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| SEPTEMBER 2006 SET OF THE MONTH |
| RoSPA SET OF 24 VETERAN CARS 1ST SERIES 1956 |
| Fifty years ago, in the autumn of
1956, motorists calling at Cleveland garages could collect a card with
every gallon of petrol purchased, ironically just before the Suez
crisis led to petrol rationing. The cards concerned, our Set of The
Month for September, were from a series of 24 Veteran Cars produced by
the Royal Society for The Prevention of Accidents, showing colour
photographs of motors built between 1902 and 1916, from the early De
Dion Bouton of which the text tells us “more of this make of veteran
car survive in this country than any other”, through to a prototype
Morris-Cowley whose “engine was made by the Continental Motor
Manufacturing Co. of Detroit, U.S.A.” Many unusual pieces of
information can be gleaned from these backs, which also contain a
section headed “To drivers of motor vehicles” giving legal and Highway
Code information. Fascinating stuff! As an aside, the definition of
‘veteran’ in relation to cars is given as those made before 1916, yet
two cards in this set bear that date. This set of 24 Veteran Cars 1st Series 1956 issued by RoSPA in finest collectible condition is catalogued at £36.00. |
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| Click here to view back of cards | ||
| RoSPA 24 Veteran Cars 1st Series 1956 | £36.00 | |
The London Cigarette Card Co. Ltd. |
| Sutton Road, Somerton, Somerset, England TA11 6QP |
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