Card Identification Forum

I found this Raghib Ismail card.  Seems to be from a Smokey the Bear set.  There are some other college team sets, but I cannot find anything about a ND set.  Any ideas?

Its a promo card or printers sample, when I asked I got its a "broder card" or custom. After some digging, there isnt a 1991 Smokey ND set, but according to an old school printer they made these in an effort to sell more. There is a similar 1991 set (diff school) that looks very close if not exact to this design. He said the giveaway that it was a sample is the fact they used ND logo from the 30s (copyright expired) rather than the one they were using in 1991. I then asked about them using Smokey pic, and he said that they held copyright for that and/or the USFS officials wouldnt have cared since they were raising $. His explanation seemed thorough/plausible....lol so thats what Im going with.....to be fair to the people that insist its a "custom" there are a lot of unliscenced custom cards for Raghib Ismail,  probably have 5 different canadian ones

Notre Dame had a multi-sport Smokey set in 1988 handed out by the school.  Along the lines of David657, it seems to be a one off issue rather than part of a set issued by the school.  For many of the college sets issued in the late 80s and early 90s, when there was an extra spot on a schools production sheet, they would add and extra card(s) that were not released.  Often a team logo but sometimes players or Smokey Bear.  I have never sheet a sheet with a player from a different school, but I also have not seen every sheet produced.  Of the hundred or so Smokey college sets produced, I don't remember seeing the sky background as a style.

Awesome card! The Rocket! Go Irish!!!

The printer's explanation doesn't hold water.  Smokey is not a copyright, it's a trademark. From what I've read about Smokey licensing, anyone producing that card would probably have lost their Smokey license.

https://www.fs.usda.gov/working-with-us/contracts-commercial-permits/licensing-of-smokey-bear

Also, ND's logos are trademarks not copyrights. Trademarks don't expire like copyrights. The university would basically have to "give up" the trademark.