CIGARETTE & ADVERTISING CARDS

Cigarette cards are collectible, topical cards used to stiffen the cigarette package and
to promote the sale of the product. They started around 1875 and continued into the 1940s.
The topics include actors & actresses, movie scenes, boxers, pin-ups, sports & many, many more.

However, to start this page, the first listing is for vintage Weight and Fortune cards

This page offers the small size cigarette cards ranging from 1 1/8 x 2 1/4 inches to slightly larger,
1 3/8 x 2 3/4 inches. They are listed below by Cigarette company and topic.
Most listings below are for the group, but some offer individual cards.

Following the list of offerings are some cards that are Authorized Reprints of original
tobacco cards.

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WEIGHT & FORTUNE CARDS
Series B, from a variety of vendors

JOHN PLAYER'S & SONS CIGARETTES:
AEROPLANES (Civil), A Series of 50 (Complete)
INTERNATIONAL AIR LINERS (20 of a Series of 50)
CRICKETERS 1938, A Series of 50 cards (Complete)
FILM STARS, A Series of 50 cards (41 of 50)

GALLAGHER LTD. CIGARETTES
ARMY BADGES (10 from of 48)
SHOTS FROM FAMOUS FILMS, A Series of 48 (47 cards only)
TRAINS OF THE WORLD (10 from a Series of 48)

GODFREY PHILLIP LTD. CIGARETTES
FILM FAVOURITES, A Series of 50 (7 cards only)

MELIA CIGARETTES
Real Photos

STANDARD BRANDS INC.
DIE CUT ACTORS (1938)

W. D. & H. D. WILLS'S CIGARETTES
DO YOU KNOW, A Series of 50 cardS (24 of 50 cards)
FLAGS OF THE EMPIRE (10 from a Set of 25)
OUR KING AND QUEEN (Complete Set of 50)
OVERSEAS DOMINIONS (CANADA) (10 from a Series of 50)
THE REIGN OF KING GEORGE V (20 from a Series of 50)
RADIO CELEBRITIES (Complete Set of 50)

REPRINTS AND REPRODUCTIONS
Sold as sets