1936 “Aeroplanes & Carriers” (ZB7-0)
Amalgamated Press Ltd., London, England

Series Title: “Aeroplanes & Carriers”
Cartophilic Reference Number: ZB7-0
Issued by: Amalgamated Press Ltd.
Issued via: Amalgamated Press periodicals
Country: London, England
Number of Cards: 32
Card Numbering: 1 to 32
Type of Card: Airplane card
Card Dimensions: 38 × 70 mm
Circa: 1936
Checklist: Checklist

Overview

“Aeroplanes & Carriers” is a 32-card set of trading cards featuring British aircraft and British Aircraft Carriers of the early 1930s. The set was issued by Amalgamated Press Ltd., London. Amalgamated Press Ltd. is a British Publishing Company that was known for its British Comic Book publications. In the 1920s and 1930s Amalgamated Press Ltd. published several sets of airplane trading cards including: “Aeroplanes & Carriers” (1936); “Aeroplanes” (1933); “Famous Aircraft” (1927); “Fighting Planes of the World” (1934); and “The RAF at War” (1940).

This set was originally thought to be published in 1932. However, Bob Dros ^[2] (Amsterdam, Netherlands) pointed out that the set could not have been published in 1932 since Card No. 5 featured the Supermarine “Spitfire” prototype (K5054). K5054 was first flown on 5 March 1936 from the Eastleigh Aerodrome, Hampshire, England.

The cards feature thirty-one British aircraft and one aircraft carrier, the H.M.S. Glorious. The card fronts are all landscape formatted with a thin borderline and a white margin. The card subject, i.e. Gloster “Gauntlet,” is printed directly beneath the artwork in the lower left corner. The card number is noted in the opposite lower right corner.

The simple card backs are all portrait formatted with the text contained within a rectangular lined box. The text is divided in three vertical zones: (1) The card number, (2) The card title, and (3) descriptive text. There is no reference to the manufacturer, Amalgamated Press Ltd. or date of issue.

Currently, we do not have all the details concerning this set. For example, how was it packaged? What products, if any, was associated with, album, etc.? The cards themselves do not have any reference to its publisher, Amalgamated Press Ltd. The nominal dimensions of the cards appear to be 38 × 70 mm.

Image-Guide

The following 1936 “Aeroplanes & Carriers” Image-Guide shows computer enhanced images of the fronts and backs of the 32 cards in the set. Behind each thumbnail image is a 600-dpi computer enhanced card image that you may access. In addition, directly beneath the Image Guide, in tabular form, are links to the original scans used for this series.

1936 “Aeroplanes & Carriers” (ZB7-0) Checklist

1936 “Aeroplanes & Carriers” (ZB7-0) Amalgamated Press Ltd., 32-Cards, London, England CHECKLIST
№	x	Card Title
1		Gloster “Gauntlet”
2		Short “Singapore III”
3		Bristol “Blenheim”
4		Fairey “Battle”
5		Supermarine “Spitfire”
6		Avro “Anson”
7		Vickers “Vildebeeste”
8		Boulton Paul “Overstrand”
9		Hawker “Osprey”
10		Westland “Lysander”
11		Hawker “Demon”
12		Avro “Tutor”
13		Hawker “Audax”
14		Hawker “Nimrod”
15		Blackburn “Shark”
16		Supermarine “Walrus”
17		Saro “London”
18		De Havilland “Queen Bee”
19		Bristol “138”
20		Supermarine “Stranraer”
21		Bristol “Bombay”
22		Avro “Rota”
23		Fairey “Swordfish”
24		Handley-Page H.P. 52
25		H.M.S. Glorious
26		Fairey “Hendon”
27		Handley-Page “Harrow”
28		Vickers “Venom”
29		Short “Knuckle-Duster”
30		Saro “Cloud”
31		Vickers “Wellington”
32		Hawker “Hurricane”

References

1. John A. Shupek: Card images via the Skytamer Archive Digital Image Database.
2. Bob Dros: Card images via the Dros Non-Sports Trade Card Collection.
3. Bridgman, Leonard. Jane’s All The World’s Aircraft 1936, Sampson Low, Marston & Company, Ltd., London, England, p. 75c

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