BB599

1959 Dai Gunbai Bromide 6 Set

BB599-1, Type 1: Tan Paper Stock

BB599-2, Type 2: Grey Paper Stock

    Description:  These menko are fairly scarce on the market today.  Most of what you see are the color printed fronts of the 1958 Dai Gunbai 6 Set and not the B/W Bromide fronts.  This set has identical backs like the  1960 Dai Gunbai 6 Set except for the backs are printed in brown instead of a blue-grey.

    Company: Unknown                                     Availability: Scarce

    Card Size: 1.75" X 3.00"                              Card Material: Thin, Paper Stock

     # of Cards: 50+                                              Packaging: Taba

   Winner Stamp Description: Unknown

   Front Design:  Most of the menko show the rikishi in various poses and printed in B/W.  Shikona is vertical in block print inside a black box.

   Back Design:  A large gunbai is divided into two columns with the rikishi's shikona on the right half and the stable and birthplace in the left half.  A Gu-Choki-Pa is in upper right with a 6 digit fighting number at the bottom.  Menko are printed in brown ink on the back.