Showing posts with label Sports Cigarettes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sports Cigarettes. Show all posts

Friday, 3 March 2023

Godfrey Phillips Ltd - Sports Cigarettes - Footballers - 1950


Year of issue: 1950
Issued by: Godfrey Phillips Ltd (Sports Cigarettes)
Number of cards in set: 50
Approximate value (per card): 

A. T. Sherwood
S. W. Montgomery

These can be collected in five ways: as individual paper cards trimmed to the back of the packet and therefore anonymous or as complete packets that have been opened and laid flat. This collection was also issued printed on card that was used as a slide within the packet of cigarettes. 

Footballers - on paper - trimmed to back of the packet - with blue frameline
Footballers - on card - trimmed to folds of slide
Footballers - 'Sports' packet - on paper 5s - with blue frameline
Footballers - 'Sports' packet - on paper 10s - with blue frameline
Footballers - 'Sports' slide - on card - as illustrated above

Friday, 17 February 2023

Godfrey Phillips Ltd - Sports Cigarettes - Footballers - 1950


Year of issue: 1950
Issued by: Sports Cigarettes (Godfrey Phillips Ltd)
Number of cards in set: 50
Size: 
Approximate value (per card): 

S.W. Montgomery
A.T. Sherwood

These can be collected in five ways: as individual paper cards trimmed to the back of the packet and therefore anonymous or as complete packets that have been opened and laid flat. This collection was also issued printed on card that was used as a slide within the packet of cigarettes.

 On paper - trimmed to back of the packet - with blue frameline
On card - trimmed to folds of slide
'Sports' packet - on paper 5s - with blue frameline
 'Sports' packet - on paper 10s - with blue frameline
'Sports' slide - on card