This fascinating lot consists of more than 4,200 cards comprising 122 different complete sets. The cards were issued as promotional items to accompany cigarettes, tea, periodicals and foods, and a few were produced as special "collector issues." Just a few of the eclectic collection's older set highlights: 1930 John Player & Sons "Firefighting Appliances" Complete Set (50); 1930 W.D. & H.O. Wills "Speed" Complete Set (50); 1931 Franklin, Davey & Co. "Modern Dance Steps - 2nd Series"Complete Set (50); 1931 John Player & Sons "Wild Animals' Heads" Complete Set (50); 1932 Godfrey Phillips Ltd. "Personalities of To-Day" Complete Set (25); 1938 Stephen Mitchell & Son "First Aid" Complete Set (50); 1938 John Player & Sons "Zoo Babies" Complete Set (25). Many of the sets are wrapped, just as they left the factory and, with a small number of exceptions, overall condition is presumably EX to NM or finer throughout (a few top or bottom cards, in particular, may exhibit wear). The list of sets also includes:<br><br/>
Aircraft (11) - 1953 Beaulah Modern British Aircraft (24); 1956 Jones/Sunecta Jet Aircraft of the World (24); 1956 Knockout Super Planes of Today (20); 1960s-70s Liebig Meat Extract, three different foreign-language sets of six cards apiece, including: Experimental Aircraft, Early Aircraft, Aircraft/Ser. 306; 1961 Lyons Tea Wings of Speed/Desc. Back (24); 1962 Lyons Tea Wings Across the World/Desc. Back (24); 1964 Rossi's World's Fastest Aircraft (25); 1977 Player/Doncella Golden Age of Flying (24); 1981 Wills/Embassy World of Speed (36).<br><br/>
Animals/Birds/Flowers (14) - 1934 Wills Animalloys (48); 1937 Phillips Flower Studies (30); 1939 Wills Garden Flowers/Sudell (50); 1958 Kane Products National Pets Club (25); 1959 Sweetule Birds & Their Eggs/Black (25); 1959 Sweetule Animals of the Countryside (25); 1960 Sweetule A Nature Series (25); 1962 Brooke Bond African Wild Life (50); 1964 Brooke Bond Butterflies of the World (50); 1964 Rington's Fruits of Trees and Shrubs (25); 1966 Brooke Bond Trees in Britain (50); 1972 Trucards Flowers (30); 1976 Brooke Bond Wonders of Wildlife (50); 1985 Kellogg Prehistoric Monsters and the Present (8).<br><br/>
Automotive (18) - 1951 Maxilan Motor Cars (25); 1954 Kane Products Modern Racing Cars (50); 1954 Morning Foods Modern Cars (50); 1955 Miranda 100 Years of Motoring (50); 1962 Kellogg Veteran Motor Cars (16); 1962 Weston Biscuit/Aust. Veteran & Vintage Cars/Ser. 2 (24); 1966 Mobil Vintage Cars (24); 1966 Petpro Grand Prix Racing Cars (35); 1966 Prescott Speed Kings (36); 1968 Brooke Bond History of the Motor Car (50); 1970 Sanitarium NZ Rod and Custom Cars (20); 1970 Shell/NZ Cars of the World (60); 1972 TruCards Veteran and Vintage Cars (30); 1976 Sanitarium/NZ Cars of the Seventies (20); 1977 Midland Counties Ice Cream Kings of the Road (24); 1980 Taddy (Modern) Motor Cars (26); 1981 Player/Grandee Famous M.G. Marques (28); 1987 Sanitarium/NZ Exotic Cars (20).<br><br/>
Comic/Humor/Disney (10) - 1934 Carreras Gran-Pop/Apes/Large (50); 1963 Primrose Popeye/Ser. 4 (50); 1964 Primrose Bugs Bunny (50); 1964 Primrose Quick Draw McGraw (50); 1960s Anon. Disney Characters Game Cards (21); 1966 Bassett Nursery Rhymes (25); 1970 Barratt Tom & Jerry (50); 1977 Bassett/Barratt Disney Health & Safety (50); 1986 Bassett/Barratt Hologrems/Red Back (24); 1988 Sanitarium Your Journey Through Disneyland (20).<br><br/>
Military (7) - 1954 Morning Foods British Uniforms (25); 1960 Wiko (German) Soldiers of the World (50); 1961 Cadet Sweets Arms & Armour (25); 1962 Nort. Co-Op Tea Weapons of World War II (25); 1976 Carreras/Black Cat Military Uniforms (50); 1980 Player/Doncella Napoleonic Uniforms (24); 1982 Wills/Embassy World of Firearms (36).<br><br/>
Railroad (3) - 1960 Sonny Boy Railway Engines (50); 1976 Player/Doncella Golden Age of Steam (24); 1990s Coach House Studios Railway Locomotives/Modern Collector Issue (50).<br><br/>
Ships (8) - 1952 Amalgamated Famous British Ships/1st (25); 1954 British Automatic Co. Warships of the World (24); 1957 Morning Foods The Cunard Line/Blue (12); 1961 Ching Cig. Ships and Their Workings (25); 1962 Barratt Merchant Ships of the World/Blue (25); 1965 Bishops SDF Tea Passenger Liners (25); 1970 Brooke Bond The Saga of Ships (50); 1970 Golden Grain Tea Passenger Liners (25).<br><br/>
Sports (25) - 1936 John Player & Sons "Tennis" (50), featuring #42 Don Budge; 1938 Gallaher "Racing Scenes" (48); 1955 ABC Minors Cinemas "British Athletes" (10); 1956 Cadet Sweets "Record Holders of the World" (50); 1956 Radio Fun "British Sports Stars" (20); 1957 Sweetule Products "Famous Sports Records" (25), featuring #21 Joe Louis; 1958 Sweetule "Sports Quiz" (25); 1959 Top Flight Cigarettes "Top Flight Stars" (25), featuring #'s 11 Sugar Ray Robinson and 15 Ben Hogan; 1960 Comet Sweets "Olympic Achievements/Series 1" (25); 1962 Cadet Sweets "Record Holders of the World/1st Series" (25); 1972 TruCards "Sport" (30); 1974 Geo. Bassett & Co. "World Cup Stars" (50); 1978 Golden Wonder "Soccer All Stars" (24); 1978 T. Wall & Sons "Skateboard Surfer" (20); 1979 Brooke Bond Tea "Olympic Greats" (40); 1980 Geo. Bassett & Co. "Athletes of the World" (50); 1983 Bassett "Swim & Survive" (40); 1987 Brindley "Old Golfing Greats" (25); 1987 Brindley "Golfers" (20); 1989 Birchgrey Ltd. "Panasonic European Open"/Golf (25); 1989 Channel 4/Cheerleader "All-Time Great Quarterbacks/NFL" (20); 1990 Imperial Publishing "American Golfers" (20); 1990 Imperial Publishing "Imperial Collection - American Golfers" (20); 1991 Ideal Albums "Boxing Greats/First Series" (25); 1991 Victoria Gallery "Boxing Champions/Series 1" (20), featuring #'s 13 Muhammad Ali and 20 Mike Tyson.<br><br/>
Wild West (8) - 1950s CWS Tobacco Western Stars (24); 1958 Express Weekly The Wild West/O'Print (25); 1959 Weetabix The Western Story (25); 1960 Sweetule The Wild West/Blue (25); 1961 Barratt The Wild West (24); 1972 Burtons Indian Chiefs (25); 1972 Burtons The West (25); 1972 Burtons Wild West Action (25).<br><br/>
Assorted Subjects (11) - 1936 Player National Flags and Arms (50); 1938 Typhoo Tea Interesting Events in British History (25); 1948 British Automatic Co. History of Transport (24); 1960s-70s Liebig Meat Extract, four different foreign-language sets of six cards apiece, including: Firearms, Circus, Circus Animals, Writing Machines; 1961 Twinings Rare Stamps/2nd/Red O'Print (30); 1966 Brooke Bond Transport Through the Ages (50); 1968 Barratt Magic Roundabout (35); 1992 Polar Cards Classic Cards/Collector Issue (25).

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