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I have now found 3 variations of this card. The most common is the Dickson Orde & Co card (which measures slightly smaller). Dickson Orde was based in Farnham, Surrey and was a sweets company that produced candy cigarettes. A.C.W. Francis was a West Indies Tobacco company and seems likely to have released both a card bearing their name and the one with a blank back (both slightly larger then the Dickson and much rarer). These cards were released in a 25 card sports set featuring sports from different countries all over the world in 1962. Brazil (#12) was the only basketball card in the set. The Dickson Orde card mentions Brazil's bronze medal in the 1960 Olympic games, so the image on the card may be portraying that.
The Measurements (Dickson Orde): 1.375" x 2.625" Measurements (A.C.W. Francis & Blank Back) 1.5625" x 2.75"
SPORTS OF THE COUNTRIES BRAZIL, 3 VARIATIONS - DICKSON ORDE & CO #12 A.C. W. FRANCIS & BLANK BACK (U.K. & THE WEST INDIES)
*The blank back and ACW Francis variations are rarer.
1962
