Aircraft Spotter Series Allied and Enemy Planes (134K) ITC Sweet Caporal Cigarettes (C271A) Canada
- Series Title: Aircraft "Spotter" Series - Allied and Enemy Planes
- American Card Catalog No.: C271A
- Manufactured by: Imperial Tobacco Co. of Canada, Ltd.; Sweet Caporal Cigarettes
- Country: Canada
- Number of Cards: 134K
- Card Dimensions: 84 x 75 mm (two series); 92 x 75 mm (two series); 102 x 75 mm (one series); and 115 x 75 mm (one series).
- Circa: 1941
- Checklist: Download
Background
During World War II, the Imperial Tobacco Company of Canada Ltd. issued a series of airplane Trading Cards titled Aircraft "Spotter" Series - Allied and Enemy Planes. These cards were issued as part of several Sweet Caporal Cigarettes package designs. There appears to have been four basic package design/sizes, with multiple series on two of the sizes. The total number of cards in these multiple series has yet to be determined. However, to date, the known number of card-image/card-number combinations is 134. There are two unnumbered Aircraft Markings cards, and a series of 128 Airplanes cards numbered from 1 to 66. The first 55 of these silhouettes cards are easier to collect than the cards numbered from 56 through 66, which are extremely difficult to acquire.
Size Matters
There appears to have been at least six printings of these cards ... with six different checklists. To date, we have been able to catalog 134 card-number/image combinations. These are all shown below in the "Image-Guide." We have also been able to catalog a total of six printing series: There were two series of 84x75mm cards; two series of 92x75mm cards; one 102x75mm card series; and one 115x75mm card series. Examples of the six series are as follows:
Examples of 84x75mm Cards from Two Different Series
Examples of 92x75mm Cards from Two Different Series
Example of 102x75mm Card
Example of 115x75mm Card
The American Card Catalog number for this series is C271A. There is a second series, C271B which is seldom seen. This 66 card series is similar to the first series and includes the text in both English and French on the front of the card.
Series Packaging
We are pleased to share these images of a typical C271A Sweet Caporal Aircraft "Spotter" Series cigarette package "sleeve." The "sleeve" is a glued rectangular box without top or bottom flaps. The cigarettes were most likely packaged in some sort of a wrapper and then inserted into the sleeve. The "sleeve" we are showing is one of the 25s Packs with the 102 x 75 mm card attached. Using the "Sweet Caporal Cigarettes ... Kinney Bros" as the front of the package, the left flap says "Sweet Caporal", the right flap gives the manufacturer information in both English and French, the Back side of the package contains the aircraft card. These complete packages are considered to be the "Holy Grail" for C271A collectors. They are extremely rare, and even rarer in the higher grades. Serious collectors of this series should have at least one of these cards for reference.
 Mustang Single-Seat Fighter.jpg "3 - P-43 (sic) MUSTANG")
3: NORTH AMERICAN P-43 (sic) "MUSTANG"
3: NORTH AMERICAN P-51 "MUSTANG"
Typical C271A Sweet Caporal Package Front
Image-Guide
No. 1 (3 cards) Kurrier / TOMAHAWK / WARHAWK
No. 2 (2 cards) BALTIMORE / HELLDIVER
No. 3 (2 cards) P-43 (sic) MUSTANG / P-51 MUSTANG
No. 4 (1 card) HAVOC
No.
5 (3 cards) MOHAWK / STORMOVIK / Vengeance
No. 6 (3 cards) BERMUDA / HELLDIVER / WARHAWK
No. 7 (1 card) NORTH AMERICAN B-25
No. 8 (1 card) LANCER
No. 9 (2 cards) HEINKEL BOMBER
(Germany) / Vindicator
No. 10 (1 card) Devastator
No. 11 (1 card) Mariner
No. 12 (1 card) Liberator
No.
13 (3 cards) Junkers Transport / Kittyhawk / Vengeance
No.
14 (3 cards) Breda 65 / Flying Fortress / Super Flying Fortress
No. 15 (1 card) Airacobra
No. 16 (3 cards) Caproni-Campini / Hudson / Ventura
No.
17 (3 cards) Digby / Seagull / STORMOVIK
No. 18 (1 card) Maryland
No. 19 (2 cards) Harvard II / Zero
No. 20 (1 card) Catalina
No. 21 (1 card) Lightning
No. 22 (3 cards) Coronado / Rata / Vanguard
No. 23 (1 card) Defiant
No.
24 (3 cards) Avro Anson / Super Flying Fortress / Zestorer
No. 25 (2 cards) Beaufort / Manchester
No. 26 (1 card) Stirling
No. 27 (1 card) Sunderland
No. 28 (2 cards) Blenheim / Martin Bomber
No. 29 (2 cards) Coronado / Hampden
No. 30 (3 cards) Dornier 17 / Martin Bomber / Wellington
No. 31 (1 card) Beaufighter
No. 32 (3 cards) Hurricane / Hurry-Bomber / Messerschmitt 110
No. 33 (3 cards) Junkers 86 / Manchester / Whitley
No. 34 (3 cards) Caproni-Campini / Focke-Wulf / Savoia 85
No. 35 (2 cards) Focke-Wulf / Stuka
No. 36 (3 cards) Curtiss-20 / Messerschmitt 109 / Messerschmitt 110
No. 37 (3 cards) Focke-Wulf / Heinkel 113 / Zestorer
No. 38 (3 cards)
Heinkel 111 / Junkers 86 / YAK-4
No. 39 (3 cards) Blohm & Voss HA.142 / HEINKEL BOMBER (Germany) / Iliushin
No. 40 (1 card) Junkers 88A1
No. 41 (3 cards)
Dornier 17 / Dornier 215 / Seagull
No. 42 (3 cards)
Dornier 18K / Junkers Transport / Ventura
No. 43 (1 card) Halifax
No. 44 (1 card) Spitfire
No. 45 (3 cards) Breda
65 / Ensign / Spaveiro
No. 46 (1 card) Caproni 311
No. 47 (1 card)
Mitsubishi 97
No. 48 (2 cards) Showa
Sho 98 / Skua
No. 49 (2 cards) Type 97 / Whirlwind
No. 50 (3 cards) Hurry-Bomber / Lancaster / Mitsubishi Mc.20
No. 51 (3 cards) Hertfordshire / Mitsubishi 96 / Zero
No. 52 (3 cards) Lancaster / URSS-35 / YAK-4
No. 53 (1 card) ZKB-26
No. 54 (3 cards) Botha / Rata / URSS I-15
No. 55 (1 card) URSS I-18
No. 56 (2 cards) Battle / Botha
No. 57 (1 card) Wildat
No. 58 (1 card) Buffalo
No. 59 (1 card) Boston
No. 60 (2 cards) ARK-3 / Iliushin
No. 61 (2 cards) Ensign / Oxford
No. 62 (2 cards) Henley / Skua
No. 63 (2 cards) Curtiss-20 / Douglas XB-19
No. 64 (2 cards) Blohm & Voss Ha.140 / Kurrier
No. 65 (2 cards) Hertfordshire / Lysander
No. 66 (2 cards) Fulmar / Whirlwind
Unnumbered (2 cards) Tail Markings / Wing Markings
Checklist
Skytamer Archive subscribers may download the C271A Aircraft "Spotter" Series" Checklist shown below by clicking on the "Checklist" button below. This document is presented as an Adobeฎ Acrobatฎ PDF format document. The C271A "Checklist" presents the basic C271A card information, and a "Checkbox" listing of the 134 "known" cards in the series. Your Club Skytamer Username and Password are required to access this document.
| Series --> | C271A Series English Text | C271B Series English & French Text | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Card Size --> | 84x75 mm (# top aligned) |
84x75 mm (# center aligned) |
92x75 mm | 102x75 mm | 115x75 mm | 75x75 mm |
| 1 | WARHAWK (United Nations) | TOMAHAWK (United Nations) | TOMAHAWK (United Nations) | TOMAHAWK (United Nations) | KURRIER (Germany) | TOMAHAWK (United Nations) |
| 2 | NEED SCAN | NEED SCAN | HELLDIVER (United Nations) | BALTIMORE (United Nations) | NEED SCAN | NEED SCAN |
| 3 | NEED SCAN | NEED SCAN | MUSTANG (P-51) (United Nations) | MUSTANG (P-43) (United Nations) | MUSTANG (P-51) (United Nations) | MUSTANG (P-51) (United Nations) |
| 4 | NEED SCAN | HAVOC (United Nations) | HAVOC (United Nations) | HAVOC (United Nations) | HAVOC (United Nations) | HAVOC (United Nations) |
| 5 | STORMOVIK (United Nations) | NEED SCAN | MOHAWK (United Nations) | MOHAWK (United Nations) | VENGEANCE (United Nations) | MOHAWK (United Nations) |
| 6 | HELLDIVER (United Nations) | NEED SCAN | NEED SCAN | BERMUDA (United Nations) | WARHAWK (United Nations) | BERMUDA (United Nations) |
| 7 | NEED SCAN | NORTH AMERICAN B-25 (United Nations) | NORTH AMERICAN B-25 (United Nations) | NORTH AMERICAN B-25 (United Nations) | NEED SCAN | NORTH AMERICAN B-25 (United Nations) |
| 8 | NEED SCAN | LANCER (United Nations) | LANCER (United Nations) | NEED SCAN | NEED SCAN | LANCER (United Nations) |
| 9 | HEINKEL BOMBER * (Germany) | VINDICATOR (United Nations) | VINDICATOR (United Nations) | VINDICATOR (United Nations) | NEED SCAN | VINDICATOR (United Nations) |
| 10 | NEED SCAN | DEVASTATOR (United Nations) | DEVASTATOR (United Nations) | NEED SCAN | DEVASTATOR (United Nations) | DEVASTATOR (United Nations) |
| 11 | NEED SCAN | NEED SCAN | MARINER (United Nations) | MARINER (United Nations) | NEED SCAN | NEED SCAN |
| 12 | NEED SCAN | LIBERATOR (United Nations) | LIBERATOR (United Nations) | LIBERATOR (United Nations) | NEED SCAN | LIBERATOR (United Nations) |
| 13 | VENGEANCE (United Nations) | JUNKERS TRANSPORT (Germany) | KITTYHAWK (United Nations) | NEED SCAN | NEED SCAN | KITTYHAWK (United Nations) |
| 14 | SUPER FLYING FORTRESS (United Nations) | FLYING FORTRESS (United Nations) | FLYING FORTRESS (United Nations) | NEED SCAN | BREDA 65 (Italy) | FLYING FORTRESS (United Nations) |
| 15 | NEED SCAN | NEED SCAN | AIRACOBRA (United Nations) | AIRACOBRA (United Nations) | NEED SCAN | AIRACOBRA (United Nations) |
| 16 | VENTURA (United Nations) | HUDSON (United Nations) | HUDSON (United Nations) | CAPRONI-CAMPINI (Italy) | NEED SCAN | HUDSON (United Nations) |
| 17 | SEAGULL (United Nations) | DIGBY (United Nations) | STORMOVIK (United Nations) DIGBY (United Nations) | DIGBY (United Nations) | NEED SCAN | DIGBY (United Nations) |
| 18 | NEED SCAN | MARYLAND (United Nations) | MARYLAND (United Nations) | MARYLAND (United Nations) | NEED SCAN | MARYLAND (United Nations) |
| 19 | NEED SCAN | HARVARD II (United Nations) | HARVARD II (United Nations) | HARVARD II (United Nations) ZERO (Japan) | NEED SCAN | HARVARD II (United Nations) |
| 20 | NEED SCAN | CATALINA (United Nations) | CATALINA (United Nations) | CATALINA (United Nations) | NEED SCAN | CATALINA (United Nations) |
| 21 | NEED SCAN | LIGHTNING (United Nations) | LIGHTNING (United Nations) | LIGHTNING * (United Nations) | NEED SCAN | NEED SCAN |
| 22 | CORONADO (United Nations) | NEED SCAN | RATA ** (United Nations) VANGUARD (United Nations) | NEED SCAN | RATA (United Nations) | NEED SCAN |
| 23 | NEED SCAN | DEFIANT (United Nations) | DEFIANT (United Nations) | NEED SCAN | NEED SCAN | NEED SCAN |
| 24 | ZESTORER (Germany) | AVRO ANSON (United Nations) | SUPER FLYING FORTRESS * (United Nations) | NEED SCAN | NEED SCAN | NEED SCAN |
| 25 | NEED SCAN | BEAUFORT (United Nations) | BEAUFORT (United Nations) | NEED SCAN | MANCHESTER (United Nations) | NEED SCAN |
| 26 | NEED SCAN | STIRLING (United Nations) | STIRLING (United Nations) | STIRLING (United Nations) | NEED SCAN | NEED SCAN |
| 27 | NEED SCAN | SUNDERLAND (United Nations) | SUNDERLAND (United Nations) | SUNDERLAND (United Nations) | NEED SCAN | NEED SCAN |
| 28 | NEED SCAN | BLENHEIM (United Nations) | BLENHEIM (United Nations) | NEED SCAN | MARTIN BOMBER (United Nations) | NEED SCAN |
| 29 | NEED SCAN | HAMPDEN (United Nations) | CORONADO (United Nations) HAMPDEN (United Nations) | NEED SCAN | NEED SCAN | NEED SCAN |
| 30 | MARTIN BOMBER (United Nations) | WELLINGTON (United Nations) | WELLINGTON (United Nations) | WELLINGTON (United Nations) | DORNIER 17 (Germany) | NEED SCAN |
| 31 | NEED SCAN | NEED SCAN | BEAUFIGHTER (United Nations) | NEED SCAN | NEED SCAN | NEED SCAN |
| 32 | HURRY BOMBER * (United Nations) | HURRICANE (United Nations) | HURRICANE (United Nations) MESSERSCHMITT 110 (Germany) | HURRICANE (United Nations) | NEED SCAN | NEED SCAN |
| 33 | MANCHESTER (United Nations) | NEED SCAN | WHITLEY (United Nations) JUNKERS 86 (Germany) | WHITLEY (United Nations) | JUNKERS 86 (Germany) | NEED SCAN |
| 34 | CAPRONI-CAMPINI (Italy) | SAVOIA 85 (Italy) | SAVOIA 85 (Italy) | SAVOIA 85 (Italy) | FOCKE-WULF (Fw-190) (Germny) | NEED SCAN |
| 35 |
FOCKE-WULF (Fw-189; Germany) | NEED SCAN |
FOCKE-WULF (Fw-189; Germany) STUKA (Germany) | NEED SCAN | NEED SCAN | NEED SCAN |
| 36 | MESSERSCHMITT 110 (Germany) | MESSERSCHMITT 109 (Germany) | NEED SCAN | NEED SCAN | CURTISS-20 (United Nations) | NEED SCAN |
| 37 | FOCKE-WULF (Fw-190) (Germany) | HEINKEL 113 (Germany) | HEINKEL 113 (Germany) | NEED SCAN | ZESTORER (Fw-187) (Germany) | NEED SCAN |
| 38 | JUNKERS 86 (Germany) | NEED SCAN | HEINKEL 111 (Germany) YAK-4 (United Nations) | HEINKEL 111 (Germany) | YAK-4 (United Nations) | NEED SCAN |
| 39 | HEINKEL
BOMBER (Germany) | ILIUSHIN (United Nations) | BLOHM & VOSS
HA.142 (Germany) | NEED SCAN | ILIUSHIN (United Nations) | NEED SCAN |
| 40 | NEED SCAN | NEED SCAN | JUNKERS 88A1 (Germany) | NEED SCAN | NEED SCAN | NEED SCAN |
| 41 | DORNIER 17 (Germany) | NEED SCAN | DORNIER 215 (Germany) | NEED SCAN | SEAGULL (United Nations) | NEED SCAN |
| 42 | JUNKERS TRANSPORT (Germany) | NEED SCAN | DORNIER 18K (Germany) | VENTURA (United Nations) | NEED SCAN | NEED SCAN |
| 43 | NEED SCAN | NEED SCAN | HALIFAX (United Nations) | HALIFAX (United Nations) | NEED SCAN | NEED SCAN |
| 44 | NEED SCAN | SPITFIRE (United Nations) | SPITFIRE (United Nations) | SPITFIRE (United Nations) | NEED SCAN | NEED SCAN |
| 45 | BREDA 65 (Italy) | SPAVEIRO (Italy) | SPAVEIRO (Italy) | NEED SCAN | ENSIGN (United Nations) | NEED SCAN |
| 46 | NEED SCAN | Caproni 311 (Italy) | Caproni 311 (Italy) | Caproni 311 (Italy) | NEED SCAN | NEED SCAN |
| 47 | NEED SCAN | MITSUBISHI 97 (Japan) | MITSUBISHI 97 (Japan) | NEED SCAN | MITSUBISHI 97 (Japan) | NEED SCAN |
| 48 | NEED SCAN | NEED SCAN | SHOWA SHO 98 (Japan) | SHOWA SHO 98 (Japan) | SKUA (United Nations) | NEED SCAN |
| 49 | NEED SCAN | TYPE 97 (Japan) | NEED SCAN | NEED SCAN | WHIRLWIND (United Nations) | NEED SCAN |
| 50 | LANCASTER (United Nations) | NEED SCAN | MITSUBISHI Mc.20 (Japan) | NEED SCAN | HURRY-BOMBER (United Nations) | NEED SCAN |
| 51 | NEED SCAN | ZERO * (Japan) | MITSUBISHI 96 (Japan) | MITSUBISHI 96 (Japan) | HERTFORDSHIRE (United Nations) | NEED SCAN |
| 52 | YAK-4 (United Nations) | URSS-35 (United Nations) | LANCASTER (United Nations) | URSS-35 (United Nations) | LANCASTER (United Nations) | NEED SCAN |
| 53 | NEED SCAN | ZBK-26 (United Nations) | ZBK-26 (United Nations) | NEED SCAN | NEED SCAN | NEED SCAN |
| 54 | RATA (United Nations) | NEED SCAN | BOTHA (United Nations) URSS I-15 (United Nations) | NEED SCAN | NEED SCAN | NEED SCAN |
| 55 | NEED SCAN | URSS I-18 (United Nations) | URSS I-18 (United Nations) | NEED SCAN | NEED SCAN | NEED SCAN |
| 56 | NEED SCAN | BATTLE (United Nations) | BOTHA (United Nations) | NEED SCAN | NEED SCAN | NEED SCAN |
| 57 | NEED SCAN | WILDCAT (United Nations) | WILDCAT (United Nations) | NEED SCAN | NEED SCAN | NEED SCAN |
| 58 | NEED SCAN | BUFFALO (United Nations) | NEED SCAN | NEED SCAN | NEED SCAN | NEED SCAN |
| 59 | NEED SCAN | BOSTON (United Nations) | NEED SCAN | NEED SCAN | NEED SCAN | NEED SCAN |
| 60 | ILIUSHIN (United Nations) | ARK-3 (United Nations) | NEED SCAN | NEED SCAN | NEED SCAN | NEED SCAN |
| 61 | ENSIGN (United Nations) | OXFORD (United Nations) | NEED SCAN | NEED SCAN | NEED SCAN | NEED SCAN |
| 62 | SKUA (United Nations) | HENLEY (United Nations) | NEED SCAN | NEED SCAN | NEED SCAN | NEED SCAN |
| 63 | CURTISS-20 (United Nations) | DOUGLAS XB-19 (United Nations) | NEED SCAN | NEED SCAN | NEED SCAN | NEED SCAN |
| 64 | KURRIER (Germany) | BLOHM & VOSS
Ha.140 (Germany) | NEED SCAN | NEED SCAN | NEED SCAN | NEED SCAN |
| 65 | HERTFORDSHIRE (United Nations) | LYSANDER (United Nations) | NEED SCAN | NEED SCAN | NEED SCAN | NEED SCAN |
| 66 | WHIRLWIND (United Nations) | FULMAR (United Nations) | NEED SCAN | NEED SCAN | NEED SCAN | NEED SCAN |
| N/A | TAIL MARKINGS * | TAIL MARKINGS * | TAIL MARKINGS | TAIL MARKINGS | TAIL MARKINGS | TAIL MARKINGS |
| N/A | WING MARKINGS * | WING MARKINGS | WING MARKINGS | WING MARKINGS | WING MARKINGS | WING MARKINGS |
| * Need to verify | ||||||
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Special Thanks
A very special thanks to Albert B. Kramer of Roll-EZ Wheels, Inc. for helping us with this collection.
Visit the Roll-EZ Wheels website
Also a special thanks to the "Super Collector" ... the late Richard Dahlquist of Holden, MA for helping us with this collection. Both Al and Richard have loaned us many cards to scan for this section. Richard has been an extreme help by supplying us with the C271A Checklist information. The hobby misses him.
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