The O-Pee-Chee Company, Ltd. was a Canadian confectionery company founded in 1911 based in London, Ontario. The company was best known as a maker of trading cards. It entered into a marketing agreement with the Topps Company in 1958, releasing several collections of baseball, gridiron football and ice hockey cards.
O-Pee-Chee main building in London, Ontario. It was used until 1989 when a new plant was built in London East.
1990–91 hockey card with the "Topps" brand (left); and the "O-Pee-Chee" logo (right)
A trading card is a small card, usually made out of paperboard or thick paper, which usually contains an image of a certain person, place or thing and a short description of the picture, along with other text. There is a wide variation of different types of cards.
A trading card of football (soccer) star Diego Maradona issued for the 1986 FIFA World Cup
Adrian C. Anson depicted on an Allen & Ginter cigarette card, c. 1887
Early association football card by Churchman, 1909
Sticker trade in Brazil for Panini’s 2018 World Cup sticker album