94/96 Tobacco Cards, Senior Service, SPORTING EVENTS STARS, Sportsmen, Women, 1935
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:4457236 | UPC: Does not apply |
Description: Original Tobacco Card Set - Senior Service, Sporting Events & Stars. This is a complete set of 96 different Photographic cards which was issued in 1935. There are a number of 'Premium' cards in this set including Soccer, Golf, Ice Hockey & Boxing. Notable cards feature Joe Louis & Bobby Jones as shown.
Condition: Very Good to Excellent.
PLEASE NOTE: None of my cards have been trimmed or altered in any way. If they appear out of... shape it will be due to my poor scanning and not poor cards!
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: Cricket - JB Hobbs - Surrey, Cricket – Don Bradman – Australia, Cricket - Hedley Rhodes - Verity, Cricket - South African Touring Team 1935, Football - Sheffield Wednesday, Football - The FA Cup, Boxing - Jackie Brown, Boxing - Johnny King, Boxing - Nel Tarleton, Boxing - Kid Berg, Boxing - Jock McAvoy, Boxing - Jack Petersen, Billiards - Walter Lindrum, Billiards - Joe Davies, Speedway – 1935 Belle Vue Team, Speedway - England Test Team at Belle Vue July 6th 1935, Speedway - Australia Test Team at Belle Vue July 6th 1935, Golf - Alfred Perry, Football – Stockport County, Golf - Henry Cotton, Golf - W Lawson Little - USA, Rugby League - James Sullivan, Rugby League - Castleford, Rugby Union - England 1935 International, Cycling - Dennis S Horn, Chess - Dr Alexander Alekhine, Rowing - Oxford & Cambridge Boat Race, Motor Racing - Sir Malcolm Campbell, Table Tennis - G V Barna, Skating - Sonja Henje, Ice Skating - Ice Hockey, The Turf - Bahram, Steeplechasing - Reynoldstown, Flying - Scott and Campbell Black, Running - J E Lovelock - New Zealand, T T Racing - Stanley Woods, Yachting - Britannia "J" Class, Swimming - E H Temme, The Turf - Gordon Richards, Walking - T W Green, Tennis - Frederick John Perry, Tennis - The Davis Cup, Tennis - F J Perry and H W Austin, Tennis - Mrs F S (Helen Wills) Moody, Tennis - Dorothy Round, Sculling - R H Pearce - Canada, Coursing - Dee Rock, Coursing - The Waterloo Cup, Boxing - Benny Lynch - Scotland, Football - J Brown - Manchester United, Speed Boat Racing - H Scott-Paine, Football - T Bradshaw - Liverpool, Boxing - Jimmy Braddock - USA, Football - W Porter - Manchester United, Golf – R T (Bobby) Jones – USA, Boxing – Joe Louis – USA, Football - T Bamford - Manchester United, Football - The Arsenal Players, Football - R A Chester - Manchester United, Football - Bolton Wanderers Team, Motor Racing - Captain C Eyston, Football - J A Heale - Manchester City, Football - Manchester United Players, Motor Racing - John Cobb, Football - A Stevenson - Everton, Football - Manchester City Players, Motor Racing - Freddie Dixon, Football - P Burke - Oldham Athletic, Flying - The Kings Cup, Football – R Donnelly - Manchester City, Football - H Goslin - Bolton Wanderers, Football - J V Milne - Blackburn Rovers, Cycling - E W Higgins, J Cumberbatch - Broughton Rangers, Football - G Eastham, Billiards - Miss Joyce Gardner, Stanley Smith - Leeds, Football – Stanley Mathews – Stoke, Ice Skating - Cecilia Colledge, B (Barney) Hudson - Salford, Football - P J Doherty - Blackpool, Athletics - Miss Nellie Halstead, Rugby League - J Feetham - Salford, Football - C Bicknell, Billiards - Horace Lindrum, Rugby League Football - Emlyn Jenkins - Salford, Football - George Cummings - Aston Villa, Cycling - J E Sibbit, Ice Hockey - G A Johnson, Football - John Palethorpe - Aston Villa, Table Tennis – H Lurie, Wigan RFC, Skating - C W Horn, A J (Gus) Risman - Salford Captain, Flying - Miss Jean Batten & Rugby - Markham - Huddersfield.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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