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Set_Listing |
Set_Name |
Brand_Name |
Set_Year |
Rarity |
Number_Issued |
Example |
Comment |
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Centenary Season Stamps |
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1996 |
2 |
16 |
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Each team had a booklet of ten stamps issued with the player picture on the inside cover of the booklet and team statistics on the back. |
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Cascade/Boags Series |
Burnie Dockers F.C. |
1996 |
5 |
21 + 1 Gold Card |
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Black and white cards showing action photos of Burnie players. These cards are much harder to obtain than the second Burnie series |
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AFL Centenary Series |
Card
Phone |
1996 |
3 |
18 |
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This series of $10 phone cards was issued to commemorate the centenary of VFL/AFL football. One card was issued per team showing the club logo and the AFL centenary logo with a caption '$10 National Phonecard'. A Fitzroy ‘in memoriam’ and a Coca Cola AFL Flag card were also issued. |
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Centenary Legends Series |
Card Phone Australia |
1996 |
4 |
4 |
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This series of $5 phone cards show a black and white action photo of a legend of the AFL game. The cards also have a centenary season AFL logo on them. |
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The Legend Lives On |
Channel Nine |
1996 |
5 |
1 |
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This
single card was advertised on the Channel Nine Footy show to commemorate the
in |
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Eagles Tenth Anniversary |
Coca-Cola |
1996 |
5 |
11 |
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Flimsy water-colour caricature cards that had a facsimile signature at the bottom of each card. The caricatures were also printed on a special series of Coca Cola cans. |
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AFLPA Series |
Doherty Greeting Cards |
1996 |
2 |
30 |
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Greeting card series produced by Doherty Cards. The cards show full colour action shots of the players with a facsimile signature. |
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Club 10 Players/Young Guns |
Doherty Greeting Cards |
1996 |
2 |
30 |
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Greeting card series produced by Doherty Cards. The cards show full colour action shots of the players with a facsimile signature. Two different types of card were issued in this set, one showing Club 10 players and the other showing Club 10 Young Guns. The backs of the cards also differed as shown. |
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Pro Squad Collectors Series |
Folio |
1996 |
1 |
31 known |
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This
series features action photos of many AFL players on numbered cards. As the
Folio company has merged with |
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AFL Centenary Collectors Series |
Folio |
1996 |
1 |
24 x two series |
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This series shows player photos superimposed over the words 'Pro Squad'. Each card was also available in a gold background edition. The cards were also numbered. |
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Geelong Caricatures |
Geelong Advertiser |
1996 |
4 |
10 |
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A series of ten colour caricature posters showing Geelong players only, issued as the centre spread of the Geelong Advertiser newspaper. |
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Footy Oddbodz |
Glow Zone |
1996 |
2 |
65 in standard set |
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The
cards in the standard set have a green border and each player is identified
by a nick name. A parallel set with the word HOT on each card is also
available, in which the blacked out sections may be rubbed to produce a
picture. A red glow/red border set was also available by sending the
following six HOT cards (Jarmans, Kernahan, Kelly, Platten, |
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Kick Butt Quit Eagles |
Healthways |
1996 |
3 |
18 |
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These cards differ from the 1995 series in that the back of the card is printed in black instead of blue and card no.15 is different. The front of the card does not have the triple M insignia on it. |
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$100,000 Footy Bingo Tickets |
Herald Sun Newspaper |
1996 |
5 |
50 |
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These leaflets were issued over many weeks in the Melbourne Herald Sun and Sunday Sun. They show an action photo without the ball printed, with a numbered grid over it. The aim of the competition was to nominate the grid position where the ball should have been |
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Footy Hero Posters |
Herald Sun Newspaper |
1996 |
3 |
28 |
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This unnumbered poster series was issued on the back page of the Herald Sun sports section every Friday during the football season. They show colour action photos of leading AFL players with a player profile and a facsimile signature on the photo. |
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Nth. Melbourne Premiers |
Hypertec |
1996 |
2 |
1 |
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Advertising card issued at the Hypertec stall at the 1996 Melbourne Home Computer show to commemorate the Nth. Melbourne premiership of that year. The card shows Wayne Carey and Denis Pagan holding aloft the premiership cup. |
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Fox Sports Collectors Series |
Inside Football Magazine |
1996 |
3 |
32 |
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This series was again issued as a centre spread in the Inside Football magazine. The series shows large glossy action photos with the players surname shown vertically in a colour panel. There appears to be two No.1 posters in this series with the Jason Dunstall one stating that it is a Club 10 poster series. |
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Screamer Series |
Josh Australia |
1996 |
2 |
6 |
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Josh issued a set of collectable figurines which had bendable elbow and knee joints, allowing them to be modelled in different poses. Inside the packaging of these figurines came one of a series of six cards depicting spectacular marks. |
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Learn from the Stars |
McDonalds |
1996 |
3 |
12 |
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This series was sponsored by McDonalds but the actual cards were produced by Select. The twelve cards show identical photos to those in the 1996 Select series 1 set but the backs are different. |
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Stars of the Centenary Year |
McDonalds |
1996 |
3 |
4 |
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A series of four posters showing full colour action photos of the players. |
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Pro Squad |
Optus |
1996/7 |
3 |
30 |
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This set was issued in two sections over two years. Card numbers 1- 19 were issued in the first year and 20 - 30 in the second. The two advertisement cards and the final eleven cards seem to be much harder to find than the others. Two of these cards (Kernahan and Silvagni) are known to have two different lots of information printed in the player profile on the back of the card, which may suggest that some of the first years cards were reproduced but changed slightly for the second year of issue. |
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West Coast Footballers |
Optus |
1996 |
2 |
15 |
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This set shows identical photos and backs to the 1995 set, the only difference being that the Karl Langdon card does not appear. |
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SANFL Superstars |
SANFL Football Budget |
1996 |
3 |
28 |
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These glossy colour posters were issued as a centre spread of the Budget. They show action shots of SANFL players with no border. The players name and series name were printed on the photo and an advertisement banner saying 'Enjoy being healthy' appeared at the bottom. |
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AFL Football (1) |
Select |
1996 |
1 |
250 standard cards, 16 Best & Fairest, 5 Medal cards, 5 Hot Numbers, 5 Case cards, 5 Promotion cards, 1 legend card, 4 Signature cards, 5 Redemption cards. |
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This series shows full colour action photos of AFL players. Several different subsets of the standard cards were issued including All Australians and Future Stars. This series saw the first issue of case cards, which were issued when you purchased a certain number of boxes of cards. The case cards showed the same picture as the medal cards but were larger. A special Treasure redemption card was issued which could be redeemed for all four signature cards. |
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AFL Football (2) |
Select |
1996 |
1 |
150 standard cards, 12 Top Shots, 2 Legend Teams, 1 Centenary Legend, 1 Case card, 50 Brownlow Competition cards, 1 legend card, 2 Signature cards, 2 Redemption cards. |
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This series once again follows on from series 1 with the standard cards showing the same format. Subsets in the standard series include Captain cards, Draft swaps and Player Trades. A Brownlow competition was also held where cards were issued containing a players name and if that player won the Brownlow Medal the card owner could redeem it for a monetary prize. |
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AFL Football (Pop Ups) |
Select |
1996 |
2 |
72 |
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These cards were issued as an insert to the 1996 Select sticker set, one card per packet. The series shows action shots of AFL players with perforations around the player so that it can be popped out and used as a stand-up model. |
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Centenary Classics |
Select |
1996 |
2 |
110 Standard cards 110 Gold parallel cards 10 Future Hall of Fame cards 10 Case cards 1 Redemption + 1 Signature card. |
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This series shows action photos of leading AFL players on a metallic silver finished card. One parallel gold series card was also issued per packet. The case cards show the same pictures as the Future Hall of Fame cards but without the metallic finish. |
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Centenary Season Footy Stickers |
Select |
1996 |
1 |
234 |
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This series of Select football stickers again shows action photos of AFL players. The set was issued with an album providing space to stick each sticker. Foil club emblems were issued with three distinctly different patterns. A single redemption card was also available which could be exchanged for a complete set of stickers. This was the first of the Select sticker series to include the players name and the sticker number on the front of the sticker. A series of pop-up cards was also issued with this set. |
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Hall of Fame |
Select |
1996 |
1 |
110 Standard cards 22 Team of the Century cards 12 Legend cards 4 Promotion cards 8 Redemption + 8 Signature cards 1 Platinum special |
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This series shows photos of all players inducted into the AFLs Hall of Fame. Many of the pictures of older players are reproductions of earlier cards. The inserts include a 'Team of the Century' set and a set of the twelve players voted as AFL Legends. A parallel series of platinum cards was also issued which included a special case card of three legends all personally signed. |
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Super Swans |
Select |
1996 |
5 |
13 |
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This series shows action photos of Sydney Swans players surrounded by a red border with the words Super Swans printed on it. The cards were only issued in Sydney and are one of the rarest sets of Select cards. |
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Collector Series |
Sporting Links |
1996 |
5 |
3 |
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Based on the design of the 1975 Scanlens cards, this series of three cards was produced by the Sporting Links company to be used as business cards for the director, who appears on each card. |
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Player Profile Magnets |
Sporting Souvenirs |
1996 |
1 |
Unknown |
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Fridge magnets showing a player photo and details. Any senior AFL player could be produced by contacting the manufacturer. |
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Carlton Cares For Kids |
Sportscards |
1996 |
3 |
1 |
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A single postcard issued on sports centre postcard stands showing Stephen Silvagni with a group of kids. |
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Merrett Strategy Cards |
Strategy Sports |
1996 |
3 |
106 |
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This series of cards show tips on how to play Aussie Rules football and strategies devised by Roger Merrett. Cartoon drawings appear on a majority of the cards and they appear to show Carlton and Collingwood players. |
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Centenary Postcards |
Strictly Entertainment |
1996 |
2 |
16 |
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A single Post card for each team in the competition that year was issued. The post card showed a player photo superimposed on a photo of the team running onto the ground.The post cards were issued both with a real stamp and a post mark or with the stamp printed on the card and no postmark. |
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Pumped Up Downunder |
Tempo |
1996 |
2 |
23 footballers |
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A set of modelling cards that comprised several AFL footballers posing as models. |
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Nick Howson Prints |
The Artist's Garden Nursery |
1996 |
6 |
13 |
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These cards show prints created by Nick Howson of different footballing actions. The captions listed below were printed on the back of the card followed by the team nickname (e.g. Melbourne appeared as Dee's) |
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Hyfibe Heroes |
Tip Top |
1996 |
2 |
38 Standard cards 3 Redemption cards 3 Autograph inserts |
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This series shows action shots of AFL players. Three redemption cards were available which could be exchanged for a player signature card. |
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Cazaly Beer Label |
Toohey's |
1996 |
5 |
2 |
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These beer labels appeared on stubbies of Tooheys Blue and Red beer and showed a photo of Roy Cazaly in a Victorian guernsey. The labels were either blue or red in colour. |
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Triple M Centenary Stickers |
Triple M Radio Station |
1996 |
3 |
18 |
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This set of long horizontal stickers shows the text 'Triple M Rocks the team nickname' in team colours. There is a silver panel at either end, one showing the AFL Centenary season logo and the other showing the Optus Vision logo. |
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Australian Heritage Card Series |
Tuckfields |
1996 |
2 |
1 |
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A single painting style card in a larger series on Australia's Heritage produced by Tuckfields. |
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TV Week Classics |
TV Week |
1996 |
2 |
1 |
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Single card in the TV Week series of 32 cards showing the stars of various television shows. The principle characters in the 'Footy Show' are shown on this card. |
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