Tobacco Card Set, John Player, AVIARY & CAGE BIRD, Parrot, Canary Etc, 1933
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:18487947 | EAN: Does not apply |
Description: Original Tobacco Card Set - John Player & Sons, Aviary & Cage Birds. This set of 50 cards was issued in 1933.
Condition: Very Good to Excellent.
Plus: If you're not familiar with tobacco cards they were issued as free insert with packets of cigarettes in the year stated above.Below is an image of the first few cards in this set, this set like all my others sets come in plastic storage pages as shown.Subjects featured in this set are as follows: No...rwich Canary, Dark Crested Norwich Canary, Clear Crest Bred Canary, Yorkshire Canary, White Yorkshire Canary, Yellow Cinnamon Canary, Border Fancy Canary, Green Canary, Lizard Canary, Dutch Frill Canary, Scots Fancy Canary, Lancashire Canary, London Fancy Canary, Goldfinch Canary Mule, Bullfinch Canary Mule, Greenfinch Canary Mule, Greenfinch Bullfinch Hybrid, Redpoll Bullfinch Hybrid, Green Budgerigar, Blue Budgerigar, Yellow Budgerigar, Mauve Greywing Budgerigar, African Grey Parrot, Indian Ring Necked Parrakeet, Blue Fronted Amazon Parrot, Red Collared Lorikeet, Swainson's Lorikeet, Rosy Faced Love Bird, Red and Blue Macaw, Rose Crested Cockatoo, Red Headed Gouldian Finch, Black Headed Gouldian Finch, Zebra Finch, Green Avadavat, Superb Tanager, Australian Crimson Finch, Napoleon Weaver Bird, Orange Cheeked Waxbill, Java Sparrow, Virginian Cardinal, Ribbon or Cut Throat Finch, Violet Eared Waxbill, Yellow Rumped Finch, Green Singing Finch, Black Headed Siskin, Nonpareil Pintailed Grass Finch, Nonpareil Bunting, Diamond Finch & Parrot Finch.Description of ConditionPOOR: Usually torn or creased cards, damage to picture or damage to reverse of card, damaged (rounded) corners also if card is very dirty.FAIR: Showing signs of considerable handling, causing corner or edge damage or a card from one of the better categories listed below with one of the defects mentioned above.GOOD: Showing a bit of age with only slight damage such as slightly damaged corners (not quite 'sharp' corners), slight discolouration (but not stained), but certainly not torn or creased.VERY GOOD: Cards are clean on both front & back, with pretty good sharp corners, we do allow for slight signs of wear along the edges for example. looking nearly as good as the day they were printed.EXCELLENT: I would class these as cards that have been handled but with a lot of care causing no visable damage.MINT: Not a grading I like to use very often as how can you expect a collectable to be so old and in 'Mint' condition? Well it is if they look the same as the day they were printed. To be fair this does include cards with imperfections which were caused during the printing process which we have no control over such as off centre printing, slight colour imperfection, marks caused by faulty printing plates etc...
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