Card of the Day - 2023-11-13

Wills Arms of Public schools 2nd
W.D. & H.O. Wills [tobacco: UK] “Arms of Public Schools” second series (March 1934) 14/25 – W675-149.2 : W62-114.2 : W/131

And last but not least we have three more terms.

These are a Mill, which could be a windmill or a watermill - a Hill, which is an area of raised land not as big as a mountain - and a School, again.

There is also a cross on the shield, which you will sometimes see on a map to denote a place of worship. And did you know that the Ordnance Survey maps use a cross on top of a black square to show the church has a tower, but a cross atop a circle to show a dome or spire?

This set appears in our Wills Reference Book part IV as :

ARMS OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Large cards, size 79 x 62 m/m. Fronts printed by letterpress in colour. Backs in grey with descriptive text. Home issue. 
130. 25. 1st Series of 25. Issued 1933
131. 25. 2nd Series of 25. Issued 1934

Whilst our World Tobacco Issues Indexes catalogue them as : 

ARMS OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Lg. Nd. (25)
1.”1st Series of 25” 
2. “2nd Series of 25”

By the way that 1st Series of 25 was issued in the August of 1933.