Posted 10 years ago
geo26e
(154 items)
The earliest known comic character, Alexander "Ally" Sloper, F.O.M. (Friend of Man) made his debut in the August 14, 1867 issue of Judy magazine.
Starting in the late 1890s, readers were awarded “a wonder-working token” of membership in the Sloper’s Club after sending in twelve (later six) coupons from consecutive issues of the comic paper Ally Sloper’s Half-Holiday. By 1899, the publisher, Gilbert Dalziel, was claiming 10,154 members of the club, then 28,567 by 1903, and 38,609 by 1906. The serial number of this particular token, 20,438, dates it to be in the region of 1902.
This is the link for the Ally Sloper pocket watch which was posted 6 months earlier : http://www.collectorsweekly.com/stories/88861-ally-slopers-half-holiday-pocket-watch.
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Love this watch! At least three different versions were produced. All are tough to find.
This is fantastic! Really!
My grateful thanks to :
Snoopy
Aghcollect
Crazycharacter - I have seen some examples with Ally Sloper written on the dial. They are easier to find in the UK than in the US.
Pops - big cheers for your kind comments!
Vanskyock
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Very nice geo!
Kudos on the token :-))
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very lovely:)!
Cheers Sean :-)
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same as kerry10456 one, but with fob, so cool
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