Here we have a card showing tea being served. And it is pleasing to me that I can show such non Western cards, because they are not a thing i collect or really know anything about.
Now you will find this set listed at the back of the book in our original World Tobacco Issues Index under sub-section 5C. [Other backs in black. All issued through B.A.T., unless stated] and in b) the second grouping, where it appears as :
SUNDRY BACK 11 (A). See RB.21/530.9. Sm. 63 x 36. CHINESE SERIES - known in Shanghai as "Archangels". Nd.
2. Series B. Numbered on front. (48) Back with numbers preceded by letter "B". (a) with (b) without letter "T" at base.
If we turn to that RB.21, it is listed at the front of the book under "Anonymous Issues (5) with Chinese Language backs" and it states that "All cards issued in China and in Chinese speaking areas in the East. Period of issue about 1925-39 unless otherwise stated". But again it lists it as "Archangels, Chinese set 30", which makes me wonder if these figures depicted are actually Archangels? Does anyone know? And what is the Shanghai connection?
This is the listing from RB.21,
However if you look for this set in our updated volume you will be unlucky, because it states that both Chinese language issues and other language issues in non-Western characters are outside the scope of this volume.