Our next resolution, and at one time one of the very top of all, was to give up smoking.
So that gives me a chance to show off something that I have had a scan of for a while and not really found the perfect place to show it.
Also when I looked at “Greys” that sent me to United Kingdom Tobacco, and I found not a word about this set. However then I actually read the card and found out they were actually issued by Major Drapkin & Co.
In fact Major Drapkin & Co was founded in England in 1898, and "The Greys" was its best seller. It was named after the Royal Scots Greys. However they were bought out by the United Kingdom Tobacco Co and they kept the brand name going, due, almost certainly, to its popularity. Then, in 1929, Godfrey Phillips went on a buying spree, picking up Cohen Weenen, Fairweather, and the United Kingdom Tobacco Company, which itself owned Major Drapkin as well as Marcovitch and Muratti
And when I looked there I found something else, that there are two types of advertisement cards, smokers and packings. The smokers are all male, and all have a pipe. In no particular order they are :
1. no tie, facing forward
2. cravat, facing slightly to side
3. tie, facing slightly to side
4. tie, facing sideways
I will regale you with the listing for all tomorrow, to save repetition. Though by the time of the newsletter I may decide to have it here, first.