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1955 Wings
(F381)
Doeskin Products, Inc., United States
Series Title: Wings
ACC No.: F381
Manufactured by: Doeskin Products, Inc.
Packaged with: Doeskin Tissues
Number of Cards: 80
Numbering: 1 to 80
Card Dimensions (measured): 4⅜ × 2⅝ inches
Circa: 1955
Checklist: Download
Overview
The Topps Wings
series of 200 artwork pictures of airplanes is one of the most commonly-encountered of Topps early non-sports issues. First listed in the 1953 edition of the American Card Catalog, and assigned the ACC Number of R707-4. The color paintings of planes, created from actual photographs provided by the Herald Tribune, are captioned on the front in large white letters. The card number is found on the card back in a red panel, along with a written description of the aircraft and a Friend or Foe quiz, of which the answer is given on the next card in the sequence.
In 1955 Topps struck a deal with Doeskin Tissues in as that brand made a major relaunch of their product. The first 80 cards from the Topps R707-4 Wings
set was used to generate the Doeskin Tissues Wings
(F381) set of 80 airplane cards. The F381 set was reprinted on the cardboard that served to stiffen small, personal sized tissue packs of Doeskin Tissues. The Doeskin Wings
cards have elongated side borders. The F381 cards cards measure 4⅜ × 2⅝ inches, although the illustration area is unchanged from the originals.
The Doeskin Wings
(F381) card backs are identical to the Topps Wings
(R707-4) issues except the TCG indicia has been replaced by Doeskin’s. These cards look quite odd when fist encountered and the lack of Topps manufacturing information is curious. Perhaps Topps just realized that the artwork still had value even if there was an abundant overstock of Wings
(R707-4) cards still available. As noted above, the cards in the Doeskin Wings
(F381) set are comprised of the first 80 cards from the Topps Wings
card set. The ACC Number for the set is F381.
Image-Guide
The 1955 Doeskin Tissues Wings
(F381) Image-Guide contains computer enhanced images the fronts and backs of all 80 cards in the set. Since we had a limited number of F381 cards, the below computer enhanced computer F381 images were derived from the Topps Wings
(R707-4) images. As with the Topps Wings
set, card blemishes have been removed, border lines reinforced, outer margins whitened and the images re-centered.
Wrappers and Display Boxes
To the best of our knowledge, there are only two additional collectibles associated with Doeskin Tissues Wings
(F381) set of 80 airplane cards: (1) The Doeskin Tissues retail store display box, and (2) the Doeskin Tissue pack wrapper. Both are shown below.
Checklist
| 1955 Wings (F381)
Doeskin Tissues Checklist | ||
|---|---|---|
| № | x | (Manufacturer) Card Title / Description |
| 1 | (Lockheed) T-33 / U.S. Air Force Jet Trainer | |
| 2 | (Mikoyan Gurevich) MiG-15 / Russian Jet Fighter | |
| 3 | (Fairchild) XC-120 Pack Plane / U.S. Air Force Transport | |
| 4 | (Avro) Lincoln / British Bomber | |
| 5 | (North American) F-51 Mustang / U.S. Air Force Fighter | |
| 6 | (Beechcraft) AT-7 Navigator / U.S. Air Force Light Transport | |
| 7 | (Consolidated) PBY Catalina / U.S. Navy Patrol Bomber | |
| 8 | (Douglas) B-26 Invader / U.S. Air Force Light Bomber | |
| 9 | (Republic) XF-91 / U.S. Air Force Jet Fighter | |
| 10 | (Vought) F7U Cutlass / U.S. Navy Jet Fighter | |
| 11 | (de Havilland) Vampire / British Jet Fighter | |
| 12 | (English Electric) B-57 Canberra / British Jet Bomber | |
| 13 | (Short) Sunderland / British Patrol Flying Boat | |
| 14 | (Consolidated) PB4Y-2 Privateer / U.S. Navy Patrol Bomber | |
| 15 | (North American) T-28 / U.S. Air Force Advanced Trainer | |
| 16 | (Westland) Wyverne Mk. 2 / British Turbo-Prop Fighter | |
| 17 | (Boulton Paul) Balliol T. Mk. 2 / British Advanced Trainer | |
| 18 | (Republic) F-47 Thunderbolt / U.S. Air Force Fighter | |
| 19 | (Piasecki) HUP-1 / U.S. Navy Helicopter | |
| 20 | (Handley Page) Hermes / British Civil Transport | |
| 21 | (Ryan) L-17 Navion / U.S. Air Force Liaison Civil Private Plane | |
| 22 | (Douglas) F3D Skyknight / U.S. Navy Jet All Weather Fighter | |
| 23 | (Martin) AM Mauler / U.S. Navy Attack Plane | |
| 24 | (Consolidated Vultee) B-36 / U.S. Air Force Strategic Bomber | |
| 25 | (Grumman) F8F Bearcat / U.S. Navy Fighter | |
| 26 | (Lockheed) F-80 Shooting Star / U.S. Air Force Fighter-Bomber | |
| 27 | (Supermarine) Sea Attacker / British Navy Jet Fighter | |
| 28 | (Grumman) F6F Hellcat / U.S. Navy Fighter | |
| 29 | (Lockheed) P2V Neptune / U.S. Navy Patrol Bomber | |
| 30 | (Canada) Jetliner / Canadian Civil Jet Transport | |
| 31 | (Lockheed) C-121 Constellation / U.S. Air Force Transport | |
| 32 | (Douglas) C-74 Globemaster 1 / U.S. Air Force Strategic Transport | |
| 33 | (Republic) F-84F / U.S. Air Force Jet Fighter-Bomber | |
| 34 | (Chance Vought) F4U Corsair / U.S. Navy and Marine Corps Fighter | |
| 35 | (Fairey) Firefly / British Navy Fighter | |
| 36 | (Northrop) C-125 Raider / U.S. Air Force Assault Transport | |
| 37 | (Curtiss) C-46 Commando / U.S. Navy-R5C | |
| 38 | (Petlyakov) PE-2 / Russian Attack Bomber | |
| 39 | (Grumman) AF Guardian / U.S. Navy Attack Plane | |
| 40 | (Fairchild) C-82 Packet / U.S. Air Force Transport | |
| 41 | (Lockheed) R60 Constitution / U.S. Navy Strategic Transport | |
| 42 | (Ilyushin) IL-12 / Russian Transport | |
| 43 | (Handley Page) Hastings / British Military Transport | |
| 44 | (North American) AJ Savage / U.S. Navy, Composite Powered Attack Bomber | |
| 45 | (North American) F-82 Twin-Mustang / U.S. Air Force Fighter | |
| 46 | (Douglas) XF4D Skyray / U.S. Navy Jet Fighter | |
| 47 | (North American) T-6 Texan / U.S. Air Force Trainer | |
| 48 | (Chase) C-123 Avitruk / U.S. Air Force Transport | |
| 49 | (Martin) JRM Mars / U.S. Navy Transport | |
| 50 | (Gloster) Meteor / British Jet Fighter | |
| 51 | (Boeing) B-29 Superfortress / U.S. Air Force Strategic Bomber | |
| 52 | (Ilyushin) IL-10 / Russian Assault Bomber | |
| 53 | (North American) B-45 Tornado / U.S. Air Force Jet Bomber | |
| 54 | (Lavochkin) LA-5 / Russian Fighter | |
| 55 | (de Havilland) Comet / British Jet Transport | |
| 56 | (Bell) H-13D / U.S.A.F. & Army Helicopter | |
| 57 | (Petlyakov) PE-8 / Russian Heavy Bomber | |
| 58 | (Boeing) C-97 Stratofreighter / U.S. Air Force Strategic Transport | |
| 59 | (Piasecki) H-21 / U.S. Air Force Transport Helicopter | |
| 60 | (McDonnell) FH-1 Phantom / U.S. Navy Jet Fighter | |
| 61 | (Boeing) B-47 Stratojet / U.S. Air Force Strategic Jet Bomber | |
| 62 | (de Havilland Canada) L-20 Beaver / U.S. Navy Jet Fighter | |
| 63 | (North American) FJ Fury / U.S. Navy Jet Fighter | |
| 64 | (Lockheed) F-94 / U.S. Air Force Jet Interceptor Fighter | |
| 65 | (Avro) Shackleton / British Patrol Bomber | |
| 66 | (Sikorsky) S-51 Helicopter / U.S. Air Force | |
| 67 | (Douglas) A-20 Havoc / U.S. Air Force-Light Bomber | |
| 68 | (Ilyushin) IL-2 Stormovik / Russian Assault Bomber | |
| 69 | (Fairchild) C-119 Packet / U.S. Air Force Transport | |
| 70 | (Douglas) DC-4 Skymaster / C-54 - U.S. Air Force transport | |
| 71 | (North American) F-86 Saber / U.S. Air Force Jet Fighter | |
| 72 | (de Havilland) Venom / British Jet Fighter | |
| 73 | (Sikorsky) H-19 / U.S. Air Force Helicopter | |
| 74 | (Eastern Aircraft) TBM Avenger / U.S. Navy Torpedo Bomber | |
| 75 | (Avro Canada) CF-100 Canuck / Canadian Jet Interceptor | |
| 76 | (Republic) F-84 Thunderjet / U.S. Air Force Fighter-Bomber | |
| 77 | (North American) F-86D / U.S. Air Force Jet Interceptor | |
| 78 | (Hawker) Sea Hawk / British Navy Jet Fighter | |
| 79 | (Grumman) SA-16 Albatross / U.S. Navy Utility Amphibian | |
| 80 | (Martin) 202 / Civil Airline Transport | |
| — | Doeskin Tissue Pack Wrapper | |
| — | Doeskin Wings Retail Store Box | |
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