These sets, each of forty eight cards, were issued between 1938 and 1939, series one and two in 1938 and the rest in 1939. There does not seem to be a month of issue for this particular series, but the Cigarette Card News magazine gives the second series as August 1938 and the fourth series as June 1939, so it must be somewhere in between the two.
We know that four of the five series was printed by the Rotary Photographic Co., prolific issuers of picture postcards, but the second series seems not to have been credited to them for some reason. I will continue to investigate.
And there is a spot of added delight for fans of railwayana because the bottom of the description of this card mentions the London Midland and Scottish Railway.
This memorial is in the grounds of Edinburgh Castle, and it features on several cigarette cards. Its opening appears on Wills "The Reign of H M King George V" 29/50, whilst it can also be seen on quieter days on Wills "Modern British Sculpture" 19/40, where it is told that the architect was Sir Robert Lorimer A.R.A., A.R.S.A., F.R.I.B.A. And it appears on many picture postcards.