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1961 “Histoire de L’Aviation, Une Premiere Serie de 25” (A46-55-1)
Amalgamated Tobacco Corporation, Ltd., Mills Cigarettes, United Kingdom
Series Title: Histoire de L’Aviation, Une Premiere Serie de 25
World Tobacco Issues Index: A46-55-1
Issued by: Amalgamated Tobacco Corporation, Ltd.
Issued with: Mills, Fumez les Fameuses Cigarettes (French Text)
Country: United Kingdom
Number of Cards: 25
Card Numbering: 1-25
Type of Card: Cigarette Insert Card
Card Dimensions: 67.5 × 36.3 mm
Circa: 1961
Checklist: Checklist
Overview
During 1961, the Amalgamated Tobacco Corporation, Ltd., via their “Mills” cigarettes brand, issued their first of two series of “Histoire de L’Aviation” (History of Aviation) airplane cigarette card sets.
These two sets of airplane cards targeted the French speaking market with French text on the card reverse.
This first set, 1961 Histoire de L’Aviation, Une Premiere Serie de 25
with cards 1-25, was assigned the World Tobacco Issues Index designation of A46-55-1.
This first set tracks the history of manned flight starting with the 1783 flight of the Mongolfier Brothers balloon, up through the de Havilland D.H.88 Comet winning the 1934 “MacRobertson Race” from England to Australia.
The second set, 1962 Histoire de L’Aviation, Une Seconde Serie de 25
, the more difficult of the two sets to collect, continues the series with cards 26-50, and was assigned the World Tobacco Issues Index designation of A46-55-2.
The second set starts off with both passenger and fighter biplanes, progresses through World War II aircraft, and introduces the jet age with passenger, bomber and jet fighters.
The last card of the second set gives a sneak-peak into the future with a 1962 perception of manned space travel.
(Perhaps someone should tell SpaceX about this!)
For both sets, the colorful card fronts are presented in both landscape and portrait formats.
For being rather small cards, 67.5 × 36.3 mm, the artwork for both sets is well presented and appealing. It should also be noted that the artwork from these two card sets was also used on numerous other tobacco and food issues card sets during this era.
The following reference card shows the fronts and backs of a typical 1961 Histoire de L’Aviation, Une Premiere Serie de 25
card.
Image-Guide
The following Image-Guide shows computer enhanced images of the fronts and backs of the 25 cards in the A46-55-1 set. Behind each thumbnail image is a 900-dpi computer enhanced card images. In addition, directly beneath the (A46-55-1) Image-Guide, in tabular form, are links to the Original 900-dpi scans used for this webpage.
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Checklist
| 1961 “Histoire de L’Aviation, Une Premiere Serie de 25” (A46-55-1)
Amalgamated Tobacco Corporation, Ltd., United Kingdom Checklist | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| № | x | Card Title | |
| 1 | Le Ballon Mongolfier | ||
| 2 | Le Premier Vol en Ballon en Angleterre | ||
| 3 | La Premiere Traversee de la Manche en Ballon | ||
| 4 | Le Dirigeable Giffard | ||
| 5 | Lilienthal | ||
| 6 | Le Dirigeable Santos-Dumont | ||
| 7 | Les Freres Wright | ||
| 8 | Santos-Dumont | ||
| 9 | Santos-Dumont “Demoiselle” | ||
| 10 | Le Premier Dirigeable Militaire Anglais | ||
| 11 | “Republique” | ||
| 12 | Blériot | ||
| 13 | S. F. Cody | ||
| 14 | Roe’s Triplane | ||
| 15 | Monoplan Antoinette | ||
| 16 | Triplan Italien | ||
| 17 | Triplan Pullman | ||
| 18 | Sidecar Blackburn | ||
| 19 | Alcock et Brown | ||
| 20 | L’Autogire Cierva | ||
| 21 | Hydravion Mitchell | ||
| 22 | Lindbergh | ||
| 23 | Graf Zeppelin | ||
| 24 | Dornier DO-X | ||
| 25 | Le “Grosvenor House” | ||
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