Set of the Month - February 2008

Carreras Set of 50 Do You Know? 1939

As an occasional participant in quiz nights I do not recall ever having been asked a question about the armed forces, so I was surprised to find no fewer than seven out of the fifty cards in Do You Know? by Carreras were concerned with Army or Navy matters. Perhaps the compiler had a military background, or was it because the series was produced in 1939 just before war broke out? We will never know the answer to that one. Having said that, this is an extremely well-produced series with excellent illustrations and factual texts covering topics as diverse as the origin of bowler hats, sandwiches, ‘bobbies’, hallmarks, beefeaters, saluting, the sailor’s collar and horse-shoes for luck – plus some teasers like how much the value of the contents of the British Museum are insured for (answer : nothing), the history behind women wearing wedding rings (originally round the neck so she could be tethered as ‘property’) and how the length of a yard was determined (by Henry I, the distance from the point of his nose to the end of his thumb). Not a lot of people know that!

This set of 50 Do You Know? issued by Carreras in 1939in finest collectable condition is catalogued at £15.00

Carreras Set of 50 Do You Know? 1939: £15.00

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Month Previous months 'set of the month' see below:
May 2012 Cadet Sweets Set of 50 Dogs 1st and 2nd series 1958
April 2012 Morris Set of 25 How Films Are Made 1934
March 2012 International Tob. Co. (overseas) Set of 100 Gentlemen! The King (1937) back in black
February 2012 R & J Hill Set of L50 Historic Places From Dickens Classics 1926
January 2012 R & J Hill Set of 50 Famous Ships (glossy front) 1940
December 2011 Pattreiouex Set of M48 Winter Scenes 1937
November 2011 Ardath Set of EL25 Film, Stage & Radio Stars 1935
October 2011 Churchman Set of L16 Howlers 1936
September 2011 Rothmans Set of L25 Cinema Stars c1925
August 2011 Players Set of 50 Cycling 1939
July 2011 Ardath Set of 50 Sports Champions 1935
June 2011 Liam Devlin Set of 48 Irish Fishing 1962
May 2011 British American Tobacco Set of 48 Transport Then and Now 1940
April 2011 Wills Set of L40 The King's Art Treasures 1938
March 2011 Sanders Set of 20 Dogs 1924
February 2011 Dominon Tobacco Company Set of 25 Old Ships 3rd Series 1936
January 2011 Gallaher Set of 48 Garden Flowers 1938
December 2010 Ogdens Set of 50 Sea Adventure 1939
November 2010 Gallaher Set of 25 Aesop\'s Fables 1931
October 2010 Facchino Set of 100 Cinema Stars 1936
September 2010 Carreras Set of 54 Film and Stage Beauties 1939
August 2010 Carreras Set of 25 Regalia Series 1925
July 2010 Carreras Set of 50 Celebrities of British History 1935
June 2010 Anstie Set of 40 Places of Interest (varnished front) 1939
May 2010 Churchman\'s Set of 50 Association Footballers 1st Series 1938
April 2010 Major Drapkin Set of 40 Australian and English Test Cricketers 1928
March 2010 Dickson Orde & Co. Set of 50 Footballers 1960
February 2010 C.W.S. Set of 24 Western Stars 1957
January 2010 Ardath Set of 50 Your Birthday Tells Your Fortune 1937
December 2009 Lyons Maid Set of 40 Famous Aircraft 1965
November 2009 Teofani Set of 24 Past & Present Weapons of War 1938
October 2009 Whitbread Set of M25 Maritime Inn Signs 1974
September 2009 Mister Softee Set of 20 Mister Softee’s Top 20 (Pop Stars) 1963
August 2009 Brooke Bond Set of 50 History of the Motor Car 1968
July 2009 John Player & Sons Set of L25 British Naval Craft 1939
June 2009 Godfrey Phillips Set of M36 Ships That Have Made History 1938
May 2009 Barratt & Co. Set of 50 Famous Footballers A15 1967
April 2009 Rothman Set of 24 Prominent Screen Favourites 1934
March 2009 Godfrey Phillips Set of M30 Our Dogs 1939
February 2009 Curchman Set of 25 Eastern Proverbs 1st Series 1931
January 2009 Sarony Set of 50 Ships of All Ages 1929
December 2008 Cope Set of L25 Dickens Characters 1939
November 2008 Ardath Set of 50 Cricket, Tennis and Golf Celebrities 1935
October 2008 Gallaher Set of 48 Dogs1st Series 1936
September 2008 Lingford Set of 36 British War Leaders 1950
August 2008 Stephen Mitchell Set of 25 Empire Exhibition Scotland 1938
July 2008 Ching & Co Set of 50 Veteran and Vintage Cars 1960
June 2008 Ardath Set of 50 Silver Jubilee
May 2008 Hitchman Set of 25 Aircraft of World War Ii
April 2008 C W S Set of M50 Beauty Spots Of Britain 1936
March 2008 Morris Set of 50 Victory Signs 1928
February 2008 Carreras Set of 50 Do You Know? 1939
January 2008 Stephen Mitchell & Son Set of 25 Famous Crosses 1923
December 2007 Millhoff “De Reszke Cigarettes” Set of 50 Things To Make 1935
November 2007 Carreras Set of L25 Famous Escapes1926
October 2007 Lewis & Co. Set of 52 Horoscopes 1938
September 2007 Churchman Set of 50 In Town Tonight 1938
August 2007 Pattreiouex Set of M48 Coastwise 1939
July 2007 C.W.S. Set of 24 African Types 1936
June 2007 Morning Foods Set of P24 British Planes (unnumbered) 1953
May 2007 Wills Set of L30 British Aviation 1994
April 2007 Carreras Set of 50 Flowers 1936
March 2007 Gallaher Set of L24 Dogs (Caption in block letters) 1934
February 2007 Carreras Set of M50 Notable MPs 1929
January 2007 Franklyn Davey Set of 50 Children of All Nations 1934
December 2006 Anglo Confectionery Set of LT66 Space 1967
November 2006 Sweetule Set of 25 Famous Sports Records (blue Back) 1956
October 2006 Typhoo Set of L25 Important Industries of The British Empire 1938
September 2006 Rospa Set of 24 Veteran Cars 1st Series 1956
August 2006 Brooke Bond Set of 50 Out Into Space 1958
July 2006 G Phillips Set of 50 Annuals 1939 and Set of M30 Flower Studies 1937
June 2006 Facchino Set of K50 How or Why? 1937
May 2006 R & J Hill Set of 50 Puzzle Series 1937
April 2006 Major Drapkin 23/25 Soldiers and Their Uniforms 1914
March 2006 Carreras Set of 27 Views of London 1929
February 2006 Gallaher Set of 48 Portraits of Famous Stars 1935
January 2006 C W S Set of 48 Famous Buildings 1935
December 2005 British American Tobacco 38/40 Characters From The Works of Charles Dickens 1919
November 2005 International Tobacco Set of 50 International Code of Signals 1934
October 2005 Godfrey Phillips Set of 50 Famous Minors 1936
September 2005 British American Tobacco Set of 48 Channel Islands Past and Present 3rd Series 1939
August 2005 Barratt Set of 50 Tom & Jerry 1971
July 2005 Churchman Set of M48 The Navy At Work 1937
June 2005 Pattreiouex Set of 48 Sights Of Britain 2nd Series1936
May 2005 Beano Set of 50 Ships Of The Royal Navy 1955
April 2005 Churchman Set of L12 Treasure Trove 1935
March 2005 Players Set of 50 Dandies 1932
February 2005
January 2005
December 2004 Cavanders Set of 30 Cinema Stars 1934