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Navy Cut Medium cigarettes, 1924

Player's Navy Cut Medium cigarettes in three, tiered sections. The back section is the tallest and comprises packs of cigarettes and a box of cigarettes which has the Castle trade mark as well as the sailor in a life-buoy trade mark. The mid-section is similarly compose of packs of cigarettes and a box of cigarettes with the Castle trade mark as well as the sailor in a life-buoy trade mark. Above the box is a banner with the text "PLAYER'S". The front section, which is the lowest displays packs of cigarettes, One is open and two others have collecting cards protruding. The three sections are connected by a foot, the left and right sides of which have broken off and the back section has become detached. On the reverse is a hand-written note which reads "C117" and there is a printed note which reads "TO DISPLAY // HOLD BY TOP AND // PRESS DOWN ON TO // COUNTER // N.B. // if this display is // required to be closed // bring two struts into // centre first."

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Navy Cut Medium Tobacco and Cigarettes, 1928

Player's Navy Cut Medium Tobacco and Cigarettes rectangular counter card. Top centre is the head and shoulders of a sailor. His hat ribbon reads "H.M.S. INVINCIBLE". To either side and below him are packs of Medium cigarettes and tobacco in various sizes with the quantity and price printed below. At the bottom of the card are four tins of Medium cigarettes again in different sizes with the quantity and price beneath. The text on the card reads "10 for 6d 20 for 11 1/2d // 50 for 2/5 100 for 4/8 // AIR-TIGHT TIN // 50 for 2/6 // Player's always Please // 5 for 3d // BLUE DECORATED TIN [repeated 3 times] ART BLUE BOX // 150 for 7/3 100 for 4/10 50 for 2/6 25 for 1/3 // PLAIN OR CORK TIPPED". On the reverse is a hanging loop

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Navy Cut mixed brands, 1924=25

Player's Navy Cut tobacco fold-out counter card. The top of the card resembles a hoop which surrounds half-length figures of three navel officers. From their insignia they seem to be an lieutenant, a commander and an admiral. All three are smoking pipes. The base pulls forward and is decorated with packs of White Label, Gold Leaf, Medium and Tawny tobacco. In the bottom right hand corner is a staple. The text reads "PLAYER'S NAVY CUT // WHITE LABEL. GOLD LEAF. MEDIUM. TAWNY." On the reverse, attached to the hoop is a piece of card, suggesting that something hung from it. At the base is a support to allow the card to pull forward and stand upright. There is a rubber stamp which reads "JOHN PLAYER & SONS // STORES ADVERTISING // GARDEN ST."

© Produced by the kind permission of Imperial Tobacco Limited, England