Here we have another March set, our last of the week, and it shows Mr. Dumkins, "March"ing to the wicket, to take part in a cricket match between his side, Muggleton, and that of Dingley Dell.
I am very pleased to show this card, because there are almost certainly cricket collectors who formerly had no idea that this card of the sport was out there
This set is part of another huge group, so if you want to read more about all the versions, just nip along to its home page, with our Card of the Day for the 24th of December 2021, which holds the details of all the sets and linking out to where the various versions are featured.
The first time our part of the group is recorded is in our original reference book to the issues of John Player & Sons, as :
47. CHARACTERS FROM DICKENS. Drawn by "Kyd" (J. Clayton Clarke). Fronts in colour.Backs in grey, with descriptive text. Home issues.
- B. 25 Small cards, "2nd Series of 25". Numbered 26-50. Issued October 1912
Now in our original World Tobacco Issues Index, this is all changed, and the group split up. The B identifying letter code given above is also, oddly, different too. The main reason for this is the dates of issue, as not only are the pre-First World War cards are in one section, and the post-War in another, but the first two sets of twenty-five and the extra large set are now listed together, in section 2.A, for cards issued between 1903 and 1917 - as :
CHARACTERS FROM DICKENS. See RB.17/47 and H.348 ... P72-25
- A. Small (50) - (1) "A Series of 25". (2) "2nd Series of 25". Nd 26-50.
- B. Extra large. Unnd (10)
This remains the same in our updated version of the World Tobacco Issues Index, except for the removal of the RB.17 references, and a new code, of P644-060