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Sets listed below are of Unknown origin.
If you know more, then please let me know...

This "travel" set was bought recently with the main reason that I have a travel set with exact the same pieces, which was bought in the Netherlands in 1948. See my Travel (Netherlands) page. Jaques did sell travel chess sets in a leather case with exactly the same pieces. The pieces must have been made by the same manufacturer, but unclear is who that is.

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  • unknown origin (England or Germany?)
  • ca. 1950
  • Plastic 1.4 (2.1 with pin)
  • Box 20.1×13.6×3.2
  • Board 12.2×12.2

Not much can be said about this plastic travel set in the Staunton style. This kind of sets were often used as advertisement items. There is some logo - a chess board in a caliper - on the outer plastic shell, but I do not know the meaning of it. I have seen a picture of the same logo on a chess board in a discussion forum on chess.com, but without explanation.

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  • unknown origin, "Staunton"
  • Mid 20th century
  • Plastic K 2.6; p 1.4
  • Box 14.5×7.7×2.4
  • Board 12.8×12.8