Welcome to Card World

Our annual card fair is in Hemel Hempstead, 26/27 April. Non-Society members pay to come in Saturday - Sunday free entry to all.

.... this website is the virtual version of the Cartophilic Society, who have been encouraging, and promoting card collecting for almost a century, and also bringing collectors together, wherever they live, and whatever sort of cards they love. 

As always, you will find the latest news on our rolling banner, so do get into the habit of checking there first...

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  • Adkin 60 Soldiers of the Queen

    Research

    yes I know this card looks a bit different from yesterday`s but I erred. Since then I have also tracked our man down, and given him a biography. And added a ton more data from the reference library! 

    check it out here
  • meeting

    What`s New ?

    Our Annual Convention approaches, and not too far away now. Its on Saturday the 26th and Sunday the 27th of April - at The Leisure Centre, Park Road, Hemel Hempstead  HP1 1JS

    Shall we see you there ? 

    click here and check it out
  • Amalgamated Famous Trains Engines

    What`s On ...

    Saturday the 19th of April - East Anglia -  from 8.30 am until 2.30 pm, with an auction at 1 pm. This takes place at Roydon Village Hall, High Road, Roydon, Diss, Norfolk IP22 5RB
    Subscriptions were due on April 1st, for £12.00, but non-members are also very welcome at our meetings, they just pay £3 each time to come.

    Click here to read more

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11 mar 24 Come and meet us at our regional events, which are held right around the country - and hopefully there is one near you!
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News and updates

Oliver Cleaver 21 May 2023
14th April 2025
Thinking of Streamlining Your Collection?
I am currently buying Cigarette & Trade Card Types, Sets and Collections. Contact Oliver Cleaver on 07899 300405    - or by email at olivercleaver@hotmail.co.uk
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JS 24apr2024
14th April 2025
JS Cards
Our new website - www.cigarettecards.com - is now up and running, and we are continually adding new stock.Higher value collections wanted for purchase. Contact John Shaw at johnshaw14cards@googlemail.com or Tel 07769 032240/01283 480382
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13th April 2025
Loddon Auctions
are currently running a pop up Timed After Sale event - check it out at :
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Latest newsletter:
12th April 2025
Good evening, dear readers, and welcome to another newsletter. This week I have found it quite hard to concentrate on anything, but by the end of the week I rallied and managed to pull the threads together. 
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Card of the day

Every night, at about midnight, we pop in and display the front of a new card. You get till 8pm that night to test your card knowledge, just for fun. The cards on Saturday, Sunday, and Monday are clues to the week`s theme, which provides the subject of the rest of the cards of the week. And if any reader would like to send us a jpeg scan of the front and the back of an unusual card which is relevant to that theme, or any information, please do - the email address is webmaster@card-world.co.uk And you can see all the cards of that week, plus read what we have discovered, or been told about them, in our weekly newsletter, which is uploaded, for all visitors to read, free of charge, every Saturday morning.
Current card
18 apr 25
Previous card
Wills Railway Equipment
And the answer is...
W.D. & H.O. Wills [tobacco : UK - Bristol] "Railway Equipment" (April 1939) 18/50 - W675-211 : W62-170 : W/305.A [RB.16/305.A]
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