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British Cigarette Cards (Aircraft Only)

Miniature Masterpieces

The humble cigarette card provides a breathtaking window to perhaps the most significant period in the history of mankind: 1870s-1930s. World Wars, the first Hollywood movie stars, motorcars, the Wright Brothers' first flight, famous golfers, boxers, and scarce wildlife are all vividly portrayed on these miniature masterpieces. The ingenious and simple marketing idea of inserting a cigarette card in a packet of cigarettes ignited a worldwide educational revolution, which brought knowledge to the fingertips of the average man.

Cigarette cards were designed from the start to be collected, perhaps becoming more addictive than the product itself. Even over a hundred years later, cigarette card collecting has surged ahead thanks to the ease of trading on the equally simple but innovative eBay web site. At the start of the new millennium, a Honus Wagner card became the first cigarette card ever to exceed a million dollars, and be one of the most expensive items ever to be sold on eBay. It is the cigarette card's uncanny ability to tap into the interests of a wide cross-section of society and inbuilt collectibility that have ensured its survival over other collectors' items.

The above was lifted from the Cream of Cards (UK) Web site. The cards I'm interested in picture aircraft from the late 30s to the 1960s. They are relatively inexpensive, but the artwork on some of them is excellent. Most cigarette cards measure 2 5/8" x 1 3/8". Albums for their safekeeping are available from dealers in the U.K. The card pictured above is the Convair F-102A, Delta Dagger. It is number 3 in a series of 24 Jet Aircraft of the World, produced by Sunecta Glucose Drink, (R.L. Jones & Co., Ltd.) in 1957.

These are the sets that I currently have.

No. Of Cards
Set Title
Issued By
Year
Size
Condition
Notes
50
Modern Aircraft
British Educational Series (BEANO)
1951
Cig
Near Mint
 
24
Modern British Aircraft
Beaulah's of Boston-Lincs
1953
Cig
Mint
Canned Goods
25
Aircraft
B.T. Limited
 
Cig
Mint
Tea Merchant
24
Jet Aircraft of the World
R.L. Jones & Co., Ltd.
1957
Cig
Near Mint
Sunecta Glucose Drink
25
Modern Aircraft
Anonymous (UK)
1958
Cig
Mint
 
25
Aircraft of Today
Halpin's Willow Tea
1958
Cig
Mint
 
25
Aircraft of the World
Mitcham Foods
1960
Cig
Mint
 
24
Wings of Speed
J. Lyons & Co.
1961
Cig
Mint
Lyons Tea
25
Aircraft of WW II
Hitchman's Dairies, Ltd.
1966
Cig
Mint
Fine Tea
50
Aircraft of the R.A.F.
John Player & Sons (1938)
1990
Cig
Mint
Reprints
50
Military Aircraft
W.D. & H.O. Wills (1967)
1991
Cig
Mint
Reprints
           
 
101
Wings of Fire
Panini Canada, Ltd.
1992
Reg
Mint
100 Cards + Checklist
31
Warbirds (#18-48)
Top Pilot
1990
Reg
Mint
30 Cards + Checklist
16
U.S.A.F. Fighters
A.F. History & Museums Program
 
Reg
Mint
14 Cards + 2 Headers

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