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1935 Aeroplanes (Civil)
(P72-151A)
John Player & Sons, Player’s Cigarettes, Nottingham, England
Series Title: Aeroplanes (Civil)
World Trade Issues Index: P72-151A
Issued by: John Player & Sons
Packaged with: Player’s Cigarettes
Country of origin: Nottingham, England
Year issued: 1935
Type of card: Tobacco insert card
Number of Cards: 50
Numbering: 1 to 50 on reverse side
Card Dimensions: 68.1 × 35.6 mm
Album: An Album of Aeroplanes (Civil)
Checklist: Download
Overview
During 1935, the Aeroplanes (Civil)
set of 50 cigarette airplane trade cards was issued by John Player & Sons, Nottingham, England. The cards were packaged with Player’s Cigarettes.
The 50 landscaped card-front color art-work images feature a mixture of civil aircraft of the 1930s. Aircraft from the United Kingdom, France, America, Germany, Holland, Belgium, Ireland and Italy are included. The color artwork is surrounded by a thin black borderline and a white margin. The cigarette brand name Player’s Cigarettes is included within the image.
The portrait backs include card titles, descriptive text, and advertising. The card dimensions are 68.1 × 35.6 mm.
This 50-card set of airplane cards was very popular during the 1930s. Several identical 50-card sets, with customized card-backs were also issued by other cigarette brands in Ireland, South Africa, and other UK based companies.
An attractive album titled An Album of Aeroplanes (Civil)
was designed to include all 50 cards with descriptive captions. The album (shown below) could be purchased from the local tobacconist for only one penny. A typical card front and card back are shown below.
Image-Guide
The following images shown the complete 50-card set of 1935 Aeroplanes (Civil)
airplane tobacco cards issued by John Player & Sons. Behind each thumbnail is a computer enhanced image.
Series Album
During 1935, John Player & Sons issued a specially designed 20-page album titled An Album of Aeroplanes (Civil)
to house all 50-cards in the set. The album reference number is 9590 and is located on the lower-right-hand corner of the back cover. Presented in a stapled portrait booklet format, the album dimensions are approximately 5 × 7.28 inches. As noted earlier, the backs of the cards were coated with an adhesive which allowed them to be easily attached to the album. The album included an Introduction page discussing aviation achievements of the era plus 17-card/descriptive notes pages. The majority of the card pages had spaces for 3-cards plus the descriptive notes that appeared on the back of the cards. Thumbnail images of all 20 album pages are shown below. Behind each thumbnail image is a computer enhanced image. We have also included a PDF file of the album.
Checklist
1935 Aeroplanes (Civil) John Player & Sons, Nottingham, England Checklist | ||
|---|---|---|
| № | x | Card Title |
| 1 | Airspeed Courier (Great Britain) | |
| 2 | Airspeed Envoy (Great Britain) | |
| 3 | Armstrong Whitworth Argosy (Great Britain) | |
| 4 | Armstrong Whitworth XV (Great Britain) | |
| 5 | Avro Commodore (Great Britain) | |
| 6 | Avro 642 (Great Britain) | |
| 7 | Cierva Autogiro C.30.P (Great Britain) | |
| 8 | Comper Swift (Great Britain) | |
| 9 | De Havilland Comet (Great Britain) | |
| 10 | De Havilland Express Air Liner (Great Britain) | |
| 11 | De Havilland Dragon-Six (Great Britain) | |
| 12 | De Havilland Moth-Major (Great Britain) | |
| 13 | De Havilland Leopard Moth (Great Britain) | |
| 14 | Handley Page (Great Britain) | |
| 15 | British Klemm Eagle (Great Britain) | |
| 16 | Miles Hawk Major (Great Britain) | |
| 17 | Monospar S.T.10 (Great Britain) | |
| 18 | Percival Gull (Great Britain) | |
| 19 | Saro Cloud (Great Britain) | |
| 20 | Short Scion (Great Britain) | |
| 21 | Short Syrinx (Great Britain) | |
| 22 | Spartan Cruiser (Great Britain) | |
| 23 | Westland Wessex (Great Britain) | |
| 24 | Breguet 280T Air Liner (France) | |
| 25 | Caudron Monoplane (France) | |
| 26 | Dewoitine D-332 Air Liner (France) | |
| 27 | Farman F-430 Cabin Monoplane (France) | |
| 28 | Wibault Air Liner (France) | |
| 29 | Aeronca Monoplane (USA) | |
| 30 | Beechcraft Cabin Biplane (USA) | |
| 31 | Bellanca Racer (USA) | |
| 32 | Douglas DC-2 Transport (USA) | |
| 33 | Ford Air Liner (USA) | |
| 34 | Gee Bee Super Sportster (USA) | |
| 35 | Lambert Monocoupe (USA) | |
| 36 | Lockheed Vega (USA) | |
| 37 | Northrop Monoplane (USA) | |
| 38 | Sikorsky Amphibian (USA) | |
| 39 | Waco UIC Cabin Biplane (USA) | |
| 40 | Dornier DO X (Germany) | |
| 41 | Dornier Wal (Germany) | |
| 42 | Heinkel H.E.70A (Germany) | |
| 43 | Junkers G.38 (Germany) | |
| 44 | Junkers Ju 52/3m (Germany) | |
| 45 | Klemm L25 (Germany) | |
| 46 | Savoia-Marchetti S.66 (Italy) | |
| 47 | Savoia-Marchetti S.71 (Italy) | |
| 48 | Fokker F.XVIII (Holland) | |
| 49 | Pander EG 100 Biplane (Holland) | |
| 50 | Orta-Saint-Hubert Monoplane (Belgium) | |
| Album | An Album of Aeroplanes (Civil) (No. 9590) | |
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