Card of the Day - 2023-11-12

UTC Arms Crests Univ
The United Tobacco Cos. (South) Ltd [tobacco : O/S : South Africa] “Arms and Crests of Universities and Schools of South Africa” (1930) 13/24 – U560-350 : U14-13

Now here we have a load of geographical features.

On the front there is a dale, a town, a cape and a province - these being respectively yet another word for a valley, a place of habitation bigger than a village but not as large as a city, a piece of land that sticks out into the sea, and an administrative partition within a larger area.

We also have college, which sometimes appears on maps as `COLL` - whilst schools are shown as "SCH". 

Our World Tobacco Issues Indexes catalogue this set as : "ARMS AND CRESTS OF UNIVERSITIES AND SCHOOLS OF SOUTH AFRICA. Lg. 76 x 58.  Nd. (24). See RB.21/362"

That RB.21 listing is : 

362. ARMS AND CRESTS OF UNIVERSITIES AND SCHOOLS OF SOUTH AFRICA. Large cards, size 76 x 58 m/m. Front in colour. Back in grey with descriptive text. Numbered series of 24. U.T.C. issue.