This is a very interesting set, comprising record breakers, personalities, and sports, yet it seems not to be known of by many collectors of those subjects. Perhaps the publication of this list will aid that, for in this format it will show up in search engines, and more people will realise that the set includes :
- Warrant Officer Dal Molin [flying - Schneider Trophy 1929]
- Flying Officer R.L.R. Atcherley [flying - Schneider Trophy 1929]
- Arne Borg [swimming - Shelton Club, New York City]
- D.G.A. Lowe [running]
- Lieut. Giovanni Monti [flying - Schneider Trophy 1929]
- Flight Lieut. D'Arcy Greig [flying - Schneider Trophy 1929]
- Flying Officer H.R.D. Waghorn [flying - winner of Schneider Trophy 1929]
- Squadron Leader Orlebar [flying - Schneider Trophy 1929]
- Malcolm Campbell [land speed record breaker]
- Miss M.B. Carstairs [motor boat world speed record holder]
- The R.A.F. Display, Hendon, July 23rd, 1929 [39th Squadron - flying]
- The British Schneider Cup team, 1929 [Flying Officer Waghorn, Flying Officer Moon, Flight Lieut. D`Arcy Greig, Squadron Leader Orlebar, Flight Lieut. Stainforth and Flying Officer Atcherly - flying]
- The Italian Schneider Cup team, 1929 [flying]
- 30,000 Miles in 30,000 minutes [Miss Violette and Miss Evelyn Cordery : automobile endurance racing]
- Jack London [sprinting - Stamford Bridge]
- Dirt Track racing [Jack Barrett - speedway - Crystal Palace]
- Broadsiding [Nobby Keys - speedway]
- Sidecar Cornering [Bradford track at Greenfield]
- Neck and Neck [Roger Frogley and Ben Heiatt - speedway - Crystal Palace]
- "Cinder Shifting" [Triss Sharp - speedway - Crystal Palace]
- Forseti [racehorse - H. Beasley on top - winner of Cesarewich Stakes, 1925)
- British Super Marine S6 [flying - winner of Schneider Trophy 1929]
- Gloster Napier 6 [flying - Schneider Trophy 1929]
- The Golden Arrow [land speed record breaking car, driven by Major Sir Henry Segrave]
- The Shamrock [Sir Thomas Lipton`s yacht, challenger for the America`s Cup]
- Trigo [racehorse, winner of Derby, St. Leger, and Irish St. Leger in 1929)
- Gertrude Ederle [swimming - English Channel]
- Major Sir Henry Segrave [land speed record breaker / speed boat racer]
- Kaye Don [land speed record breaker]
- Lord Burghley [hurdling]
As for the cards, they are first recorded in our original Godfrey Phillips reference book, RB.13, as
- 128. SPEED CHAMPIONS. Small cards, size 67 x 37 m/m. Fronts printed by photogravure in sepia. Backs in brown with descriptive text. Issued 1930.
This is much reduced in our original World Tobacco Issues Index, where the entry reads only :
- SPEED CHAMPIONS. Sm. 67 x 36. Sepia gravures. Nd. (30) ... P50-82
And that remains identical in our updated World Tobacco Issues Index, save a new card code :
- SPEED CHAMPIONS. Sm. 67 x 36. Sepia gravures. Nd. (30) ... P521-370