Here, to close our clue cards, is Bob Monkhouse.
Now this set only appears in our most recent World Tobacco Issues Index because it is stated to have been prepared in the 1970s but not issued. Actually "prepared" is a curious word, as it technically means readied for production but not produced, and yet there are cards available, quite a few, so was the artwork found and someone else printed them after that, or did they print a few trials which got out?
I can tell you almost positively that the given date is not correct, though it may be the date they were issued by someone else. The first clue to this is that the people featured in it are not really household names from the 1970s, and the last date on the text is 1955, with a few references to the 1940s. And flicking through the cards there is actually proof positive of that, because card 44, of Bransby Williams, says that he is "Now a star at eighty-five..." Bransby Williams, or Bransby William Pharez, was born in August 1870, would have been eighty-five in 1955, and died in 1961.
But if there is anyone out there who knows more please do get in touch.
The cards measure 66 x 35 m/m, so slighly smaller than the standard size.