Liebig
The Liebig Company has been the producer of "Meat Extract" . The production
has been in Fray- Bentos and Colon ( South America ). In 1872 they
started
to publish fantastic colored lithographed cards.
The most prolific of the issues of Liebig's Meat Extract Company are
"Chromo"
cards, which were issued until 1975. After the very scarce early
issues,
the cards were exchanged by the Company for coupons, and thus are found
as complete sets. Each series has 6 or 12 cards. The size is generally
around 4.1" x 2.8". Most series were issued in more that one country,
and can therefore be found in several languages. There have been
published
cards in Belgium, French, United Kingdom, Spanish, German, Italian etc
The reverse of most cards wears advertising for the Liebig Company
products
or a recipe. The last lithographed series came out around 1939, but
more
interested cards have been edited until the seventies.
Also interesting for Liebig collectors are the cookbooks, menus and
other
publicity.
Collectors all over the world use different catalogues. A conversion list is on the web.
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