1977 Australia, set of 72 cards.
Australia's Scanlens Confectionary did a "Star Wars Series One" set that is one of my favorites. They are big Star Wars fans down under, and did card sets for all three movies. They weren't as elaborate as the U.S. and Canadian sets, or even the U.K. sets, but at least they did something unique with each set. For the Star Wars set, they only did one series. It's a 72 card set with the first 66 being very near to the U.S. series one set (other than the card stock), but with cards #67-72 being added with blue borders and pictures that resembled several of the U.S. Topps stickers. I have found these (cards #67-72) to be very hard to find well centered, and in good condition. Centering is a big issue. Also, the majority of the Chewy cards have a rub across his name that partially wipes it out - and given the number that have this it must be a factory defect. A complete set of these in EX should run around $100, and a NM (pack fresh) single card #67-72 would easily fetch $20. Since the base 66 are so near the U.S. set, and almost indistinguishable from the U.K. Series One set, singles aren't traded very heavily - complete sets are more popular. I talked to vintage Star Wars collector Trevor Gaylor, who has opened Scanlens packs, and he mentioned that the "sticker" cards were randomly inserted in the packs in the same way that the other cards were - they were not one to each pack like the U.S. stickers.
Scans are of the high numbers #67-72 that make this set unique.
WANTS FROM THIS SET: Unopened wax pack, wax wrapper, empty wax box, pack fresh MINT high numbers (#67-72).
