Saturday, June 17, 2017

1968 Fleer Baseball Iron-Ons



Today, we have a pack of 1968 Fleer Iron-ons! Each pack contains three (more or less) iron-ons featuring logos and team names. The wrapper is all late 60's/70's goodness: wax paper where the wax itself served as the closure. And, check out the design and graphics. Those are all 60's/70's right there!

Opening the pack reveals a strip of three (in my case) iron-ons: The Angels, the Indians, and the Yankees. The Angels features the team logo while the Indians and Yankees are done in text. Yes, you read that correctly: I pulled a freaking Indians iron-on! WAHOO!!


The red stains you see are from the gum that was fused to the back of the iron-ons. It bled through a bit, but with some careful prying, I managed to get it off. Nothing quite like 50-year old gum...


In addition to the gum and transfers, a rigid card with instructions helped collectors figure out what to do with these things. Sorry, Fleer. This one goes directly into my personal collection...



1 comment:

Fuji said...

Very cool. It's not often people bust open a pack that's approaching 50 years.