Our wistful beauty shows us that sometimes true love does not run smoothly, that you think you are doing all the right things but you end up sad, and feeling like a clown. This will resonate with some of you more than others. I would like to say life, and love, gets better as you age - but I will have to tell you that in times to come.
These cards have white borders and three back designs, A is a plain background behind the packets on the reverse of the card whilst our B has a latticework of stars and dots. It is considered that there are two printings of B, one being lighter than the other. However this could be explained by the fact that on the dark version you cannot read the words on the scissors packets so perhaps it was decided to use less ink, or maybe as the ink ran down the better visibility occurred naturally and they liked it better.
It was also issued with different backs in Ceylon and Canada
And there is a further variety listed in our most recent World Tobacco Issues Index under W675-483 B, where the back is inscribed “Smoke Scissors Cigarettes”, twice, in reverse positions.