Newsletter - 2026-03-14

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Anonymous [trade : gum : O/S - Holland] "Serie A" (1958) 73/198

Now I was contacted by a reader, who is rather a musicologist, about the piece I wrote about Glenn Miller as the diary date for the eleventh of February, in our newsletter of the 7th of February, 2026.

That segment celebrated the fact that on that day in 1942 the first ever "Gold Record" was presented by RCA Victor to mark the sale of over a million records of any one song, namely "Chattanooga Choo Choo", by Glen Miller and his Orchestra. You see that was given to Mr. Miller by his record company, so technically although it was a gold record, it was more of an "in house award", more for promotion - and there were several of these awarded by other record companies, who, it is said, were rather cavalier about the count up. 

Then, in 1958, a group called the Record­ing In­dus­try As­so­ci­a­tion of Amer­i­ca decided that things had to change. They published their plans in "Billboard" magazine, in the edition dated February 24, 1958, and said that they had developed a system for accurately auditing and certifying a millon or more American sales of any one American produced "single" (albums were not eligible), and that they intended to start to issue an official certificate. Now there was a down side to this, as the record company had to ask whether their record had reached the numbers required for the certificate, and the asking had to be accompanied by a payment, of $350, which was not refundable in the event that the record had not yet reached those sales.

Yet, for some reason, the idea took off, possibly because of the fact that today, in 1958, the an­nounc­er Frank Gal­lop suddenly appeared on the Perry Como Show, and presented a gold record to the singer, for his recent release "Catch A Falling Star", though never is it mentioned that it is from the Record­ing In­dus­try As­so­ci­a­tion of Amer­i­ca. And you can see that very show, which lasts for just under an hour, on YouTube. 

Perry Como was born Pierino Ronald Como on May the 18th, 1912, one of whom would eventually be a family of thirteen children born to a couple who had emigrated from Palena, Italy, in 1910. It sounds like their life was not easy, for the father worked at a mill, and then opened a barber`s shop; but the children, all of them, were happy and encouraged, though not pampered, and Perry Como frequently spoke of how when he wanted extra music lessons he had to get a job, in addition to helping at the barber`s shop. When he was just fourteen, his father fell ill, it would later be diagnosed as a problem with his heart, and was very serious, so much so that he relinquished the barber shop to his son. 

Then, in 1932, for some reason, I presumed because his father had died, but that is not the case, Perry Como moved out and went to live with an uncle, who was also a barber. He seems to have been the life and soul of the party, and frequented lots of local bars and clubs, and at one of these he almost forced his charge to get up on the stage. Despite his initial fears, he sang well, so well that the singer offered him a gig, which he discussed with his father, and, equally surprisingly, his father gave him his blessing. His fiancee was less keen, but she agreed to go with, and so they were married, on July the 31st, 1933. However, she does not appear to have gone with him, so maybe it was more a case of making sure he was hers before he went on the road.  

The tour led to lots of opportunity, and he sang with many bands. He did not return home until 1935, and then he was in and out pretty much continuously, though he did have a child, a son, in 1940. For a short time both his wife and child travelled with him, but again she decided it was better to go home, and he followed her, albeit two years later. Eventually they would have three children, a daughter and two sons. 

Once home, he was offered a radio show with CBS, which he took. His first gig was in March 1943, but before the month was out he had signed with R.C.A. Victor, where he would stay for forty-four years, almost worth a gold disc on its own. He seems to have been as friendly and affable in real life as he appeared, and his television shows, where he introduced other new and seasoned acts, and had little chats, were amazingly popular. And he is one of the few people to have three different stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, one for music, one for radio, and one for television. He did, however, also appear in films, for Twentieth Century Fox, four of them, mostly musicals, plus one for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, again a musical, but he did not enjoy them, believing, and probably rightly, that he was only there to bring the teenagers in, for he was quite an idol at that time. He liked television a lot better, for it was, primarily, an extension of him, being himself, and chatting with guests. 

His later years were marred by the death of his beloved wife in 1998, after they had been married for sixty-five years, and by his own treatment for bladder cancer and diagnosis of Alzheimers disease. Yet he died, peacefully in his sleep, aged eighty eight, on May the 12th, 2001, and was buried with his wife in Florida

The general belief, and probably rightly, is that his first card was issued by the Peerless Weighing and Vending Machine Corporation, in America, as part of a set called "Engrav-o-tints Portraits of Movie Stars". In fact there were two sets, one being decidedly redder in hue. Both cite "RCA Victor Star" though, so though the cards began to be issued in 1940, we know his must have been added to the list after or during 1943.

Most of his cards were issued anonymously, with gum, in Holland and Europe, the exception being the 1960 black and white, plain backed, set of "Red Letter Pop Artistes & Film Stars" issued, anonymously, by D.C. Thomson. He seemed to fall out of favour with cards in the mid 1960s, and only reappeared after the millennium when modern issuers rediscovered singers of the 1950s and 60s and included him to their repertoire. 

Our set seems to also have been issued a year earlier, with a printed back, by Hellas. In that version it is exactly the same pose, and number 73, as well as being cited as "Serie A". Hellas is a very elusive manufacturer but it turns out they were from Turku, in Finland, and they issued chewing gum. "Jenkki" was actually first sold in 1951, and was an immediate success. As for the name, it is Finnish for Yankee, and refers to all the Americans who introduced the habit to the locals. The picture, but slightly darker, is also used on another anonymous Dutch set, known as "Set 9" or "Set X" 

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Whitbread & Co. Ltd [trade : breweries : UK] "The History of Whitbread Inn Signs - Isle of Wight" - medium size (1974) 1/25 - WHI-120.3 - WHI-2

Today marks the centenary of the first car ferry to travel from Portmouth on the UK mainland, sail across the Solent, and disembark her passengers at Fishbourne - and it is the location of that disembarkation point which gives us that centenary.

It seems that as long as people have stood in Portsmouth they have been gazing across at the land beyond the sea. And so we do not know who the first person was to set sail across the water, nor even the name of the person who made it all the way. The first record comes centuries later, when the Lord of the Manor in Ashey, pretty much part of Ryde, was said to be responsible for any boats making the crossing between Portsmouth and Ryde, However right until the end of the eighteenth century the ferry relied on local fishermen, who could be summonsed at any time to make the crossing, and if they did not, they would be fined.

The first actual, purpose built, Isle of Wight ferry boat, was built in 1796. This was called "The Packet", and within fifteen years it was making two return trips every day, though it subjected its passengers to the considerable indignity of being carried across the sands to the town, because the boat could not get near enough to shore. This problem was solved in  1814, by the opening of the Ryde Pier, which met the ferry in the water - and which we waxed lyrical of in our newsletter of the 26th of July 2025 as our diary date for Saturday, the 26th of July. 

Three years later sail gave way to steam, with a new ferry "Britannia" but she did not last too long, and I am not sure why, as all that is listed is "unsuccessful experiment".  By the 1820s, there were also rivals, operating from and to other areas, and it was to combat this that the Portmouth and Ryde Steam Packet Company was founded in 1827, though it had stiff competition, including from other companies running ferries along the same route. 

Then, today, in 1926, the service moved from Ryde to Fishbourne, starting with a tug boat, the `Adur II` which pulled three wooden boats in its wake. It could carry sixteen cars and a hundred passengers. This is often quoted to have been the first ever purpose built car ferry in the world, but that is wrong, because in 1871 a steamship called `Suhulet` started a regular service taking cars across the Bosphorus in Istanbul. 

Now I have cheated here a bit, because if you hunt fast you will find this card elsewhere, but it was a bit of a tangent at that place, for the diary date was for the Battle of the Isle of Wight, in 1545, and I managed to find a card of that actual event, though I have not locked it in to that place yet, thinking it is more important to get this newsletter to bed than to tinker with an old one.

As far as this set, it is kind of a re-issue of the original ones on aluminium and on card, which were first issued in 1949. These ones are, if you look closely, titled as "A History of Whitbread Inn Signs" and we speak of them in greater detail with our current home page for those later sets, which also holds the full listing of all the sets in that date range.

This set, of twenty-five cards, includes the following inns : 

1. Solent Inn, Ryde 
2. White Lion, Arreton
3. Sloop Inn, Wootton Bridge 
4. The Griffin, Godshill
5. Bugle Hotel, Newport 
6. Boniface Arms, Ventnor
7. Fighting Cocks, Arreton
8. White Hart Inn, Havenstreet
9. Wheatsheaf, Yarmouth
10. Rose Inn, Ventnor 
11. The White Horse, Whitwell
12. Shoulder of Mutton, Newport
13. King Lud, Ryde
14. Duke of York, Cowes 
15. Horse & Groom, Ningwood 
16. Royal Standard, Sandown
17. Plough & Barleycorn, Shanklin 
18. The Vine, Newport
19. Crab Inn, Shanklin 
20. The Red Lion, Newport 
21. Roadside Inn, Nettlestone
22. King`s Head, Yarmouth
23. Buddle Inn, Niton
24. Castle Inn, Newport
25. The Railway, Ryde

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BOWMAN Gum Inc [trade : gum : O/S - Philadelphia, USA] "Jets, Rockets, Spacemen" (1951) 5/108 - R701-13

In another centenary, today, in 1926, saw the launch of the first liquid fuelled rocket. For that we can celebrate, or blame, Robert Hutchings Goddard, born in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA, on October the 5th, 1882. He started out by building standard solid fuelled rockets, with which he hit previously unimaginable heights, and speeds, and though he never lived to see it, because he died in 1945, without his work space travel may never have become possible, for as well as the liquid fuel, he invented the multi-stage rocket, gyroscopes, and steerable thrust propulsion.

His story begins in 1898, when he was sixteen, and when he suddenly discovered science fiction, and became obsessed with going to Mars. At first he confined his thoughts inside his head, but then began to write them down, and fairly quickly he was making rudimentary rockets, one of which exploded at his college.

He was still allowed to go on and teach, at the same place, and just after the First World War he published a paper about his ideas, which the general public found faintly ridiculous.

However, like everyone with a dream ought to, he kept that dream alive, and today, in 1926, he tested a proper liquid propellant rocket at his Aunt Effie’s farm. To everyone`s surprise, and probably his to, it raced into the sky, forty-one feet up, flew almost two hundred feet from the launching tower. 

This brought him to the attention of Charles Lindbergh, who seems to have supported him morally and financially, and he also guided him to move, to Roswell, New Mexico, where he set up a laboratory and a testing field. And, once there, he was able  to accomplish ever better performance, with many flights reaching an altitude above a thousand feet into the skies.

This kind of adds a whole new dimension to the Roswell "alien" story, and I have to wonder if maybe they were just innocently looking for him, so he could help them to mend their spaceship, before they were ruthlessly shot out of the sky.

But sadly he had died, and not too long before, on August the 10th, 1945. 

This set was issued in 1951, and it is fascinating. You got six cards, and gum for five cents, and though the packet, it must be said, was rather uninspiring, the cards are bright and colourful, and seem to suggest that co-operation with the inhabitants of other galaxies will result in friendship, and bring us many benefits - though I am not so sure about those giant steam frogs. They also predict many things that came to pass - including space stations, and how drinking in space would be adversely affected by gravity. They are much different, in that, to the "Mars Attacks" and other cards that would come later, and treat other races as something to be feared and destroyed before the predictions on the cards could come true. 

It appears that this was intended to be a much longer set, but some of the artwork went missing before the cards on it could be produced. Some of it did turn up, and much later, but not all of it, only that for the last thirty-five cards, numbered 145 to 180, and these were produced by WTW Productions. They did a very good job, and at the same time also reprinted the original one hundred and eight cards uniform with the ones that were lost - and the cards are clearly marked with "Reprinted 1985 WTW Productions", so close to the title that it could not be cut off and the reprints sold as originals. All in all it was an excellent production, and it meant that a while new generation got to see, and own, a set of cards that they may otherwise never have done. 

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GUERIN-Boutron [trade : chocolate : O/S - Paris, France] "Jeux de Plein Air" / outdoor children`s games (1900?) Un/?

Catherine, or Kate, Greenaway was born today in 1846, in Hoxton, London, making it her one hundred and eightieth birthday.  And I am sure she would doubtless be delighted to find, and maybe even to receive a card showing her charming, yet old fashioned children, for they are still just as popular today.

Her artistic talent almost certainly came from her engraver father, it just went off at a tangent. In fact her father was quite famous, and did the illustrations to a reprint of Charles Dickens` "Pickwick Papers". Unfortunately, despite his hard work, the publisher went bankrupt, and the work was neither seen, nor paid for. In order to save the family, Mrs. Greenaway opened a dress shop, and relocated the whole family to the flat above. Here she would make, mend, and retail primarily children`s clothes, and slowly the family got back on its feet, and Mr. Greenaway also recovered enough from his loss to go out and find other engraving work to do. 

Catherine may have become a dressmaker too but for a chance discovery, that the South Kensington School of Art were giving evening classes to women, at Finsbury School. She took her first class at the age of thirteen, and though she found it rather boring, for it was mainly set up to train women to act as home workers, and copy patterns slavishly on to products, like a human conveyor belt, in 1864 she was said to be talented enough to rise above this, and enrol at the Royal Female School of Art, newly moved to Queen Square in Kensington. 

Despite the innocence of her painted characters, she seems to have been quite forthright at the School of Art, even complaining as to why only men were allowed to draw actual nude models. In fact that was what led her to enrol at evening classes at the Heatherley School in Newman Street.

Her fellow students there were very much of the aesthetic, and included Walter Crane, who specialised in illustrating and writing books for children. She took to him straight away, and it seems that she originally only started to draw children to catch his eye, but sadly he already had an intended, who he would marry in 1871. It is said that this is why she never married, preferring to wait for him, but the truth is that she may have married eventually if she had lived longer; perhaps to John Ruskin, if he had been as interested in her as she was him, or even to Frederick Locker, a poet, with whom she frequently stayed, at both his home in Sussex and his summer residence in Norfolk, though he was also married, twice.  

However, somehow her drawings of children were seen by someone else and she was commissioned to make a frontispiece for a book on children`s games. This was so successful that she was allowed to exhibit more, and that led her to the attention of publishers including Frederick Warne and Marcus Ward. Now Marcus Ward were a publisher, but not of books, of greetings cards.

That is really how most of her fame arose, though she did write and illustrate her own books too, starting with a book of verse, called "Under the Window - Pictures and Rhymes for Children" in 1879.

This set her off, and she wrote several books of verse and little stories, which were amazingly popular. She was admitted to the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours in 1889, and travelled to America, where her books had developed quite a following, to exhibit some of her drawings at the 1893 World`s Fair in Chicago, Illinois. And she bought a house, which she had specially rebuilt in Arts and Crafts style by Richard Norman Shaw, near Hampstead in London. Then, suddenly, in 1901, she died, from cancer, aged just fifty-five, which came as a great surprise to all her friends, as she had not told them of the diagnosis. 

Our set is untitled but it has come to be known as children`s games, though that is a bit confusing as at the time of writing this we already have three children`s games sets by Guerin Boutron in our index. One of those is titled "Les Jeux d`Enfants" and has decorative borders to the front, and you can see that in our newsletter of the 7th of June 2025, as the diary date for Friday the 13th of June. The other has white borders and shows toys, though it is untitled, and you can see that as our Card of the Day for the 17th of February 2026. The card we show here is also untitled, but they are in a very Kate Greenaway style, and the name of the game, or pastime, is in large letters on the front of the card. They also have large gold borders, right to the edge of the card. And actually I have just found a couple online listed as "Jeux de Plein Air", or outdoor games, which does seem to fit, so far, anyway.

So far we know of

• En Promenade [boy and girl pulling cart with two boys and girl inside]
• Le furet du bois joli [six children sitting in a ring around a wicker basket]
• Le Gouter [a standing girl trying to feed one of three seated children]
• Les Chevaux [girl pretending to drive a carriage pulled by two boys]
• Les Petits Cadeaux [two seated children, one standing with toy lamb]

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MONTY Gum "TV Shows" - series 4 (1968) Un/55

In yet another centenary, today in 1926 saw the birth of Peter Duesler Aurness, in Minneapolis, a brother to the three year old James King Aurness, who would find fame on television as Marshall Matt Dillon in the western series "Gunsmoke", using the pseudonym James Arness. 

Our man graduated from high school in 1944 and then joined the Air Force. I am not sure what he did or where he was based but we know he appeared, uncredited, in a short subject, almost a recruiting film for the U.S. Army Air Force, where he is part of the bomber crew, so perhaps that was his job. We also know he was awarded the American Campaign Medal, which was given for service across the American mainland and territories, and frequently to people who had assisted in breaking up spy rings and saboteurs, who may otherwise have caused an invasion of America. He also got the Victory Medal, but all active members of the forces got that, just like the British version, it simply denoted that you served your country at some time between the start and end dates of the war. However, it did mean that he was eligible to go back to college and retrain for peace, in any subject you chose, and our man went to the University of Minnesota.

I am not sure what he was retraining to do, but somehow his paths crossed with motion pictures, and he decided to become an extra, in several movies between 1950 and 1952. Then he was given a part in "Stalag 17", quite a big one, as Sergeant Frank Price, who is finally accused of being the spy, and is shot almost as the closing scene.

He made a few more movies, but then decided to move into television, which he much enjoyed. His first big break there was as "Fury" and he appeared in a hundred and sixteen episodes, until the series had run its course, but he soon got another job in "Whiplash". After that he settled down to guest appearances, in such as "Route 66", and "The Invaders", until he was asked to play James "Jim" Phelps in "Mission : Impossible". That took him through from 1967 until 1973, and it was his favourite role, as well as the one he is most remembered for today. He was actually asked to reprise it in the 1996 tribute/remake starring Tom Cruise, and was interested to do so until he read in the script that at the end of the film he was revealed to be a traitor and murderer, and is killed in a helicopter crash. He felt that this was not in keeping with his character, and so he turned the part down. He also, reportedly, asked that the character was omitted, or at least renamed, but neither were done, and the part of Jim Phelps was played by Jon Voight. 

The experience did not sour him from making films, and he continued to do so. Then, in 1980 he suddenly found fame with a part he thought was just a throwaway, the pilot, Captain Clarence Oveur, in "Airplane". This brought him to the attention of a whole new group of younger fans, and led to his appearance in the 1982 sequel as well. And he continued to appear on film and television until he died, on March the 14th, 2010, outside his home in Los Angeles, from a sudden, and massive heart attack, on the way back from a meal with his family. 

Series 4, our set, was issued in 1968, contains unnumbered cards 

• one card from  "Big Top" (named as "Grand Chapiteau")
• six cards from  "Forsyte Saga"
• three cards from "Gunsmoke" 
• ten cards from "High Chaparall" (spelt wrongly, it ought to have been Chaparral)
• eight cards from  "Huck Finn"
• one card from "Ironside"
• four cards from"Julia"
• two cards from "Mannix"
• ten cards from "Mission Impossible"
• four cards from "Rawhide"

The most important programme here is probably not the one you are thinking, it is "Julia". That aired from 1968 to 1971, and the "Julia" of the title was a nurse, played by Diahann Carroll, in what was the first television show to ever give a starring role to an African-American actress. 

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OGDEN`s Ltd [tobacco : UK - Liverpool] "Guinea Gold New series B" (1900) B.27/200

Today, in 1892, was rather a momentous day for cricket and for fraternity, for three brothers played cricket together, albeit not on the same side. 

These were the Hearne brothers - George Gibbon, born on the 7th of July, 1856 - Frank, born on the 23rd of November 1858 - and Alec, who had been born on the 22nd of July, 1863. And even stranger, Frank Hearne took the field for South Africa, where he had relocated to on advice from a doctor, as he was unwell  However the illness did not stop him playing cricket and he lived to be ninety years old. He was also the only one of the brothers who appeared in more than one Test Match. And in fact, before he emigrated, he played over a hundred matches for the England National Team. 

In fact thirteen Hearnes played first class cricket, starting with Tom and George who were born in the 1820s. Then there was Tom`s son, George Francis, and George`s sons, George Gibbons, Frank, and Alec - plus, eventually George Francis` son Thomas John, and Frank`s son George Alfred Lawrence.

Another branch of the family included William, Herbert, Jack (who was born John Thomas), and Walter. And then there was a cousin of John Thomas` called John William, though he preferred to be known as Young Jack. 

They all appear on cards, apart from George Gibbon, and sadly Frank only appears on more modern ones, the 1984 set of John Brindley "Cricketers" series 2, as card no.30, and the 1990 County Print Services "South African Cricket Team 1894", as card no.15.

That leaves us with Alec, whose first cartophilic appearance was in Wills` "Cricketers 1896". He then appears on several cards issued with Ogden`s `Guinea Gold` brand, and finally on Godfrey Phillips` "B.D.V. Cricketers", issued in 1932, some thirty years after the last of the Ogden`s ones. However he did appear on a curious little modern set, by Keech, of Spalding, which has a rather similar back to the 1901 series of Faulkner`s "Cricketers", a set also issued by A. Baker & Co. Ltd, Charlesworth & Austin Ltd, J. Gabriel, W. G. Glass & Co. Ltd, E. J. Newbegin, and I. Rutter & Co., as well as in two anonymous forms. But our card is what I wanted, something issued whilst the person on it was still alive. 

As for our match, well that was played at Newlands Cricket Ground, in Cape Town, as part of an unofficial tour of South Africa, organised by Walter William Read, of his own team, in December 1891 until March 1892. He was also a cricketer and a good one, enough to play as Captain in two Test matches, to take part in the original "Ashes" series of 1882, and be named a Wisden "Cricketer of the Year" in 1893. The tour took place a couple of months after the British Isles had sent an official team to South Africa, which is now considered to be the first ever British Lions tour, and at the same time as another, official British team, captained by W.G. Grace, was out touring Australia and Ceylon.

For many years, Mr. Read`s team was thought not to count as an official Test, but more recently it was decided that it technically was, or at least the matches against the South African National Team were, the ones against Transvaal and Western Province still being debated.

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COPE Bros & Co. Ltd [tobacco : UK - Liverpool and London] "Jordklodens Hunde" / dogs of the world (1910?) 16/50 - C132-41

And so to finish off the newsletter for another week, we have a day I never knew existed until I found it, today, but which I really ought to have known, because the 20th of March, every year, is #NationalWestieDay, in honour of the West Highland White Terrier.

Oddly the date is in memory of Colonel Edward Donald Malcolm, the 16th Laird of the MacCullum-Malcom, who died on that day in 1930. Anyway Colonel Malcolm was the 16th Laird of Poltalloch, and so his dogs were called Poltalloch Terriers. 

He was kind of a rival to George John Douglas Campbell, the 8th Duke of Argyll, who bred similar dogs by the name of Roseneath Terriers, after his castle at Roseneath - though it seems they got on quite well and even collaborated from time to time for the improvement of both breeds. Now we featured a Roseneath Terrier in our newsletter of the 2nd of December 2023, on Thursday the 7th of December. 

There was a third breed in the mix, which originated with a friend of Col. Malcolm`s, a Dr. Flaxman from Fifeshire, and his dogs were known as Pittenweem Terriers. For some reason Colonel Malcolm, though he was Dr Flaxman`s friend, would not allow interbreeding between their dogs.

Anyway in 1903, Colonel Malcolm seems to decided to rename his dogs, and he called them West Highland White Terriers. The breed club was founded the following year, and George John Douglas Campbell, the 8th Duke of Argyll was its first president. In 1906 a second club was formed and the Countess of Aberdeen was elected in as the chairwoman. When she retired, Edward Malcolm took her place.

Then the two clubs seem to have become closer together, for the sake of the breed, and through their efforts The Kennel Club recognised the breed in 1907, allowing one to appear at Crufts Dog Show for the very first time. We know it did not win Best in Show as that honour went to a Pomeranian, "The Sable Mite", who had also won in 1905, the first year of the show.

We also know that the  first champion West Highland White Terrier was called Morven; he was born in 1905 and owned by Colin Young, however he was registered as a Scottish Terrier, and as so he took part in the Scottish Terrier Kennel Club Show, but after he had won his owner was informed that his championship win would not stand.

The following year the West Highland Terrier was recognised by the American Kennel Club, though it took another year to get it into the Canadian one. 

As for the first West Highland White Terrier to win Best in Show at Crufts, that was not until 1976, and a dog called Dianthus "Bobby" Buttons.

Our set is not the one you may have thought it was, and it is listed in our original World Tobacco Issues Index with the following header : 

2.B. THE `CONTRABANDO" ISSUES. Danish language issues. Except for set C132-42, the series have the same fronts as the equivalent English Set in 2.A above, with backs reprinted in Danish. 

• JORDKLODENS HUNDE (Dogs of the World). Sm. 69 x 36. Nd. (50) ... C132.41 

In case you were wondering, set C132-42 is a set of Scandinavian actors and actresses, black and white, with plain backs. 

That entry is exactly the same in our updated World Tobacco Issues Index, save a new card code, of C798-330

Sadly, nowhere in these books does it tell you that the dogs were drawn by renowned illustrator Cecil Charles Windsor Aldin.