1983 Cartophilium
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Stamp picture
Click here for higher resolution image		First day of issue: 1983
Width: 103 mm
Height: 193 mm
Location: Hockey card: Cartophilium #1
Stamp ID = 7921

The 1983 Cartophilium postcards were sold in sets of 16. This is set "B" consisting of the following 16 players


Miscellaneous shows Dan Bain
Miscellaneous shows Hobey Baker
Miscellaneous shows Frank Calder
Miscellaneous shows Frank Foyston
Miscellaneous shows Jim Hendy
Miscellaneous shows Gordie Howe
Miscellaneous shows Harry Lumley
Miscellaneous shows Reg Noble
Miscellaneous shows Frank A. Patrick
Miscellaneous shows Harvey Pulford
Miscellaneous shows Ken Reardon
Miscellaneous shows Joe "Bullet Joe" Simpson
Miscellaneous shows Conn Smyth
Miscellaneous shows Roy "Red" Storey
Miscellaneous shows Llyod Turner
Miscellaneous shows Georges Vezina
In 1983, the Sherbrooke-based company, Cartophilium, issued a set of 240 postcards featuring every member of the Hockey Hall of Fame. In 1985, the company released the same set in the standard 2.5" x 3.5" card size. The 1985 cards had a 1983 copyright in the lower right corner of the back side of the card. In Montreal, the cards were available through a promotion with The Gazette newspaper, where you could order them by mail or pick them up at the newspaper's office. The Gazette sold the cards in 12 different series of 20 cards each. In 1987, Cartophilium rereleased the set and added 21 new cards featuring the newly elected members of the Hall of Fame. The 1987 cards had no copyright date on the back of the card. The newer versions of the cards had year-by-year statistics for every player; the original versions did not. The cards feature the artwork of Carlton McDiarmid, who, in addition to being a talented artist, was also a goal judge at the Montreal Forum. See "Captured on Canvas" for more details.