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Morris Miscellaneous Cigarette Cards Horoscopes cream card 1936 Horoscopes cream card 1936 12 - None of us can be certain as to what is in store. Nonetheless it can be fun to dabble in our horoscopes imagining that the stars influence our fortunes, and you can join in with the help of Morris’s 1936 series of 12 Horoscopes with a card for each month of the year. Take someone born in January; their card will tell them about their birth sign (Aquarius), birthday jewel (garnet), colour (sky blue) and flower (primrose), a list of dates which will be your lucky days and a horoscope, the details of which we will not reveal here. Find out what your horoscope is, and those of you friends and relatives with this set. Size 68 x 36mm
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Horoscopes cream card 1936

Morris - 12 in set

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Westminster Tobacco Miscellaneous Cigarette Cards Australia 1st Series 1932 Australia 1st Series 1932 36 - These cards contain black and white photos of recording all aspects of life in Australia in the 1930s in a mixture of aerial and street level views of some of the big cities like Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne, important buildings and things such as the Speaker’s Chair interspersed with scenes of country life like wheat harvesting, grape picking, cutting sugar cane, shearing sheep etc., and some of the wonderful natural wonders like Russell Falls in Tasmania, the Three Sisters in the Blue Mountains and Barron Falls in Queensland. Interesting inclusions are a picture of the The Duke (later King George VI) and Duchess of York opening the new capital in Canberra, a typical girls’ school, a street of new houses in Melbourne, a chalet on Mount Buffalo, a goat race known as a Bush Derby in Queensland and life savers in action on a beach in Sydney. The numbered backs are captioned and give brief details concerning the subject and details of the issuers. A fine record of life in Australia in the 1930s with cards size 66 x 35mm.
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Australia 1st Series 1932

Westminster Tobacco - 36 in set

Catalogue Price £9.00 Special Offer £6.00

Westminster Tobacco Miscellaneous Cigarette Cards Australia 2nd Series (Plain back) 1933 Australia 2nd Series (Plain back) 1933 36 - This set was prepared around 1933 but never actually issued and pictures scenes from around Australia. Unfortunately the backs are plain so aside from the title on the front there is no other information. What is nice about this set is that as well as the usual tourist spots such as the Captain Cook monument, Wilson Hall in Melbourne, Leura Falls in the Blue Mountains, Mount Buffalo, the Brisbane River, the Botanical Gardens Adelaide and Martin Place, Sydney there are unusual scenes of showing people and places of work such as pearl fishermen, carting timber in Victoria, Tasmanian hop fields, a pineapple plantation, , cotton growing, a drover’s camp, a South Australian Vineyard, harvesting wheat and the Golden Mile in Western Australia or involved in leisure pursuits such as climbing Mount Feathertop in Victoria, sailing in Sydney Harbour or enjoying the races at the Melbourne Cup. Also including is the royal visit for the state opening of Australia’s new capital Canberra. A fascinating set with card size 66 x 35mm
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Australia 2nd Series (Plain back) 1933

Westminster Tobacco - 36 in set

Catalogue Price £9.00 Special Offer £6.00

Carreras Miscellaneous Cigarette Cards Miniature Playing Cards c1935 Miniature Playing Cards c1935 K53 - The title says it all really, these are tiny playing cards, including 1 joker card, with red patterned backs. They come in a small cardboard box which keeps the cards safe and is small enough to fit in a handbag or pocket so you would never be bored as these are easily portable so you could have them with you at all times. Carreras is one of the oldest British cigarette manufacturers and the box contains the wording “With the compliments of the makers of Craven ‘A’ Piccadilly and Black Cat Cigarettes Carreras Ltd. London, England”. The cards are size 45 x 32mm.
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Miniature Playing Cards c1935

Carreras - K53 in set

£9.00

Wix Miscellaneous Cigarette Cards Miniature Playing Cards Scroll design Red back c1935 Miniature Playing Cards Scroll design Red back c1935 K53 -
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Miniature Playing Cards Scroll design Red back c1935

Wix - K53 in set

£9.00

Westminster Tobacco Miscellaneous Cigarette Cards New Zealand 2nd Series 1930 New Zealand 2nd Series 1930 36 - Like the 1st Series this set takes a look at New Zealand scenes in a series of black and white pictures which are backed by informative text on the numbered backs. Amongst the sights in this 2nd Series are King’s Falls, Corbyvale, Lambton Quay in Wellington, Queenstown on Lake Wakatipu, Lake Ada, the Town Hall in Wellington, Wairua Falls, Buller Gorge (with lovely old car on the narrow road), views of Christchurch, Lake Waikaremoana, Mounts Ngaruhoe and Tongariro, Lake Hawea in Otago, Canterbury College in Christchurch, Port Chalmers, Queen Charlotte Sound, Otago University in Dunedin, Pembroke, Mangapika Rock, a boat on the Wanganui River, Dunedin view and railway station etc. An interesting set with cards size 66 x 35mm
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New Zealand 2nd Series 1930

Westminster Tobacco - 36 in set

Catalogue Price £9.00 Special Offer £6.00

Players Miscellaneous Cigarette Cards Wonders of the Modern World 1985 Wonders of the Modern World 1985 M32 - Having already produced a set on wonders of the ancient world in their packets of Tom Thumb cigars Players followed this with a set of modern wonders highlighting mankind’s perpetual striving for new goals, especially in speed, space exploration and the new field of miniaturisation. These contain colour photographs within a white board and twelve are in vertical format and the rest horizontal. The backs, which are titled and numbered with green and black text, contain a comprehensive but easily-understood description with details of an album at the bottom which could be obtained from the company. The series spans an immense variety of man-made wonders including the JPS Lotus Formula 1 car, computer graphics, the Thames Flood Barrier, microchips and a robot hand. In decades to come these will serve as a record of human achievement in the 1980s. Cards size 74 x 57mm.
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Wonders of the Modern World 1985

Players - M32 in set

£9.00

Wills Miscellaneous Cigarette Cards World of Speed 1981 World of Speed 1981 M36 - Appropriately this set ends with H.M.S. Speedy a Boeing Jetfoil being used by the Royal Navy which is capable of 40 knots, but it also includes a hovercraft, the submarine H.M.S. Spartan, the Bluebird K7 used by Donald Campbell to achieve the world water speed record in 1967, liners like the S.S. United States and Queen Mary and old ships like the Great Western. It is not just speed on water that is covered as the set includes trains line the Intercity APT Class 370, Bullet Train from Japan and the record-breaking Mallard A4 as well as tanks like the Scorpion, motorcycle land-speed record holder Lightening Bolt, a Mercedes Benz C111/3 car, Jaguar XK 120C, the Sunbeam 350 which was the first British car to take the speed record in 1922 plus spacecraft like the NASA Space Shuttle and Saturn V Rocket and planes such as Concorde, a De Havilland Comet and Supermarine S6B which won the Schneider trophy and was the inspiration for the iconic Spitfire. The good colour pictures are backed by plenty of information and the cards are size 70 x 44mm.
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World of Speed 1981

Wills - M36 in set

£9.00

Hill Miscellaneous Cigarette Cards Canvas Masterpieces Series 2 (5 different cards from the set of 10 Numbers 1 to 5) c1915 (Canvas Issue) Canvas Masterpieces Series 2 (5 different cards from the set of 10 Numbers 1 to 5) c1915 (Canvas Issue) EL5 out of 10 -
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Canvas Masterpieces Series 2 (5 different cards from the set of 10 Numbers 1 to 5) c1915 (Canvas Issue)

Hill - EL5 out of 10 in set

£10.00

Players Miscellaneous Cigarette Cards Country Houses and Castles 1981 Country Houses and Castles 1981 L32 -
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Country Houses and Castles 1981

Players - L32 in set

£10.00

Players Flowers and the Garden From Plantation to Smoker 1926 From Plantation to Smoker 1926 25 -
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From Plantation to Smoker 1926

Players - 25 in set

£10.00

Ching Miscellaneous Cigarette Cards Jersey Past and Present 3rd Series Special Album Jersey Past and Present 3rd Series Special Album 1 -
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Jersey Past and Present 3rd Series Special Album

Ching - 1 in set

£10.00

Sarony Miscellaneous Cigarette Cards Links with the Past 2nd Series Christchurch Issue 1926 Links with the Past 2nd Series Christchurch Issue 1926 L25 - Issued a year after the 1st Series this 2nd Series continues the look at historic things and places in the British Isles such as Traitors’ Gate at the Tower of London, the Woolsack in the House of Lords, H.M.S. Victory, Carnarvon Castle, Stonehenge, Edinburgh Castle, The Guildhall in Exeter, Battle Abbey, The Shambles in York, The White Horse at Ashdown in Berkshire, Anne Hathaway’s Cottage and Rye House in Hertfordshire. These are shown in black and white pictures and all are fully described on the back. The left-hand side of the cards contains two holes and the backs tell us that when the set was complete it could be sent to the company to be bound in an artistic cover free of charge. This is the large size set with an address in Christchurch, but this set was also produced in a small size with the Christchurch address as well as a small and large version with a Sydney address and a small and large home issue version plus a large home issue with an advert back instead of the descriptive one. These large cards are size 78 x 63mm
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Links with the Past 2nd Series Christchurch Issue 1926

Sarony - L25 in set

£10.00

Amalgamated Tobacco Miscellaneous Cigarette Cards Merveilles Modernes (French text) 1961 Merveilles Modernes (French text) 1961 25 -
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Merveilles Modernes (French text) 1961

Amalgamated Tobacco - 25 in set

£10.00

Carreras Miscellaneous Cigarette Cards Palmistry 1980 (10 different cards from the set of 50) Palmistry 1980 (10 different cards from the set of 50) 10 out of 50 -
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Palmistry 1980 (10 different cards from the set of 50)

Carreras - 10 out of 50 in set

£10.00

Wills Miscellaneous Cigarette Cards Safety First 1934 (CCS reprint 2000) Safety First 1934 (CCS reprint 2000) 50 - Road safety was a real problem in 1934 when these were originally issued and the colourful cards illustrate some of the dangers. Actually aside from issues with tramlines and using hand signals as there were no indicators most these safety instructions are still relevant today, but it is the charming vintage pictures which are the real attraction. The warnings include not overtaking on bends, not squeezing through traffic if you are a motor-cyclist, how to pass animals, how to correct a skid and not to throw anything from a moving car as well as how to cross safely. There is plenty of further information on the card backs. Cards size 68 x 36mm.
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Safety First 1934 (CCS reprint 2000)

Wills - 50 in set

£10.00

Gallaher Miscellaneous Cigarette Cards Telemania Size 90 x 45mm 1989 Telemania Size 90 x 45mm 1989 L5 -
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Telemania Size 90 x 45mm 1989

Gallaher - L5 in set

£10.00

Cope Miscellaneous Cigarette Cards Toy Models (The Country Fair) c1930 Toy Models (The Country Fair) c1930 L25 - These 25 cards are delightful, they were designed to be cut out so you could make your own old fashioned fair. The fronts contain lovely colour pictures with instructions on how to cut them out and put them together so they stand up. Amongst the charming stalls you could reproduce are the Cokernut Shy (which today we would spell coconut), Punch and Judy, Houpla, Ginger-Beer stall and a Toffee stand. Also included are the turnstile with entry priced at 3d each, a colourful Merry-Go-Round, Swings, Performing Donkeys, a Gipsy Fortune Teller, Hurdy-Gurdy machine complete with monkey, Ice-Cream Barrow, Water Chute, Photographer with tripod camera and the Fat Lady’s Tent (most inappropriate these days) where the sign says she weighs “under 2 ½ ton”! A curious inclusion is the Motor Dragon, which presumably was a dragon disguised motor which drove around the fairground?
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Toy Models (The Country Fair) c1930

Cope - L25 in set

£10.00

Carreras Dogs and Pets Greyhound Racing Game Instruction Leaflet 1926 Greyhound Racing Game Instruction Leaflet 1926 L1 - This leaflet was produced in connection with a set of L52 Greyhound Racing Game cards (see website for availability) and give instructions on how to play the game. The cards included 15 whips, 16 obstacles, 10 dogs, 10 greyhound (single and groups) and 1 hare. These days hare coursing is rare and rightly so, but obviously in the 1920s this was not the case as the card set was all about chasing the hare. The basic premise of the game is that as soon as the hare card is played the first player to play a single greyhound card is the winner. When scoring the winner is awarded points for cards in the losers’ hands i.e 5 points for each single greyhound, 1 for each obstacle card etc. When opened flat the leaflet is size 88 x 89mm
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Greyhound Racing Game Instruction Leaflet 1926

Carreras - L1 in set

£11.00

Millhoff Animals & Wildlife Real Photographs 1st Series glossy front (Comic Animal Pictures) 1931 Real Photographs 1st Series glossy front (Comic Animal Pictures) 1931 27 - What’s not to love about these charming sepia animal pictures which are humorously captioned underneath. For instance the picture of a dog with a bone is titled “A bone to pick with you” whilst another depicts three concerned looking cats on stools with the caption “was that a mouse?” It is not just cats and dogs either as there are cattle, horses and chimps and one card even features a small boy feeding a dog. It is said today that many hours are ‘wasted’ looking online at the antics of animals and perhaps this set is a 1930s version of this. The backs are numbered and contain an advert for “De Reszke – The aristocrat of Cigarettes” and the Millhoff name. This set was also produced with matt photos (see website for availability) and both are size 66 x 35mm
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Real Photographs 1st Series glossy front (Comic Animal Pictures) 1931

Millhoff - 27 in set

£11.00

Millhoff Animals & Wildlife Real Photographs 3rd Series (Comic Animal Pictures) 1932 Real Photographs 3rd Series (Comic Animal Pictures) 1932 27 -
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Real Photographs 3rd Series (Comic Animal Pictures) 1932

Millhoff - 27 in set

£11.00

Moustafa Miscellaneous Cigarette Cards Real photos (Views) 1925 Real photos (Views) 1925 25 - Issued by London firm Moustafa Ltd these photos picture buildings from Britain and the Commonwealth. Included are Auckland Town Hall in New Zealand, Government House and the Fort in what was then Calcutta and Bombay and Parliament House, Melbourne as well as cathedrals like Ripon, Lincoln, Salisbury and Wells, castles such as Warwick, Stirling and Conway plus other tourist spots like Burn’s Cottage in Ayr, The Old Curiosity Shop in London, the Fourth Bridge in Scotland, Shakespeare’s house in Stratford-Upon-Avon, the crooked spire of Chesterfield church and Big Ben. These are backed by plenty of information like the fact that York Minster has been badly damaged by fire on several occasions or that Wells Cathedral was used as a stable by Monmouth during the rebellion of 1685. Detailed photos and interesting text – what more could you want. Cards size 67 x 35mm.
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Real photos (Views) 1925

Moustafa - 25 in set

£11.00

Carreras Miscellaneous Cigarette Cards The Nose Game Instruction Leaflet 1927 The Nose Game Instruction Leaflet 1927 L1 -
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The Nose Game Instruction Leaflet 1927

Carreras - L1 in set

£11.00

Carreras Miscellaneous Cigarette Cards Views of London 1929 Views of London 1929 27 - Pretty well every major landmark is included, from Marble Arch in the west to Tower Bridge in the east. More than eighty years after these cards came out you could still use them to organise your own tour of the capital and the texts will tell you all you need to know about the sights. Particularly fascinating, though, is the amount of detail revealed in the stunningly clear pictures – you might even be able to make out, with the aid of a magnifier, the numbers on open-top buses or read the advertisements on buildings – and then there are the horse-drawn cabs, a delivery boy cycling past the Horse Guards and a throng of citizens going about their business. Fascinating stuff! Size 68 x 36mm
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Views of London 1929

Carreras - 27 in set

£11.00

CWS Miscellaneous Cigarette Cards African Types 1936 African Types 1936 24 - Titled African Types, the 24 colour pictures illustrate native people from various parts of the continent from Soudan in north to the Cape in the south, in traditional dress and engaged in everyday activities – carrying water, cooking, harvesting, weaving, etc. – with tribes such as the Zulu and Masai etc. The backs bear a basic description, an advert fo Raydex Tobacco, and a zebra. Size 68 x 36mm
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African Types 1936

CWS - 24 in set

£12.00

Ogdens Miscellaneous Cigarette Cards Coupon Lady carrying tobacco leaves on head dated January 30th 1905 Coupon Lady carrying tobacco leaves on head dated January 30th 1905 1 -
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Coupon Lady carrying tobacco leaves on head dated January 30th 1905

Ogdens - 1 in set

£12.00

Wintermans Flowers and the Garden Disappearing Rain Forest 1991 Disappearing Rain Forest 1991 L30 - We love the colourful pictures in this set, but even more impressive is the research behind the photos as the backs are full of information about the subjects which live in the rain forest. Included are the Epiphytic Orchid from Brazil, the Pitcher Plant of Malaysia, a Tarantula spider, Leaf Cutter Ants, tropical butterflies from Peru, a Stick Insect from Trinidad, a Common Iguana, Arrow Poison Frog, Mud-Puddle Frog, Blue & Yellow Macaw, Toucan, Three-Toed Sloth, Capybara, Giant Anteater, Long-Tailed Macaque, Ring-Tailed Lemur and Golden Lion Tamarin. As the title of the set tells us these precious rain forest habitats are being destroyed. Sadly as a result of the actions of man we are losing rain forest at a rapid rate and it would truly be a tragedy if the wonderful plants and creatures that call these places home are wiped out in the wild. Cards size 89 x 50mm.
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Disappearing Rain Forest 1991

Wintermans - L30 in set

£12.00

Carreras Miscellaneous Cigarette Cards Fortune Telling Instruction Leaflet (address 12 Bath Street) 1926 Fortune Telling Instruction Leaflet (address 12 Bath Street) 1926 L1 -
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Fortune Telling Instruction Leaflet (address 12 Bath Street) 1926

Carreras - L1 in set

£12.00

Hill Miscellaneous Cigarette Cards Our Empire 1929 Our Empire 1929 30 - You might imagine from the title this is a set of lovely views from places within the British empire, but you would be wrong. In fact these are photos of leaders, members of parliament etc. Beginning with King George V and his two sons the set then pictures Westminster, the Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald and other members of the Labour government including Margaret Bondfield the first woman to become a member of the Cabinet (that’s a good quiz question for you!) and the Rt. Hon. Wedgwood Benn as well as statesmen and leaders from New Zealand, South Africa, Canada and Australia. There is plenty of informative text on the backs which gives a background to an interesting time when for the first time Britain had a Labour government. This set iwas issued in a larger format with cards size 78 x 67mm, but this set is size 66 x 38mm.
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Our Empire 1929

Hill - 30 in set

£12.00

Ardath Miscellaneous Cigarette Cards World Views (number 13 not issued) 1937 World Views (number 13 not issued) 1937 EL24 -
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World Views (number 13 not issued) 1937

Ardath - EL24 in set

£12.00

Players Miscellaneous Cigarette Cards Boy Scout and Girl Guide Patrol Signs and Emblems 1933 (C.C.S. reprint 2001) Boy Scout and Girl Guide Patrol Signs and Emblems 1933 (C.C.S. reprint 2001) 50 - Originally issued in 1933 these reprints from 2001 picture both the patrol sign or emblem and the actual creature or plant on which this is based. The first half of the set are all Boy Scout patrol signs including the Beaver, Curlew and Panther and the text on the back tells us about the creature as well as which badges this patrol should specialize in and their call. For instance members of Fox patrol have a call or bark of “Ha Ha” and should study woodcraft and the habits of wildlife. The remainder of the set are Girl Guide emblems which are all bird or plant related and include Swallow, Robin, Primrose and Poppy. As with the backs of the Boy Scout cards the creature or plant is described on the reverse, but instead of a call the patrol motto such as that for Chaffinch Patrol of “Play the game and play it well” is given. This is an excellent set with cards size 68 x 36mm.
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Boy Scout and Girl Guide Patrol Signs and Emblems 1933 (C.C.S. reprint 2001)

Players - 50 in set

£12.50

Wills Miscellaneous Cigarette Cards Household Hints 1936 Household Hints 1936 50 - This is an interesting little set which covers plenty of outside tips as well. The fifty cards with colour pictures give hints on how to make-do and mend as well as more ambitious projects like wall building or making a weather vane and the backs give you all the information you need to complete your project. Amongst the hints are instructions for removing salt-water stains from brown shoes (does this only work on brown shoes?), removing rusted screws, repairing broken china, re-gilding a picture frame, securing loose knife-handles and laying linoleum. Be warned though, there are some definite “don’t try this at home” hints such as making your own wireless earth, mending electric wires by twisting, soldering and covering with black tape and making your own fire-lighters by soaking a cinder in paraffin! – plus numerous other handy tips. Size 68 x 36mm
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Household Hints 1936

Wills - 50 in set

£12.50

Sarony Miscellaneous Cigarette Cards Links with the Past 2nd Series 1926 Links with the Past 2nd Series 1926 L25 - Issued a year after the 1st Series this 2nd Series continues the look at historic things and places in the British Isles such as Traitors’ Gate at the Tower of London, the Woolsack in the House of Lords, H.M.S. Victory, Carnarvon Castle, Stonehenge, Edinburgh Castle, The Guildhall in Exeter, Battle Abbey, The Shambles in York, The White Horse at Ashdown in Berkshire, Anne Hathaway’s Cottage and Rye House in Hertfordshire. These are shown in black and white pictures and all are fully described on the back. The left-hand side of the cards contains two holes and the backs tell us that when the set was complete it could be sent to the company to be bound in an artistic cover free of charge. This is the large size home issue set with descriptive back but this was also produced in a large size with an advert back and a standard size as well as a small and large version with either a Christchurch or Sydney address. These cards are size 78 x 63mm.
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Links with the Past 2nd Series 1926

Sarony - L25 in set

£12.50

Wix Miscellaneous Cigarette Cards Miniature Playing Cards Scroll design Blue back c1935 Miniature Playing Cards Scroll design Blue back c1935 K53 -
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Miniature Playing Cards Scroll design Blue back c1935

Wix - K53 in set

£12.50

Players Miscellaneous Cigarette Cards Miniatures 1916 Miniatures 1916 25 - The colour miniature portraits are all set within a frame against a dark background with the name of the lady and artist. The set begins with one of the best-known pictures – the Mona Lisa – which was painted by Leonardo da Vinci and is the star attraction at the Louvre in Paris. Other portraits include that of Mrs. Robinson as Perdita by George Romney, the Duchess of Devonshire by John Downman, Madame Vigee-Lebrun’s painting of the Duchess of Orleans, Adam Buck’s picture titled ‘Portrait of an Irish Girl’, William Ward’s ‘The Charming Muser’, Lady Peel and Mrs. Siddons both by Thomas Lawrence, Peter Lely’s Lady Castlemaine and Madame De Pompadour by Francois Boucher. There is a wealth of information relating to the picture on the card backs. Size 68 x 36mm
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Miniatures 1916

Players - 25 in set

£12.50

Franklyn Davey Miscellaneous Cigarette Cards Modern Dance Steps 1st Series 1929 (reprint 2002 limited edition of 1000) Modern Dance Steps 1st Series 1929 (reprint 2002 limited edition of 1000) 50 - What could you do if you had two left feet and no natural rhythm back in the 1930s when the nightclubs and wireless resounded to the tunes of Debroy Somers, Jack Payne or Henry Hall? Well the answer to your prayers would have been to collect a set of Modern Dance Steps and this is a limited edition reprint of this set produced in 2002. The black and white cards show a couple in evening dress performing dances step by step with detailed instructions on the reverse for both the lady and the gentleman. The dances include the Quick Step and Waltz and with such expert tuition you cannot not fail to become proficient providing you can memorize the information. Why not buy these cards and start planning your own Strictly Come Dancing moment! The cards are size 68 x 36mm
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Modern Dance Steps 1st Series 1929 (reprint 2002 limited edition of 1000)

Franklyn Davey - 50 in set

£12.50

Phillips Dogs and Pets Our Favourites 1935 Our Favourites 1935 M48 - The current craze for looking at cute animal pictures online is not new although in the pre-computer age you had to view them on cigarette cards like these that were issued in 1935. The black and white photos picture different animals with a humorous caption underneath. For instance a dog and puppy is titled ‘A chip off the old block’, there is a picture of chimps with a camera titled ‘A perfect picture, two dogs and a bone is captioned ‘The eternal triangle’, a cat playing with a pull-cord is titled ‘Blind Devotion’, dogs in giant flowerpots are titled ‘Gone to pot’, a goat climbing up to reach some leaves has the heading ‘Stolen fruits are sweetest etc. We have to say that some of the pictures use animals in ways that would not be acceptable today such as the elephant riding a bike and chimps dressed as humans, but overall this is a lovely set. The numbered backs contain an advert for ‘De Reszke The Aristocrat of Cigarettes” but no text about the subject. Cards size 60 x 53mm
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Our Favourites 1935

Phillips - M48 in set

£12.50

Wills Miscellaneous Cigarette Cards Speed 1930 (CCS Reprint 2001) Speed 1930 (CCS Reprint 2001) 50 - This interesting set is split into air, land and sea speed records and the set includes the Vickers Vimy Bomber used by Alcock & Brown in their first non-stop Atlantic flight, the Graf Zeppelin airship, Capt. Malcolm Campbell’s ‘Blue Bird’ car which won the land speed record in 1928, the Bentley in which the Hon. Mrs Victor Bruce beat the record by averaging 89.77mph for a 24-hour period, trains such as the Cheltenham Flyer, Royal Scot and American ‘Atlantic City Flyer’, the battle cruiser ‘Hood’ which was later destroyed with huge loss of life in WWII, Cunard liner the ‘Mauretania which held the Blue Riband for many years and the ‘Miss England’ speedboat in which Sir Henry Segrave won the water speed record. These are lovely colour pictures backed by plenty of information. Size 68 x 36mm
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Speed 1930 (CCS Reprint 2001)

Wills - 50 in set

£12.50

Cope Miscellaneous Cigarette Cards The Game of Poker 1936 The Game of Poker 1936 M25 - The popularity of online casinos mean more people than ever are playing poker and this set issued by Cope Bros. & Co. of Liverpool in 1936 is sure to be of interest to anyone who plays. The fronts contain colour illustrations of different poker hands set against a vivid yellow background with appropriate captions such as “Royal Flush” which the card goes on to say is a “straight flush to Ace high and is the best of all combinations” The backs give the basics of the game and explain that when the collector had completed the set they could be used for a “novel variation of this interesting game by dealing one card to each player which constitute his hand”. This set was also issued by Richard Lloyd & Sons of London. Cards size 75 x 57mm.
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The Game of Poker 1936

Cope - M25 in set

£12.50

Hill Miscellaneous Cigarette Cards Views of Interest 1st Series Sunripe and Spinet Ovals back 1938 Views of Interest 1st Series Sunripe and Spinet Ovals back 1938 L48 - Back in 1938 when we originally reviewed this set we wrote “it is difficult to imagine better cards of this type than these beautifully hand-coloured real photos” and we would stand by that statement today. Included in this set are well-known landmarks like the Clifton Suspension Bridge, St. Paul’s Cathedral, Trafalgar Square, Piccadilly Circus, Blackpool Tower, Buckingham Palace, York Minster, Caernarvon Castle and the Liver Building in Liverpool, but also included are natural wonders and views like Cheddar Gorge, Kynance Cove and Derwentwater as well as views of Cardiff, Sheffield, Hull and Newcastle which don’t often appear on cards. These must have proved popular as Hill continued with another four series of different views in 1938 and 1939. The numbered backs give plenty of information about the featured subject and “issued with Sunripe & Spinet Oval Cigarettes”, but was also issued with “The Spinet House” instead. A fine set with cards size 78 x 64mm
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Views of Interest 1st Series Sunripe and Spinet Ovals back 1938

Hill - L48 in set

£12.50

 
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