Hi there. Let’s start new series of posts, where I would like to give some more details about one or another gum series, sub series, bonus series and such things. And let’s start with Mertsan series. In first part of FAQ about Mertsan, I will show how those series should be divided. If someone is not yet familiar with it, there are 4 different collectible series of this gum, commonly called Mertstan. In second part I will show you some gum covers of Mertsan, and we will see that this series have another official title, Konvoy. But this will be next time, today let’s talk about inside papers.
As should be known, there are 4 different collectible series of Mertsan:
- Mertsan 20.000 Daca
- Mertsan 20.000 IMpreuna
- Mertsan 250.000 1-66
- Mertsan 250.000 1-50
Mertsan 20.000 Daca – most common series. If you could find that someone have some Merstan for exchange, 90% of them, if not all, will be from this series. It is possible to collect them all, just few numbers are more hard to get than others. Why it should be called this way? Look at the picture, there are 3 columns on the top, first have numbers part of title, 3rd column have first word Daca. And we get full title, Mertsan 20.000 1-50 Daca. As in first 2 series, those with number 20.000, have both 1-50, so we can skip this number.
Mertsan 20.000 IMpreuna – less common series. Pictures same as in Daca series, just we have different word in 3rd column, and pictures itself is harder to get. Also for some reasons not everybody who collect 20.000 Daca, wants to collect also 20.000 IMpreuna.
Mertsan 20.000 Bonus stuff. How we can live without bonus stuff? Mertsan have them too. Look closely at images below. Also added real #44.
Yes, we have another number # in both Daca and IMpreuna. Number #44 is most hard to get for both series, and I haven’t that, but it exists. And it’s the same yellow Maserati in there, just paper number is full #44. But if you have number #4 with yellow car, you can check you missing list that you have #44 as well, if you want. Untill one day you will find real #44. So here’s main information about Mertsan 20.000.
Mertsan 250.000 1-66 – rare series. Second part of series is more rare than first 1-32. It happens because some collectors from far countries had them to offer enough for those who did exchanges with him about year ago. And there I have it. To find numbers greater than 32 is pure luck. Hard to collect series. If you look at gum paper number, it’s stronger compared with other Mertsan series. And what we have in first column, yes, special markings to call this series as it should be.
Merstan 250.000 1-50 – can be called most hard to get Mertsan series. To find any number is pure luck. Nice and cool cars shown, as on every Mertsan paper.
And yes, how about some bonus stuff? There are at least one on Mertsan 250.000 1-50 series, discovered accidentally. I have no more info about it, I just show what I have. And there are just this number known, at least for me, that can be called bonus way.
So here it is, it’s about all info I had and wanted to share about Mertsan Konvoy gum papers. Next time I will talk about gum covers from this series. Hope you liked it. Stay tuned.
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Hi there,
Your website reminds me of my childhood when there was virtually no day without chewing at least one Turbo gum. It’s funny that parts of my native language are used to compose the name of the collectible series. By the way, “daca” is the romanian word for “if” and “impreuna” means “together”. Another interesting fact is that the romanian text is written in a badly grammar, probably translated from the original turkish text.
During my childhood it was common to play a game vaguely similar to curling using some kind of wallets made from vinyl covers for school notebooks. The purpose of the game was to hit the highest points areas on the ground and the stakes were turbo surprises (collectibles).
Thanks for the tip