Newsletter - 2025-10-04

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Gold Brand Confectionery Inc. [trade : confectionery ; O/S - Allston, Massachusetts, USA] "Presidents" (1933) card 19 - R.115

Let us start with a fanfare for Rutherford Hayes, born today in 1822.

This is a very odd set, as there are only fourteen cards, numbered from 16 (Abraham Lincoln) to 24 (Calvin Coolidge). At one time it was thought that there was an earlier set, numbered from 1-15, of some other subjects, but no other issue has ever turned up by this maker. And we are not even sure if the numbers have anything to do with the Presidents, because they are only stated to relate to an offer for a free copy of "Picture Puzzle Weekly", which would be recieved in exchange for the bottom panels, numbered 16 to 30, which were to be cut off and sent in to the address given. 

We do know that this set was issued twice, because you can find the descriptive text on the reverse in blue or in black.

The only write up of it, though, was done by Jefferson Burdick. for his American Card Catalogue - and that reads : 

• R.115 - Presidents (30) Jig Saw Nougate, Gold Band Conf. 

He did not value them that much though, quoting just ten cents a card. And he made no mention of the fact that they came with different colour backs. or that you could find some larger than others because the coupons had been cut off and returned.

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Persil [trade : washing powder : O/S - France] "Porte Drapeau de Napoleon" / Napoleonic Flags (1980) Un/12

Today, in 1792, a man called Joseph Crosfield was born, in Warrington, the fourth son of Quaker George Crosfield and his wife Ann.

George Crosfield was a wholesale grocer in Warrington, with some connection to a Liverpool sugar-refining company. In 1799, when young Joseph was only seven, they all moved to Lancaster, and George started his own sugar-refining business there, while still keeping the grocery business going in Warrington, aided by an assistant,Joseph Fell. 

The first record of Joseph Crosfield, apart from his birth, is the start of his six year apprenticeship, aged fifteen, in September 1807, to an Anthony Clapham, a chemist and druggist in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne. 

However, by 1811 the making of soap had been added to their business, and by 1814 the two are parted, with Joseph Crosfield running a business, in Warrington, making soap all on his own.

Warrington was not chosen for nothing - it was a really good location, right on the River Mersey, and also close to lots of other soap manufacturers. He also got the premises cheaply, as it had been a wire making mill that failed. Despite the number of large soap makers, Crosfields seem to have quickly started making a profit and used that for mechanising the works and buying more property. He also took on a partner, his younger brother William. Later on he would set up a separate business with his older brother James and Josias.

Joseph Crosfield died in 1844, but his name remained on the business, which was then co-owned by his three sons and his brother George. They merely added a suffix of "& Sons".However I have no idea where George came from, or what happened to William, James or Josias. 

The company was registered as a private limited company in 1896, which converted its name into Joseph Crosfield & Sons Ltd. Then, in 1909, it acquired the rights to manufacture the soap brand Persil in the UK. That was only two years after Persil had been created, in Germany, by Henkel. And in case you are wondering the name comes from the two main ingredients, sodium PER-borate (a bleaching agent) and SIL-icate (a salt of silicon and oxygen). However this situation did not last and in 1911 Persil was owned by Brunner Mond & Co, who seems also to have owned a bit of Joseph Crosfield & Sons Ltd, as they sold their shares and stakeholding to Lever Brothers in 1919. And they sold out to Unilever in 1929.

As for Joseph Crosfield & Sons Ltd., they continued to operate until 1964, when they were also bought out by Unilever. 

I am not going to lie,this is not the card I wanted. What I wanted was one of the Film Stars, which I used to have a set of, but I could not track one down. Anyway if anyone would like to send in a scan of any of those cards, the front and the back, this soldier will be sent back to barracks and brought out in the future to parade somewhere else. 

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CARRERAS Ltd [tobacco : UK - London] "Cricketers" (1934)  37/50 - C151-225.B.a : C18-38.B.a

Today, in 1900, saw the birth of Morris Stanley Nichols, in a little Essex village called Stondon Massey, which is close to Brentwood but at that time must have been a world apart. 

Strangely, for he would go on to be one of the best known cricketers of the 1930s, he much preferred football as a youngster, and was good enough to play for Queens Park Rangers, where he proved to be a very adept goalkeeper. However, football closes down for summer, and, like many footballers, they keep in trim and in the peak of fitness by playing other sports, and one of those was cricket. And it was whilst he was playing cricket that he was spotted by a county talent spotter, though rumour has it that they were more interested in the fact that he was a left handed batsman.

He signed for Essex in 1924, and, but was only used on odd occasions, which often happens when a new boy joins a team. He also got married, in Charlton, which must have been where his bride was living. Returning to cricket, he did not really get into his stride until 1926, though he was still thought to be too much of a loose cannon on the field. However, his gusto was not all bad, as it did rather endear him to the general public. 

By 1929, he had really calmed down, thanks to a structured coaching system from Pat Hendren, who ran a cricket school. So when he returned to the field, his batting had grown stronger and more likely to send the ball in the right direction, and his bowling had also become more controlled, though it was most noticeable in the run up before the ball was even sent away. In fact he was so good that he was signed on to the Ashes team in 1930, though he did not do very much on the field and only played in what were then considered to be almost "friendly" matches - though with hindsight these do now count as part of the tests. The problem was that younger and faster men had come along by then, and he was just entering his thirties. He also started to suffer a few injuries that held him back, though in 1934, the year of this set, he was nominated as a Cricketer of the Year by Wisden - the others being Fred Bakewell, George Headley, Leslie Townsend and Cyril Walters - and the following year he went out to India for the first ever Test against players from that country.

In fact the following years were his best years ever - through a variety of reasons, some of which can be put down perhaps to self confidence, and some of which to the fact that several other players who might have got his space were injured. There were also several players who had come out publicly and rebelled against the "Bodyline" style, and these were either refusing to play, or being excluded by the committee. His final Test was in 1939, against the West Indies, and that was almost the end of cricket too, for it was stopped when the Second World War broke out. 

Now when the war started, our man was not yet forty. This raises an interesting question, as though in May 1939 the original documentation for conscripting men into the armed forces was set to only include those between twenty and twenty-two, on the day that the war actually broke out, on the 3 September 1939, the new National Service (Armed Forces) Act raised this in both directions and included all men between the ages of eighteen and forty one. So our man ought to have been amongst them. There were only three reasons for not being there - the first being failing the medical test, the second being those thought to be in industries which were more important to keep Britain going (things like farming, food making, and engineering), and the third being the individual`s declaration of being a conscientious objector. Whilst I have not been able to find out what our man did as a job of work, we do know that he had health issues that may have prevented him doing proper soldiery - we also know that he served as an Air Raid Warden, and this was one of the main job that was often given to the medically unfit. We also know that at some time later, perhaps when it was realised who he was, that he started to do some work for the Army as a Physical Training Instructor

Cricket did not resume until 1946, at which time our man was heading towards his forties. He is also reported to have had health issues. He did play on, but for a smaller league in Birmingham, and, growing steadily weaker, he decided to retire. And he died on the 26th January 1961 at Newark. 

I am rather surprised to find out, in our original World Tobacco Issues Index, that this set is part of a group, described as ; 

• CRICKETERS. Sm. Nd. ... C18-38
  
  A. Back "A Series of Cricketers" (30)
  
  B. Back "A Series of 50 Cricketers" Front in (a) buff and white (b) black and white. Nd. (50)

As I am not a Carreras specialist can anyone who is please let us know whether the first set is of the same subjects only fewer of them, and whether the second and third sets are the same and also in the same order? 

By the time of the updated version of our World Tobacco Issues Index, this has slightly altered and now reads:

•  CRICKETERS. Sm. Nd. ... C151-225
  
  A. Back "A Series of Cricketers" (30). Front in buff and white
  
  B. Back "A Series of 50 Cricketers" Front im (a) buff and white (b) black and white. Nd. (50)

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AMALGAMATED Press / Boy`s Realm [trade : magazines : UK - London] "Famous Cricketers" (May 6th 1922 - August 12th 1922) 10/15 - BOY-720: BPR-1

From one wicket to another, for today we celebrate Charles Albert George "Jack" Russell, and yes this is the correct order of his names, for some reason at the start of his career he was reported as Albert Charles Russell and it was never corrected. It is wrong on this card too, both in the initials on the front and the full name on the reverse. 

He was born today, the 7th of October, 1887, at Leyton, in Essex, with cricketing running solidly through his veins, for his father was Thomas Russell, who played for Essex, and his cousin was "Tich" Freeman, who played for Kent.

However it seems to have taken our man a while to step on to the field, and he did not turn out for Essex until he was twenty-one years old. Even after that things were, dare I say, hit and miss; his first season of note, which included him reaching the total of a thousand runs, was not until 1913, when he was twenty-four.

There was rather a hiatus after that, for cricket was stopped for the duration of the First World War and does not seem to have really returned until 1920, in which year he made his first appearance on a Test Team, that for the Ashes, was not until 1920.

After this, though, he seemed to grow in strength and style, and in 1922 he was cited as a Wisden Cricketer of the Year, along with Arthur Carr, Charlie Parker, Andy Sandham, and, rather amazingly, his cousin "Tich" Freeman. This may have contributed heavily to his selection for the Test against South Africa. Unfortunately he was badly affected by what is only called "a serious illness", which lingered on until 1923.  In fact he does not seem to have been completely back to form until 1925, and then, just a few years later, in 1929, he was affected by several injuries. He did try to keep going, but in 1930 he retired, though he stayed within the sport, becoming a County Coach, and after that, a groundsman.

He died on the 23rd of March, 1961, at Whipps Cross, not that far from where he had been born.

As for "The Boys' Realm", this was part of the Amalgamated Press stable, and it was first printed on the 14th of June, 1902. It would run until the 25th March 1916, some seven hundred and twenty one issues, and then it disappeared, for three years. No explanation was given, but it is thought by many researchers to have been due to the great shortage of paper, or, in actual fact, because all paper was being used for war purposes. It started up again on the 5th of April 1919. The issue dated for the 16th July 1927 was slightly different, as the name had become "The Boy`s Realm of Sport and Adventure". That only lasted for about two years, until the 26th of January 1929 when the sport and the adventure made way for a new title "The Boy`s Realm of Fun and Fiction". 

We also know the cricketers which were included in this set, just not why some of them have their names in capital letters and others in upper and lower case. And even odder sometimes "The Boy`s Realm" is in capital letters as well. Another thing to note is that the first ten cards are all players which have represented their County and England, whilst the next five are County players only.

Anyway, the full list is : 

1. May 6th 1922 - JOHN WILLIAM HITCH - Surrey and England
2. May 13th 1922 - WILFRED RHODES - Yorkshire and England
3. May 20th 1922 - ELIAS HENDREN - Middlesex and England
4. May 27th 1922 - Ernest Tyldesley - Lancashire and England
5. June 3rd 1922 - GEORGE GUNN - Notts and England
6. June 10th 1922 - Frank Edward Woolley - Kent and England
7. June 17th 1922 - PERCY HOLMES - Yorkshire and England
8. June 24th 1922 - Herbert Strudwick - Surrey and England
9. July 1st 1922 - Vallance Charles William JUPP - Sussex and England
10. July 8th 1922 - Albert Charles Russell - Essex and England
11. July 15th 1922 - Leonard A. Bates - Warwickshire Batsman
12. July 22nd 1922 - GEORGE BROWN - Hampshire great all-rounder
13. July 29th 1922 - WILLIAM EWART ASTILL - Leicestershire all-rounder
14. August 5th 1922 - GEORGE STREET - Sussex wicket keeper
15. August 12th 1922 - ARTHUR WILLIAM CARR - Nottinghamshire`s hard hitting captain

Now do note that in our original, and our modern, British Trade Indexes, this set appears under B for Boy`s Realm, it seems never to have been linked to Amalgamated Press.

In the original version, two sets are listed, "Famous Cricketers" and "Famous Footballers". Our set is described as : 

• FAMOUS CRICKETERS. Sm. 69 x 44. Black glossy photos. Nd. (15). Dated 6.5.22 to 12.8. 22 ... BPR-1

Whilst in the updated version. with more sets added, the entry reads ; 

• FAMOUS CRICKETERS. 69 x 44. Black glossy photos. Nd. (15). ... BOY-720

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MOORE & Calvi [tobacco : O/S - USA - New York] "Playing Cards" (1890) Ace of Diamonds/53 -  M854-600.2.A: M138-4.2.A : X2/457-8.2.A : USA/457-2

A bit of a change now, for today is #NationalCurvesDay. This day actually celebrates ladies, and men, whose body is naturally curvy, and, dare I say, more cuddly. And why not.

The message goes deeper than that though, and tries to encourage a world in which we are welcome whatever our shape and size. Being larger does not always mean we are unhealthy, and nor does being thin, it is just how we are, due to our metabolism; we need to accept it, not change it, and definitely not do so because of someone else`s opinion. 

Strangely this year only marks the tenth anniversary of the event, which was started by a fashion company, Jon Marc Collection. Their aim is for fashion to be fully inclusive, irrespective of size and gender, and to encourage everyone to test what they think are their boundaries.

This lady is certainly curvy, and definitely unafraid to flaunt it. And a warm welcome she brings us. In fact most of the ladies in this set are similarly curvy, and in that they are typical of their era, before the more boyish looks of the women war workers in the First World War gave way to the flattened chests and straight, un-squeezed-in waists of the 1920s. 

This pack of cards has a Joker, hence the 53 cards. She is in black, in a kind of Admiral`s tail coat, and black tights, not quite so revealing as many of her fellows. Each of the cards has "Trumps Long Cut" somewhere on the white section, and the playing card symbol is always at top left. The reverse tells us more than you may think - for it says, in the small roundel, "Smoke and Chew Trumps Long Cut" - so it must have been available as a smoking and a chewing tobacco. 

Moore and Calvi issued several sets of playing cards like this, and that means that we will be seeing more of these lovely ladies. Some of the sets were also "enhanced" by printing the playing card symbols on the body, sometimes to rather interesting effect as far as their placing. Unfortunately there is no idea of who the ladies were, and so we wonder if the artist used professional models, or whether they were blends of ladies who passed him in the street and maybe even gave a smile. It must be said that whomsoever he was, he did have a taste for the steatopic - just like the ancients of yore, and, perhaps, those of decades yet to come

We do not have a home page yet, so I will just enter everything in here and move it later. The whole group appears in our original World Tobacco Index as follows : 

MOORE & CALVI, New York, U.S.A.
Associated with Maclin-Zimmer Tobacco Co. and Thompson, Moore & Co. Cards issued about 1885-95. Includes brand issues inscribed "Hard A Port Cut Plug" and "Trumps Long Cut". 

• PLAYING CARDS (ACTRESSES). (A). Lg. 109 x 60. (53). Subjects unnamed. See X2/457-8. ... M138-4

1. First Pack. Greenish-black back, white lettering. Brand issues. Backs with or without Thomas & Wylie name at base. 
   
   A. "Trumps Long Cut". Ref. USA/457-1. Front (a) with brand name in capitals (b) with brand name in upper and lower case letters.
   
   B. "Hard A Port". Ref. USA/458-1. Front (a) with brand name in capitals (b) with brand name in upper and lower case letters.
    
2. Second Pack. Engraved back, 27 m/m circle in centre. Brand issues. 
   
   A. "Trumps Long Cut". Back in brown. Ref. USA/457-2. 
   
   B. "Hard A Port". Back in blue. Ref. USA/458-2. Front (a) with brand name in capitals (b) with brand name in upper and lower case letters (c) without brand name.
    
3. Third Pack. Engraved back in blue. 
   
   A. "Trumps Long Cut" brand issue. Ref. USA/457-3. 
   
   B. "Hard A Port" brand issue. 35 m/m circle in centre of back. Ref. USA/458-3. 
   
   C. Back with Moore & Calvi name in centre circle. Ref. USA/458-4. Back overprinted at top in red as follows :- 
   
          (a.) "J.N. Cullingworth, Inc.- Factory No.34 - Richmond, 2d. Dist. of Va."
   
          (b.) Inscription in (a) cancelled by mauve or grey rubber stamp, with new name "John H. Maclin & Son, (Inc.) - Factory No.10 - Richmond, 2d. Dist. of Va."
   
         (c.)  Inscription in (a) corrected in red with Cullingworth  name blocked out, reading "J. H. Maclin & Son, (Inc.) - Factory No.10 ..."
   
         (d.) "The Maclin-Zimmer Tobacco Co., Inc - Factory No.10 - Richmond, 2d. Dist. of Va."

That "X" reference leads to the accompanying handbook, where there are pictures of the backs, which I will try to track down the originals of, as these are hard to see, and this entry

• X2/457-8. PLAYING CARDS (Actresses). (A). Large size. Fronts pictures of girls with playing card value in corner or embodied on dress design. Three series, each of 53 (pack and joker). Issued by Moore & Calvi.
  
  All series are brand issues except set 3.C. For details of minor printing varieties see Set M138-4 in the World Index. Set 3 was also issued by Maclin-Zimmer, see Set M20-3 in the World Index. 
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1. First Pack. Greenish-black back, white lettering
   
   A. Back per Fig X2/457-1 - "Trumps Long Cut".
   
   B. Back per Fig X2/458-1 - "Hard A Port Cut Plug". 
    
2. Second Pack. Engraved back, 27 m/m circle in centre. 
   
   A. Back per Fig X2/457-2 in brown - "Trumps Long Cut".
   
   B. Back per Fig X2/458-2 in blue - "Hard A Port Cut Plug". 
    
3. Third Pack. Engraved back in blue. Three styles.
   
   A. Back per Fig X2/457-3 - "Trumps Long Cut" brand issue. Ref. USA/457-3. 
   
   B. Back per Fig X2/458-3 -  "Hard A Port" brand issue. 35 m/m circle in centre 
   
   C. Back per Fig X2/458-4  with Moore & Calvi or Maclin-Zimmer names in centre. Various overprintings.

By the time of our updated World Tobacco Issues Index,about a half a century on, the entry had not changed vide the header, but some new information had come to light. That entry reads : 

MOORE & CALVI, New York, U.S.A.
Associated with Maclin-Zimmer Tobacco Co. and Thompson, Moore & Co. Cards issued about 1885-95. Includes brand issues inscribed "Hard A Port Cut Plug" and "Trumps Long Cut". 

• PLAYING CARDS (ACTRESSES). (A). Lg. 99 x 60. (53). Subjects unnamed. Ref.USA/457/8 ... M854-600

1. First Pack. Greenish-black back, white lettering. Brand issues. 
   
   A. "Trumps Long Cut". Ref. USA/457-1. Back (A) with (B) without printer`s credit. There are minor differences in detail of subjects between the two printings. 
   
   B. "Hard A Port". Ref. USA/458-1. Front (a) with brand name (A) with (B) without printer`s credit (b) without brand name. 
    
2. Second Pack. Engraved back, 27 m/m circle in centre. Brand issues. 
   
   A. "Trumps Long Cut". Back in brown. Ref. USA/457-2. 
   
   B. "Hard A Port". Back in blue. Ref. USA/458-2. Front (a) with (b) without brand name.
    
3. Third Pack. Engraved back in blue. 
   
   A. "Trumps Long Cut" brand issue. Ref. USA/457-3. 
   
   B. "Hard A Port" brand issue. 35 m/m circle in centre of back. Ref. USA/458-3. 
   
   C. Back with Moore & Calvi name in centre circle. Ref. USA/458-4. Back overprinted at top in red as follows :- 
   
          (a.) "J.N. Cullingworth, Inc.- Factory No.34 - Richmond, 2d. Dist. of Va."
   
          (b.) Inscription in (a) cancelled by mauve or grey rubber stamp, with new name "John H. Maclin & Son, (Inc.) - Factory No.10 - Richmond, 2d. Dist. of Va."
   
         (c.)  Inscription in (a) corrected in red with Cullingworth  name blocked out, reading "J. H. Maclin & Son, (Inc.) - Factory No.10 ..."
   
         (d.) "The Maclin-Zimmer Tobacco Co., Inc - Factory No.10 - Richmond, 2d. Dist. of Va."
   
         (e) Back without overprint.
    

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Kinney Bros. [tobacco : O/S : U.S.A – New York] “Novelties” (1888) Un/150? – K524—305.C : K32-19.C : USA/228-5 

Today is #WorldSightDay, on which we need to think about the fact that loss of sight is not a rare thing, almost everyone will gradually lose some of their sight, or have it restored by medical intervention or simply by wearing glasses. However many people, and not just in other countries, have no way to access this treatment - and for many reasons, chief of which are lack of money to afford any form of correction, lack of local doctors, and also lack of transport. And we must also add that in many cases even if we have these things, we are at fault, for we sometimes notice that we are squinting, or skipping over text that is too small, and we do not immediately sort it out. So if this applies to you, make today the day you start to do so. 

Here we have the sort of glasses which do not enable better vision in a medical way, they only allow theatre-goers to have a better view of the stage. And it seems very odd that fashion, especially amongst the rich, even today, often provides them with a version of things they do not physically need, whilst others who do need them, and whose lives would benefit greatly from them, go without. 

They were first seen in the eighteenth century, though in actual fact they were actually not much like this, and the fact that it was known "an Opera Glass", says it all, for it was actually a long tube that folded down, like a telescope. These sort of proper "Opera Glasses" as shown on this card, where each eye had a lens, and they were joined together in the middle, only came along about a century later, and their inventor, Johann Friedrich Voigtlander, openly admitted that he had started out very simply by fixing two telescopes together. This was improved upon by the French inventor Pierre Lemiere, in 1825, who added the wheel, as shown on our card, with which the focus could be adjusted. And within a quarter of a century everyone was using them, the rich, whose glasses were gold and jewel encrusted, and those who wanted to be thought to be rich, whose glasses looked the same but were simply paint and glass. And though you sometimes see them at the opera, or at the racecourse, they are no longer as important as they used to be. 

One of these days we will have a home page for this intriguing group of sets, but anyway, let`s keep going. They were issued in various styles, types one and two being circular, types three and four being cut out around the shape, and type five, ours, as the object printed on a proper card with a lot of white around it. There is also a type six, which are ovals.

Now I may not be the first one to notice this, but if you look at the ones which are die cut to shape, they only have the top section of the wording on the back of our card, which here has the curvaceous lines towards the end. And you can see that for yourself in our newsletter for the 25th of May, 2024, though you will need to scroll down to Saturday the 25th of May (not very far then!) . However, on our card there is additional wording, "THE BEAUTY AND VALUE OF THIS COLLECTION IS INCREASED BY CUTTING OUT TO SHAPE OF DESIGN". I am not sure those words will fill a cartophilist`s hearts with glee, and I also have to say that even looking at our card, it would be hard to cut round this shape without a few errors, to say nothing of what happens when you get to the white bits in between the glasses and around the wheel. I do fear that many cards were discarded after it became apparent that too many important bits were sliced off and they were no longer resembling the item at hand.

Anyway in our original World Tobacco Issues Index this part of the group is catalogued as : 

• NOVELTIES – TYPE 3 to 5. (A). Unnd. See ABC/228. ... K32-19
  
  C. Type 5. Small Card Type. 73 x 40. (50)/ Ref USA/228/5

Jefferson Burdick uses a similar system, in his American Card Catalog too, which is actually what ours was based on, for his listings were used for most of the American sections of our work. He lists them under  : 

228. Novelties

• Type 5 – Small card shape (50) … .15
  Types 4 and 5 show the same 50 as the type 3 designs

At which point we had better explain that the type three designs were issued having been already die-cut to shape, and they were also issued in three stages, the first batch inscribed “25 Styles", then "50 Styles”, and lastly “75 Styles” as more cards were added.  

Now in our updated World Tobacco Issues Index this set is also in sections, and our part reads : 

• NOVELTIES – TYPE 3 to 5. (A). Unnd.  .... K524-305
  
  C. Type 5. Small Card Type. 73 x 40. (50)/ Ref USA/228/5

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DUNN`s [trade : chocolate : UK - London] "Birds" (19) Un/48 -  DUN-240 :  HX-141 :  DUN-2 : D.11 

And so we close, with a beginning, surely one of the most perfect objects in all the world - a strong shell, which keeps a growing infant protected, and then is broken from within when it is time for them to experience life. 

Today, on #WorldEggDay, is sponsored by the World Egg Organisation, and every year they have a different theme. This year they are speaking of nutrition, how eggs are used in almost every culture, and how the simple egg can assist with cholesterol levels, cut the risk or heart disease, provide Omega-3, and also a little known substance called choline, which is seldom found elsewhere, and which is used to build cell membranes throughout the body and the brain, In fact, strangely, because we just spoke of sight, eggs also contain products which help prevent its loss - things like lutein, Vitamins A and E, zinc, and our new friend choline - all of which contribute to retinal repair and sensitivity, the keeping at bay of cataracts, and the prevention of macular degeneration. 

The most important thing about an egg though is that it contains all these things, plus, protein, and fats, but few calories. 

Eggs provide protein, fat, and important vitamins while being relatively low in calories. The highest calorific value comes in the yolk, a hundred grams of which is 322 calories, whilst the yolk is only 52. However though the white contains amino acids and some B vitamins, it lacks the vitamins, and antioxidants found in the yolk. 

This is an unusual set, and a companion to the one of sixty "Animals" which we featured as our Card of the Day for the 14th of November 2024. That page also contains a biography of Daniel Dunn, who was a real person! 

So to our card. This appears in our original British Trade Index as : 

DUNN`S, London
Chocolate. "Established 100 years". Cards issued in mid 1920s. 

• BIRDS. Sm. 67 x 36. Unnd. (48). See D.11 ... DUN-2

The listing under D.11 appears in the back of the book, and reads as follows - 

• D.11 BIRDS or BRITISH BIRDS & THEIR EGGS. Series of 48. 

1. Dunn`s - Set DUN-2. Titled "Birds". Unumbered
    
2. William Gossage & Sons, Ltd. Set GPC-1. Titled "British Birds & Their Eggs". Numbered. 
   
   Alphabetical listing, with number in (2) in parentheses
   
   Barn Owl (24)
   Black Backed Gull (46)
   Black Headed Gull (3)
   Blackbird (10)
   Blackcap (28)
   Blue Tit(25)
   Bramblefinch (27)
   Bullfinch (18)
   Chaffinch (6)
   Common Sheldrake (48)
   Dipper (34)
   Golden Eagle (14)
   Goldfinch (26)
   Great Tit (32)
   Green Woodpecker (5) 
   Grouse (13)
   Hedge Sparrow (12)
   Herring Gull (45)
   House Martin (9)
   Jackdaw (23)
   Jay (40)
   Kestrel (38)
   Kingfisher (21)
   Lapwing (42)
   Linnet (17)
   Long Tailed Tit (33)
   Magpie (8)
   Mistle Thrush (31)
   Nightingale (11)
   Nightjar (36)
   Oyster Catcher (4)
   Partridge (7)
   Peregrine Falcon (39)
   Pheasant (19)
   Pied Wagtail (33)
   Pintail Duck (47)
   Robin (16)
   Snipe (44)
   Sparrow Hawk (20) 
   Stonechat (30)
   Swallow (15)
   Tawny Owl (37)
   Thrush (1)
   Turtle Dove (41)
   Wheatear (29)
   Wild Duck or Mallard (2)
   Wood Pigeon (22)
   Woodcock (43)

 Whilst in our updated British Trade Index the listing reads : 

DUNN`S, London
Chocolate. Issued 1899 & 1924

• BIRDS. 67 x 36. Unnd. (48). See HX-141... DUN-240