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1962 “TRAVEL Through the AGES” (SUM-53)
Sumner’s Ty•Phoo Tea Ltd.,Birmingham, England
TRAVEL Through the AGES
Overview
The “TRAVEL Through the AGES” series of 24-cards was issued by Sumner’s Ty•Phoo Tea and packaged with their Ty•Phoo Tea products 1962. The 24-card set covers the various modes of transportation that man has used from the Viking Ships up through Space Travel. The card fronts feature attractive and nicely colored artwork which is surrounded by a rectangular thin black borderline with an ample white border. The card fronts are presented in a landscape format without any captions. The Backs of the cards are presented in a portrait format and contain the following six level vertical stack of information: (a) The card title “TRAVEL Through the AGES”, (b) The series length: “A Series of 24”, (c) The Card No., (d) The Card Title, (e) Descriptive text, and (f) Advertising copy “Issued by Ty•Phoo Tea Ltd., Birmingham 5.”. The cards are standard British style cigarette cards measuring 68.1 × 35.6 mm.
An attractive 16 page album was available for the set. The album contained die-cut pages which contained insert slots for each of the 24 cards. This allowed the cards to be placed into the album without any gluing, thus maintaining the integrity of the cards. The album measures 5.76 × 4.95 in. (19.20 × 12.95 cm) and is bound with two staples in the spine.
Image-Guide
| 1962 “TRAVEL Through the AGES” Original Card Scans | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | 1b | 2 | 2b | 3 | 3b | 4 | 4b | 5 | 5b | 6 | 6b | 7 | 7b | 8 | 8b | 9 | 9b | 10 | 10b | 11 | 11b | 12 | 12b |
| 13 | 13b | 14 | 14b | 15 | 15b | 16 | 16b | 17 | 17b | 18 | 18b | 19 | 19b | 20 | 20b | 21 | 21b | 22 | 22b | 23 | 23b | 24 | 24b |
Album Image-Guide
| 1962 “TRAVEL Through the AGES” Original Album Page Scans | |||||||||||||||
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| Cover | Contents | 1 & 2 | 3 & 4 | 5 & 6 | 7 & 8 | 9 & 10 | 11 & 12 | 13 & 14 | 15 & 16 | 17 & 18 | 19 & 20 | 21 & 22 | 23 & 24 | Inside B.C. | Back Cover |
Checklist
| 1962 “TRAVEL Through the AGES” Checklist Issued by Ty•Phoo Tea Ltd., Burmingham, 5. | ||
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| 1 | Viking Ship | |
| 2 | 15th Century Sailing Ship | |
| 3 | Sedan Chair | |
| 4 | Mail Coach | |
| 5 | Sailing Ship | |
| 6 | Prairie Covered Wagon | |
| 7 | Japanese, Jinrikisha | |
| 8 | Carried and Pair — Oxen | |
| 9 | Camel Train | |
| 10 | Russian Troika | |
| 11 | Elephant Howdah | |
| 12 | Dog Sled | |
| 13 | Hansom Cab | |
| 14 | Bicycle | |
| 15 | Motor Scooter | |
| 16 | Lifeboat | |
| 17 | Underground Train | |
| 18 | Modern Train | |
| 19 | Racing Car | |
| 20 | Modern Car | |
| 21 | Aeroplane | |
| 22 | Helicopter | |
| 23 | Submarine | |
| 24 | Space Ship | |
| n/a | 1962 “TRAVEL Through the AGES” 16 page album | |
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