Welcome to Card World

.... this website is the virtual version of the Cartophilic Society, who have been encouraging, and promoting card collecting for almost a century, and also bringing collectors together, wherever they live, and whatever sort of cards they love. 

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    Our 2026 Convention

    And that concludes our Card Convention for another year... but watch this space as we will soon be announcing where we will be off to in 2027!  Hope you all had a good time, and that you have pleasant memories of people you met, cards you saw, and counties you passed through plus something newly bought or bartered as a little memento of the day....

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What`s On - Our Forthcoming Meetings & Events ...

views from the regions Next event(s) : Thursday June 4th - KENT from 2 -6 pm at St. Nicholas Church Hall, Leamington Avenue, Orpington, BR6 9QB. £1 admission // NORTH EAST from 6.30 pm at Dunston U.T.S., Wellington Road, Dunston, Gateshead, NE11 9JL
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Membership - How and Why to Join Us

A selection of Card World magazine covers with green blue and red backgrounds. Everyone can visit this website for free, as many times as they like. However joining The Cartophilic Society brings many extra benefits and privileges which you may not realise
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News and updates

Oliver Cleaver 21 May 2023
1st June 2026
Thinking of Streamlining Your Collection?
I am currently buying Cigarette & Trade Card Types, Sets and Collections. Contact Oliver Cleaver on 07899 300405    - or by email at olivercleaver@hotmail.co.uk
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1st June 2026
JS Cards
We have 6,500 sets in stock right now, and are continually adding more to our website - www.cigarettecards.com. Higher value collections always wanted for purchase. Contact John Shaw at johnshaw14cards@googlemail.com or Tel 07769 032240/01283 480382
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1st June 2026
Theme of the Week Solution
as we reveal the back of our third clue card, here`s how we got to this week`s theme....
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29th May 2026
Loddon Auctions
Our latest catalogue is now online for the auction of the 3rd, 4th and 5th of June.
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Card World Lockdales June 2026
29th May 2026
Lockdales Auctions
A little teaser for our next auction of cigarette cards which will be held on the 9th of June
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Latest newsletter:
30th May 2026
I must start this edition with a slight apology, but also with the promise of a better future.
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Card of the day

Every night, at about midnight, for almost seven years, I have popped in and displayed the front of a different card - and added its back at 8 pm the next night. And every Friday (apart from after certain concerts...) there has been a brand new newsletter. Doing of those things has been enormous fun, as much fun for me as hopefully for you. And I want to thank everyone who has sent cards and ideas to help me along, or sometimes to save me from blankness. However at the moment I regret to say that I have some family, and personal problems which may result in those things failing to appear. The breaks will only be temporary, and they may not even need to occur at all, but they may, and I may not be able to warn you. But once everything is sorted out normal service will resume. . .
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Meurisse Les Reptiles
And the answer is...
Chocolat MEURISSE [trade : confectionery : O/S - Antwerp, Belgium] "Les Reptiles" - series 35 (1930s?)
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