1920 V2 Cowan Co. Animal Cards #13 Badger Blank Back SGC 2 Good Mell-O-Milk

1920 Cowan Co. V2 Animal Cards #13 Badger (Blaireau) - Blank Back - SGC 2 (GOOD)

Certification Number: 4699262

Graded and encapsulated by SGC in their current black-insert holder. The label reads 1920 COWAN CO. V2 ANIMAL CARDS, #13 BADGER, BLANK BACK, with a final grade of 2 (GOOD). Cert number 4699262 is printed on the label and matches the slab pictured, which is the exact item you will receive.

CONDITION

Presented honestly at the assigned grade. This is a well-loved century-old card showing wear consistent with SGC 2 (GOOD): rounding and softening at the corners, edge and border wear with some chipping at the extremities, and light handling marks and print speckling visible in the sky and background areas. The reverse is the blank cream stock variety and shows even age toning along with scattered specks and a small dark spot toward the lower center. Colors on the front remain surprisingly bright for the grade, and the badger illustration and the Cowan's Mell-O-Milk Chocolate advertising panel are fully intact and sharp in appearance. Please review the photos closely, as they are of the actual card and form part of the description.

ABOUT THE CARD AND SET

The V2 Cowan Co. Animal Cards were issued in the 1920s by the Cowan Company of Toronto, one of Canada's best known chocolate and cocoa manufacturers of the era. The set consists of 24 cards, each featuring a color illustration of a North American animal in a wide horizontal format, with the subject named in both English and French. This example is #13, listed as Badger and Blaireau, and carries the Cowan's Mell-O-Milk Chocolate 5 cent and 10 cent size advertising panel at the right side of the front.

Cowan's issued the series in multiple advertising variations, and this card is the blank back version as noted directly on the SGC label. Canadian confectionery issues from this period were distributed regionally and in far smaller quantities than the big American tobacco and gum sets, and complete 24-card runs are difficult to assemble today. Graded examples of any individual number appear on the market only occasionally, which makes this an appealing pickup for collectors of vintage non-sport, Canadiana, animal and wildlife subjects, or early advertising cards.

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