Card of the Day - 2026-05-01

Churchman Nature`s Architects
W.A. & A.C. CHURCHMAN [tobacco : UK] "Nature`s Architects" - large size (May 1930) /12 - C504-600.B : C82-69.B : C/104 [RB.10/104]

This set is different from all the other sets we mentioned over this last week, because it was actually issued before the small sized version, five months later, in October 1930. So it was not a case of finding out which cards were omitted from the smaller series, because none were.

    Despite this, though, it is listed after the small sized, later version in every one of our reference books, starting with our original Churchman volume (RB.10), published in 1948, where it is listed as :

    • 104. May 1930. 12 NATURE`S ARCHITECTS. Similar format to (103) but size 3 5/16" x 2 9/10" or 80 x 62 m/m 

    And C/103 is the smaller sized, later, set.

    Our original World Tobacco Issues Index lists the sets, in the same reverse order, but without listing the months, reinforcing the idea that the small cards came first  So the text reads : 

    • NATURE`S ARCHITECTS. Nd.  ... C82-69

           (A) small (25) 

           (B) large (12) 

    and this is repeated in our updated World Tobacco Issues Index, with a new card code, of C504-600. 

    And, to close, the cards in this large size set are as follows : 

    1.  The Harvest Mouse
    2.  The Orang-Utan
    3.  The Tailor Bird
    4.  The Baya Weaver Bird
    5.  Flamingoes
    6.  The Hornbill
    7.  Coral Polyps
    8.  The Basilica Spider
    9.  The Fairy-Lamp Making Spider 
    10.  The Trap Door Spider
    11.  Termites or "White Ants"
    12.  Tree Wasps