1942 Modern Airplanes, Series C (T-87C)
Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation, Louisville Kentucky, USA


Title: Modern Airplanes, Series C
American Card Catalog Number: T87C
Issued by: Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation, Louisville Kentucky, USA
Packaged with: Wings Cigarettes
No. of Cards: 50
Numbering: 1 to 50
Dimensions: 21/2 × 125/32
Circa: 1942

Skytamer Note


This tiny T87 card set series, has some of the highest quality artwork that we have ever seen on any of the Airplane Trade Card sets.

Overview


During the early years of World War II, Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation of Louisville, Kentucky issued four 50-card series of airplane collector cards. The cards were packed with WINGS Cigarettes and were commonly referred to as Wings Cigarette Cards rather than their actual series titles. The fronts of the cards featured artwork of an Official Photograph of an aircraft. The reverse of the cards included a brief narrative about the aircraft, the aircraft name, card number, and advertising copy. The overall American Card Catalog Number for this series is T87. The following subsets were included in the series.

  1. T87: Modern American Airplanes. This subset has 51 cards, which includes the #34 Sparton Executive nerror card. This subset is commonly known as the No Letter Series.
  2. T87A: Modern American Airplanes, Series A. This 50-card subset used the same artwork as the T87 No Letter Series and corrected the #34 typo card.
  3. T-87B: Modern Airplanes, Series B.. This 50-card subset included American, Canadian and British aircraft.
  4. T87C: Modern Airplanes, Series C. This final 50-card subset included American, Norwegian, Canadian, British, and Cuban aircraft.

Image-Guide


1942 Wings - Modern Airplanes (T87C)
Wings Cigarettes, 50 Airplane Cards
ORIGINAL SCANS
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
25
25b
26
26b
27
27b
28
28b
29
29b
30
30b
31
31b
32
32b
33
33b
34
34b
35
35b
36
36b
37
37b
38
38b
39
39b
40
40b
41
41b
42
42b
43
43b
44
44b
45
45b
46
46b
47
47b
48
48b
49
49b
50
50b

Album Image-Guide


Checklist


The T87C Wings Cigarettes "Modern Airplanes, Series C" Checklist page may be downloaded by clicking the "Download Series Checklist Here" graphic below. This document is presented as an Adobe® Acrobat® PDF format document. The T87C "Checklist" shows the front and back of a typical card, the basic T87C Series C card information, a listing of all the known cards in the series.

References


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





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