Bidspirit auction | A Collection of Vintage Cigarette

A Collection of Vintage Cigarette and Trade Cards in Decorative Containers - A large collection of early to mid-20th-century British cigarette and trade cards. The items are housed in four storage containers: a red lithographed tin featuring a robin in a snowy oval frame with gold foliate decoration; a lacquered wooden box with a hand-painted Asian-style figure on a gold-flecked background; a rectangular metal Ogden's St. Bruno Flake tobacco tin with worn lithographed branding; and a small oak-finish lidded box with dark wood peg detailing at the corners. The collection contains hundreds of cards from major British manufacturers, including John Player and Sons, Senior Service, and W.D. and H.O. Wills. Visible subjects include natural history, aviation, military heraldry, and poultry. Specific identified cards include Player's Cigarettes Freshwater Fish (Perch), Player's Cigarettes Poultry (Modern Langshans, Black), Player's Cigarettes RAF Squadrons (No. 9 Bomber Squadron with motto Per Noctem Volamus), and Senior Service Cigarettes Flying series (No. 21 Seabirds' Nest). Visible transcriptions include PLAYER'S CIGARETTES, SENIOR SERVICE CIGARETTES, OGDEN'S, ST. BRUNO FLAKE, and FLYING - A SERIES OF 48 - No. 21 SEABIRDS' NEST.