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1951 “Royal Stars of the Sky” (F219-4)
Royal Desserts, New York City, New York, USA
Series Title: Royal Stars of the Sky
American Card Catalog Number: F219-4
Issued by: Standard Brands Inc., Royal Desserts
Country: New York City, New York, USA
Number of Cards: 24
Card Dimensions: 2 13⁄16 × 3 3⁄8 inches (measured)
Circa: 1951
Overview
During the early 1950s, Standard Brands Inc., New York City, issued nine different series of package design (PD) collector cards that were part of their Royal Desserts pudding boxes. “Royal Stars of the Sky” was the fourth in the series. There are a total of 24 airplane cards in this series. The back of the cards are blank. Each card features a black-and-white Official in-flight airplane photograph superimposed on a blue-green background. The series title and card number appears at the top of each card in bold black ink. The card title and aircraft designation are centered directly beneath the aircraft photo. Just below the card title line, the following caption appears on all 24 cards.
The set’s American Card Catalog reference designation of F219-4.“Be a plane spotter! Get the authentic Manual of Military Aircraft. Contains complete information and silhouettes of 24 Royal Stars of the Sky, plus space to mount your collection. Mail 10¢ and 3 package fronts from any Royal Desserts with your name and address to Royal, Box 124, Brooklyn 1, N.Y.”
Image-Guide
All 24 of the “Royal Stars of the Sky” cards are shown below. All the card images shown below, both thumbnails and full-size, have a computer enhanced for presentation purposes.
Three Ways to Collect Cards
There are three distinct ways to collect the “Royal Stars of the Sky” airplane cards: (1) Full Box; (2) Full Trimmed Card which includes both the top and bottom captions; and (3) Trimmed Card that fits in the allotted areas of the album. The three options are shown below.
Album
The “Royal Stars of the Sky” album is an elusive little gem that is rarely seen. In fact, Royal Desserts did not refer to the album as an album, but as a Manual of Military Aircraft … For Plane Spotters. The Manual measures approximately 5 × 7 inches and contains 28 pages. All 28 of the pages are shown below. Once again, we have included high resolution (600-dpi) images of the album pages.
Checklist
| 1951 “Royal Stars of the Sky”
Standard Brands (Royal Desserts) F219-4 Checklist Opt.1 (Box); Opt.2 (Full Card); Opt.3 (Trimmed Card) | ||||
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| № | Opt. 1 | Opt. 2 | Opt. 3 | Card Title |
| 1 | U.S. Air Force Jet Fighter F-80 “Shooting Star” | |||
| 2 | U.S. Air Force Jet Fighter F-84 “Thunderjet” | |||
| 3 | U.S. Air Force Jet Fighter F-86 “Sabre” | |||
| 4 | U.S. Air Force Jet Fighter F-89 “Scorpion” | |||
| 5 | U.S. Air Force Jet Fighter F-94 | |||
| 6 | U.S. Air Force Light Attack Bomber B-26 “Invader” | |||
| 7 | U.S.A.F. Strategic Medium Bomber B-29 “Superfortress ” | |||
| 8 | U.S.A.F. Strategic Heavy Bomber B-36 | |||
| 9 | U.S. Air Force Strategic Medium Bomber B-45 &ldqio;Tornado” | |||
| 10 | U.S.A.F. Strategic Jet Medium Bomber B-47 “Stratojet” | |||
| 11 | U.S.A.F. Strategic Medium Bomber B-50 “Superfortress” | |||
| 12 | U.S.A.F. Transport C-54 “Skymaster” | |||
| 13 | U.S. Air Force Air Transport C-82 “Packet” | |||
| 14 | U.S.A.F. Air Transport C-97 “Strato Freighter” | |||
| 15 | U.S. Air Force Air Transport C-119 “Packet” | |||
| 16 | U.S. Navy Attack Bomber AD “Skyraider” | |||
| 17 | U.S. Navy Fighter F4U “Corsair” | |||
| 18 | U.S. Navy Attack Bomber AF-2S “Guardian” | |||
| 19 | U.S. Navy Jet Fighter F2H “Banshee” | |||
| 20 | U.S. Navy Jet Fighter F7U “Cutlass” | |||
| 21 | U.S. Navy Patrol Bomber P2V “Neptune” | |||
| 22 | U.S. Navy Attack Bomber AJ “Savage” | |||
| 23 | U.S. Navy Jet All-Weather Fighter F3D “Skynight” | |||
| 24 | U.S. Navy Jet Fighter F9F “Panther” | |||
| n/a | “Manual of Military Aircraft … For Plane Spotters.” | |||
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