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Back in the 1980s and early '90s it seemed like there were a lot of stores that were selling their own baseball cards. Department stores, drug stores, toy stores and even grocery stores were all getting in on the act. Here are nine cards from my collection that all came from store sponsored sets.

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1982 Expos Zellers #16A Gary Carter/(Catching stance) (The cards in this set were released in three-card perforated panels and sponsored by Zellers Department Stores in Canada. Each card carried a "pro tip" explained by the featured Expos player and is printed on the card in both English and French.)
1986 Expos Provigo Panels #10 Andres Galarraga (The cards in this set were also issued in three-card perforated panels with two player cards and a an advertising card. Text is also in both English and French. Provigo is a chain of supermarkets based in Quebec.)
1987 K-Mart #5 Mickey Mantle (K-Mart issued several boxed sets starting in 1982 on their 20th anniversary. This Mantle card is from a 33 card set celebrating K-Mart's 25th anniversary and was produced by Topps.)

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1987 Toys 'R' Us Rookies #13 Bo Jackson (This is one of Bo Jackson's first cards from a set produced by Topps for Toys R Us stores.)
1988 Topps Rite-Aid Team MVP's #23 Mark McGwire (Another set produced by Topps, this one exclusively for Rite Aid Drug and Discount stores.)
1989 Topps Hills Team MVP's #3 George Brett (Hills was a discount department store based in Canton, Massachusetts. This set was printed in Ireland by Topps.)

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1989 Woolworth's Topps #13 Randy Johnson (This Randy Johnson rookie card was part of a boxed set distributed by Woolworth and produced by Topps.)
1990 Kay-Bee #28 Nolan Ryan (This set was produced by Topps for Kay-Bee toy stores and distributed in boxed sets.)
1990 Topps Ames All-Stars #15 Cal Ripken (Like most all of the Topps produced box sets released for individual stores, this set produced for Ames department stores contained 33 cards.)