Card of the Day - 2023-04-12

Anonymous International Airliners
Anonymous [tobacco : O/S] "International Air Liners" (May 1937) - ZB07-410 : ZB6-38 : P/116D (RB.17/116D)

Yes, this is based on the standard John Player "International Air Liners". And whilst the front looks almost identical - the only difference being the fact that there is no "Player`s Cigarettes" printed on it - just look at that reverse! 

This version appears first in our John Player Reference Book (RB.17), and it is listed after the Home issue, the Channel Islands issue and the Irish issue, hence the "D" suffix. The text says that it is : 

Overseas issue, non-adhesive backs, no album or I.T.C. clause. Anonymous issue. Issued May 1937. 

I am rather surprised that there is no mention of there being a giant aeroplane at the bottom of the card, for surely this would be a far better way of identifying the set than there being "no album or I.T.C. clause". Don`t you think? 

That was its last ever connection with its housemates though, for in our World Tobacco Issues Indexes it is removed, added to the back of the book, and given a "Z" number.