Wonder of wonders, this is actually a card not just of a canal, but the Grand Union Canal its very self. But I don`t know whereabouts, so maybe you do?
This set actually has a sibling too, as revealed by our original World Tobacco Issues Index, which reads :
- OUR COUNTRYSIDE. See Ha.564-4. ... P18-72
A. Small (28)
B. Medium (48). "Senior Service" brand issue. Two printings.
Ha.564-4 leads us to the original handbook, which was published by the London Cigarette Card Company, and it tells us that this set has other issuers too, the text in full reading :
GALLAHER GROUP. Four Photographic Series. Fronts glossy photographs in black and white. Four numbered series as follows :-
- 564.1 - Beautiful Scotland
- 564.2 - Coastwise
- 564.3 - Flying
- 564.4 - Our Countryside
Each series issued as follows :
- Gallaher - Medium Size, series of 48
- Illingworth - Medium Size, series of 48
- Peter Jackson -
A. Small size, series of 28
B. Medium Size, series of 48- Pattrieouex -
A. Small size, series of 28
B. Medium Size, series of 48, inscribed "SENIOR SERVICE CIGARETTES" without firm`s name. Captions in front in large or small letters
Now by the time of our updated World Tobacco Issues Index, little has changed, save the card code, and the entry reads :
- OUR COUNTRYSIDE. See H.564-4. ... P246-720
A. Small (28) B. Medium (48). "Senior Service" brand issue. Two printings.
However, this time the H.564-4 leads us to another handbook, our own, and the text in there is slightly different, for it calls the cards photoprints, not photographs. However all the other text remains the same :
GALLAHER GROUP. Four Photographic Series. Fronts glossy photoprints in black and white. Four numbered series as follows :-
- 564.1 - Beautiful Scotland
- 564.2 - Coastwise
- 564.3 - Flying
- 564.4 - Our Countryside
Each series issued as follows :
- Gallaher - Medium Size, series of 48
- Illingworth - Medium Size, series of 48
- Peter Jackson -
A. Small size, series of 28
B. Medium Size, series of 48- Pattrieouex -
A. Small size, series of 28
B. Medium Size, series of 48, inscribed "SENIOR SERVICE CIGARETTES" without firm`s name. Captions in front in large or small letters