Colgan's Chips...Beware Imitations...The Rest of the Story

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Great info.......some more to supplement yours.....

There are actually (4) different backs on the Colgan's Tins. The first is Colgan Gum with no outer rim writing. Second Colgan Gum with outer rim writing. Third Autosales with outer rim writing and fourth Sterling Gum with no outer rim writing. As I understand it, examples exist for both Violet and Mint chips types. I have all except the Sterling Green Mint Chips version.



Another of the "imitators" are chips from the Peerless Gum Chips from the Texas Gum Company. There are 5-6 different colored tins for this product--all of which are SIGNIFICANTLY more scarce than any of the Colgan's tins.

The tins included round cards--slightly larger than the Colgan's Chips with fantastic color artwork of "Birdmen of the Sky" and are set up very similar to Colgan's chips. Back somewhat similarly typeset--almost more like JuJu Drum backs. Fronts have incredible artwork in comparison to the B/W Colgan's chips.

The set pictures aviators and their planes for the budding hobby of flying. Including both the Wright Brothers, the checklist is likely incomplete at 13 subjects. Some sample photos include: