Complete set of 30 Vintage Cigarette Cards distributed with Tom Thumb Cigars (a brand of John Player & Sons, Imperial Tobacco) in 1989.
These are new old stock, undistributed, cards in mint condition.
Each card measures 74mm wide by 57mm tall and illustrates one ship from Britain's Maritime History from the 16th to the 20th century.
With a reproduced painting by E D Walker, Gordon Fickers or Hardy to the front, each card gives a brief history of the ship on the reverse.
The 30 cards cover the following, historically important ships:
1 - Henry Grace a Dieu
2 - Golden Hind
3 - Mayflower
4 - Sovereign of the Seas
5 - HMS Victory
6 - Charlotte Dundas
7 - HMS Comet
8 - Seringapatam
9 - Sirius
10 - SS Great Britain
11 - SS Great Eastern
12 - HMS Warrior
13 - Cutty Sark
14 - Turbinia
15 - Discovery
16 - Mauretania
17 - HMS Furious
18 - HMS Argus
19 - HMS Hood
20 - Queen Elizabeth
21 - HMS Belfast
22 - HMS Kelly
23 - HMS Vanguard
24 - HMS Amethyst
25 - HMS Ark Royal
26 - HMS Grey Goose
27 - HMS Dreadnought
28 - Gypsy Moth IV
29 - QE2
30 - HMS Invincible
These cards would create an attractive display when mounted and framed, either individually or in groups.
We have a large number of matching sets available.
Happy to combine postage for multiple purchases.
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