Sets of aviation and aviator related cigarette cards

Cigarette cards: 4 sets and 1 part set. [1927-1949]. Comprising: 1. Types of Aeroplanes. A series of 25 [colour; complete] / Murray Sons & Co Ltd, Whitehall Tobacco Works, Belfast, Ireland. nd. [1929] incl Vickers Vimy. 2. A History of Aviation. A series of 25 [b&w; complete] / Lambert & Butler, Imperial Tobacco Co. nd. [1933?]. 3. Aircraft. Series No.1. 54 cards. [colour; complete] / Godfrey Phillips Ltd. nd. [1938]. incl. specific technical information and worms eye view of aircraft shapes. 4. Famous British Airmen & Airwomen. A series of 25. 'by courtesy of The Aeroplane'./ Lambert & Butler, issued by the Imperial Tobacco Co. nd. [1935]. incl. Amy Mollison. 5. Fighting & Civil Aircraft. A series of 25 [incomplete, 12,lacking 13] / Ardath Tobacco Co Ltd. nd. [1936], 'by courtesy of Flight'. 6. Aerial Navigation / Savoy Products [can exchange sets for gifts; 5 from different series B, C]. nd. 7. The Great War 1914-1918; new series No.2 of 16 / given with Cham[pion 24-8-29. 8. Thrilling scenes from the Great War. Nos 6 and 22 of 32. 1927

Details

Category:
Art
Object Number:
1950-313/39
type:
cigarette cards
credit:
Penn-Gaskell Collection

Parts

Set of 'Types of Aeroplanes' cigarette cards

Set of cigarette cards, 'Types of Aeroplanes'. A series of 25 [colour; complete] / Murray, Sons & Co Ltd, Whitehall Tobacco Works, Belfast, Ireland. nd. [1929. /1 Vickers 'Vimy'; /2 Armstrong Whitworth 'Argosy'; /3 Boulton & Paul 'Sidestrand'; /4 Supermarine Napier S5; /5 Short 'Singapore'; /6 Avro 'Aldershot'; /7 'Fairey III F' Seaplane; /8 Hawker 'Horsley' Torpedo Bomber; /9 Blackburn 'Iris' Flying Boat; /10 Handley Page 'W 10'; /11 Vickers 'Virginia'; /12 Handley Page (General Purpose Aircraft); /13 Bristol 'Bulldog'; /14 Avro 'Alpha Gosport'; /15 Bristol 'Beaver'; /16 Gloucester Goring Seaplane; /17 'Moth' Aeroplane; /18 Vickers 'Victoria'; /19 Westland 'Wapiti'; /20 Avro 'Avian'; /21 Lockheed 'Vega'; /22 Helicopter; /23 Junker Aeroplane, the 'Bremen'; /24 Short 'Calcutta'; /25 'Moth' Seaplane

Materials:
card
Object Number:
1950-313/39/1
type:
cigarette card set
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Set of 'A History of Aviation' cigarette cards

Set of cigarette cards, 'A History of Aviation'. A series of 25 [b&w; complete] / Lambert & Butler, Imperial Tobacco Co. nd. [1932 or 1933]. /1 Cayley's 'Aerial Carriage', 1843; /2 Henson and Stringfellow's model aeroplane, 1843; /3 Stringfellow's model aeroplane, 1848; /4 Maxim's experimental aeroplane, 1894; /5 A Lillienthal glider, 1895; /6 A Pilcher glider, 1895; /7 Chanute type glider, 1897; /8 Langley's 'Aerodrome', 1903; /9 Wright aeroplane, 1903; /10 Santos-Dumont's '14 bis', 1906; /11 Voisin biplane, 1907-8; /12 Santos-Dumont's 'La Demoiselle', 1908; /13 A V Roe's triplane, 1909; /14 Bleriot's monoplane, 1909; /15 Rumpler monoplane, 1909-11; /16 Short float-seaplane, 1912; /17 Maurice Farman 'Shorthorn' biplane, 1914; /18 Avro biplane, Type 504, 1914; /19 Short 'Shirl' torpedo carrier, 1917; /20 Vickers-Vimy Rolls Royce Aeroplane, 1919; /21 De Havilland 'Moth' Light aeroplane, 1925; /22 Fairey III F Biplane, 1926-27; /23 Junkers monoplane 'Bremen', 1928; /24 Short 'Kent' flying boat; /25 Vickers Supermarine Rolls-Royce S6B, 1931

Materials:
card
Object Number:
1950-313/39/2
type:
cigarette card set
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Set of 'Aircraft. Series No.1' cigarette cards

Set of cigarette cards, 'Aircraft. Series No.1'. 54 cards. [colour; complete] / Godfrey Phillips Ltd. nd. [1938]. incl. specific technical information and worms eye view of aircraft shapes. /1 The Short R.24/31; /2 The Short Singapore III; /3 The Supermarine Seagull V; /4 The Boulton & Paul Overstrand; /5 The Fairey Hendon; /6 The De Havilland Dragon Six; /7 The De Havilland Comet; /8 The De Havilland Express Air Liner; /9 The Westland-Hill Pterodactyl V; /10 The Monospar St.11; /11 The Percival Mew Gull; /12 The Fairey Fox; /13 The Armstrong Whitworth XV; /14 The Armstrong Whitworth Scimitar; /15 The Hawker Super-Fury; /16 The Handley Page Heyford; /17 The Percival Gull; /18 The Airspeed Courier; /19 The Saro Cloud; /20 The Hawker Hart; /21 The Avro Tutor; /22 The Avro Commodore; /23 The Airspeed Envoy; /24 The Vickers Vildebeest; /25 The Blackburn Shark; /26 The British Klemm Eagle; /27 The Avro 642; /28 The Gloster Gauntlet; /29 The Miles Hawk-Major; /30 The De Havilland Leopard Moth; /31 The Handley Page 42; /32 The Vickers Vellox; /33 The Bristol Bulldog IV; /34 The Hawker Osprey; /35 The Blackburn Perth; /36 The C30 Autogiro; /37 The Hawker Nimrod; /38 The Supermarine Scapa; /39 The Westland Wallace; /40 The Spartan Cruiser; /41 The Fairey Seal; /42 The Martin Bomber; /43 The Wibault 28T; /44 The Douglas DC-2; /45 The Heinkel He. 71; /46 The Fokker F. XXXVI; /47 The Junkers Ju.52; /48 The Breguet 27; /48 The Macchi-Castoldi 72; /50 The Boeing 247D; /51 The Sikorsky S.42; /52 The Savoia-Marchetti; /53 The Dornier Wal; /54 The Curtiss Hawk;

Materials:
card
Object Number:
1950-313/39/3
type:
cigarette card set
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Set of 'Famous British Airmen & Airwomen' cigarette cards

Set of cigarette cards, 'Famous British Airmen & Airwomen' A series of 25. 'by courtesy of The Aeroplane'./ Lambert & Butler, issued by the Imperial Tobacco Co. nd. [1935]. /1 Flight-Lieut. R. L. R. Atcherley; /2 Captain C. D. Barnard; /3 Miss Jean Batten; /4 The Duchess of Bedford; /5 T. Campbell Black; /6 Flight-Lieut. J. N. Boothman; /7 Captain H. S. Broad; /8 H. L. Brook; /9 Hon. Mrs. Victor Bruce; /10 Flight-Lieut. P. W. S. Bulman; /11 The Marquess of Clydesdale; /12 Sir Alan Cobham; /13 Captain G. De Havilland; /14 Squadron-Leader O.R. Gayford; /15 Captain W. L. Hope; /16 Air Commodore Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith; /17 C. J. Melrose; /18 Mrs Amy Mollison; /19 J. A. Mollison; /20 Wing-Commander A. H. Orlebar; /21 Flight-Lieut. H. M. Schofield; /22 C. W. A. Scott; /23 Flight-Lieut. G. H. Stainforth; /24 Flight-Lieut. C. S. Staniland; /25 Captain C. F. Uwins.

Materials:
card
Object Number:
1950-313/39/4
type:
cigarette card set
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Part set of 'Fighting & Civil Aircraft' cigarette cards

Part set of cigarette cards, 'Fighting & Civil Aircraft. A series of 25 [incomplete, 12, lacking 13] / Ardath Tobacco Co Ltd. nd. [1936], 'by courtesy of Flight'. (see Note for list of set)

Materials:
card
Object Number:
1950-313/39/5
type:
cigarette cards
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Selection of 'Aerial Navigation' cards

Selection of cards, 'Aerial Navigation' / Savoy Products [can exchange sets for gifts; 5 from different series B, C]. nd. 1927-1928

Materials:
card
Object Number:
1950-313/39/6
type:
cigarette cards
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

'The Great War 1914-1918' cards

Card, 'The Great War 1914-1918; new series' No.2 of 16 / given with 'Champion' 24-8-29, Amalgamated Press Boy's Comic.

Materials:
card
Object Number:
1950-313/39/7
type:
cigarette cards
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

'Thrilling scenes from the Great War' cards

Two cards from the set, 'Thrilling scenes from the Great War'. Nos 6 and 22 (of 32). 1927.

Materials:
card
Object Number:
1950-313/39/8
type:
cigarette cards
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum