Here we have a map, and looking at a map is one of my favourite things to do. Now this can be a map of a place you would like to visit in the future, or of a place you have been to in the past, of which you would like to reawaken the old memories. It could even be a map of your local area, for many of us do not really explore where we live, and places do change, quite frequently.
There are also maps online which show a satellite view, and can be expanded until you can see your own car outside your house
At last I have been able to show the later version of this set, and as a Card of the Day, which will be most useful, as the bulk of the cards are available with both back designs. And, before I gallop on, you will find that earlier, 1911 version, as our Card of the Day for the 25th of June, 2024.
Lets start with the description of today`s version in our original Gallaher reference book (RB.4, issued in 1944) which reads :
1922. 100 BOY SCOUT SERIES (titled series). Size 2 1/2" x 1 1/2" approx. Numbered 1-100. Fronts, lithographed in full colours with black marginal lines and white margins. "Gallaher`s Cigarettes" in margins in blue (this blue is paler than on the previous series.). Backs, printed in sepia-brown, with descriptions and "Issued by Gallaher, Ltd, Belfast & London."
Both series of "Boy Scout " pictures were printed by A.W. Saville & Co.
NOTE - Several pictures were changed or replaced for the reprint consequently the reprint must not be regarded as identical with the first issue.
In particular variations can be noted in cards 2, 5, 8, 9, 28, 31, 33, 37, 52, 58, 59, 60, 61, 98, 100
In our World Tobacco Issues Index it gets more confusing, because the versions are in different places, the two original 1911 sets in section 1 of the Gallaher listing, covering 1908-1919 and our reprint in section 3, issues from 1921-1929, where it appears as
BOY SCOUT SERIES. Sm. Back in grey-brown. Nd. (100). See X1/Ha.630.B ... G12-43
Now those X numbers are in the Handbook to the original World Tobacco Issues Index, which was at first a separate volume, but was later reprinted under the same cover. The full listing there is :
X1/Ha.630 BOY SCOUT SERIES. The same subjects were used in two Gallaher printings in the U.K., and in a shorter series issued in Canada and U.S.A.
1. Issues in U.K. Size 64 x 38 m/m. Two backs and fronts illustrated at Fig. X1/Ha.630-A and Fig. X1/Ha.630-B Issued by Gallaher. Numbered series of 100.
A. 1911 issue. Back in grey-green. Front without framelines, see Fig. X1/Ha.630-A Back inscribed at base (a) "Belfast & London" (b) "London & Belfast".
B. 1922 issue. Back in grey-brown. Front with framelines, see Fig. X1/Ha.630-BNote: The subjects in the two printings differ at Nos. 5, 8, 9, 33, 37, 52, 58, 59, 60, 61, 98 and 100. Other numbers were redrawn in "B", in some cases with picture reversed. See C.C.N., Vol.20, pages 143-4
2. Issues in U.S.A. and Canada. Size 71 x 39 m/m. Front illustrated at Fig. X1/Ha.630-C
C. Reed Tobacco Co. Reference USA/T.45. Numbered on front. Series of 36.
D. Tuckett of Canada. Back illustrated at Fig. X1/Ha.630-D. Numbered on back. Series of 25.
E. Anonymous, with plain back. Numbered on front. No. 14 known.Note: The "C" and "E" printings are without series title, and the numbering differs from "A" and "B".
In our updated World Tobacco Issues Index there has been a further change. That reads :
BOY SCOUT SERIES. Sm. Back in grey-brown. Nd. See H.630.B ... G075-330.