1939 Aeroplanes (G12-71)
Gallaher Ltd., London and Belfast


Series Title: Aeroplanes
Issued by: Gallaher Ltd.
Country of origin: London and Belfast
British Issues Index Number: G12-71
Year issued: 1939
Type of card: Tobacco card insert
Number of Cards: 48
Numbering: 1 to 48
Card Dimensions: 64 × 38 mm
Checklist: Download

Overview


This series of 48 airplane trading cards was issued by Gallaher Ltd., Virginia House, London & Belfast during 1939. The fronts of the cards feature attractive color artwork of aircraft tobacco trade cards. Two of the cards are presented in a portrait format while the remaining 46 cards are presented in a landscape format. The artwork is surrounded by a thin black-line with white borders. The name of the aircraft, i.e. Saro London is notched into the bottom-center portion of the white border. The outer margins of the cards are white.

The backs of the cards are presented in a portrait format with no lined borders. The back of the cards are printed with a medium-brown ink on off-white card stock. The text on the card backs contains card information, descriptive text, and brand advertising.

Image-Guide




1939 Gallaher Ltd. Aeroplanes Original 48-card Scans
Original Card Fronts
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48
Original Card Backs
1b 2b 3b 4b 5b 6b 7b 8b 9b 10b 11b 12b 13b 14b 15b 16b 17b 18b 19b 20b 21b 22b 23b 24b
25b 26b 27b 28b 29b 30b 31b 32b 33b 34b 35b 36b 37b 38b 39b 40b 41b 42b 43b 44b 45b 46b 47b 48b

Checklist


1939 Aeroplanes
Gallaher Ltd., Belfast and London, United Kingdom
Checklist
xCard Title
1Flamingo
2Spitfire
3Sunderland
4Moth Minor
5Hurricane
6Albatross
7Blenheim
8Magister
9Empire Flying Boat
10Whitley
11Mew Gull
12Hampden
13Tiger Moth
14Hind
15Lysander
16Envoy
17Tipsy
18Mayo Composite
19Military Envoy
20Cygnet
21Queen Wasp
22Monarch
23Wellington
24Wicko
25Ensign
26Wellesley (Long Range)
27Autogiro
28Mosscraft
29Swordfish
30Oxford
31Hornet Moth
32Miles R. R. Trainer
33Percival Q6
34Saro London
35Battle
36Flying Wing
37Henley
38D.H.86B
39Bristol 138
40Phoenix
41Sea-Fox
42Electra
43Bombay
44Luton Major
45Skua
46Vega Gull
47Gladiator
48Scion Senior


References


  1. John A. Shupek: Card images via the Skytamer Archive Digital Image Database.





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