal fold line near bottom. Upper left corner has 3 tiny staple holes. Trace of lt. tanning though not brittle. Fine/VF appearance. “Captain Midnight’s Mexican Ringo-Jumpo” game sheet is 8.5x11” with nice graphics on front including actors as Captain Midnight, Steve Donovan, Chuck Ramsey and Patsy Donovan. Center has Skelly logo. Each corner has set of staple holes, o/w extremely clean. Exc. appearance. Jumping beans paper bag is 2.25x4.75” with instructions on front. Bag has 2 sets of staple holes at top, some creasing just below center. VG. Hake’s book example had 6 beans. This bag has 2. Only second time we’ve had a bag with example of beans. Nice group.
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