Packaging Collection

Navy Cut cigarettes, 1927=28
Players counter card in the shape of the full-length profile of a naval officer. His insignia suggest he is a commander

Navy Cut Medium cigarettes, 1924
Players Navy Cut Medium cigarettes in three, tiered sections

Navy Cut Medium Tobacco and Cigarettes, 1928
Players 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"

Players White Label cigarettes

Players Please, 1928
Players Please rectangular counter card. The background is dark blue with a gold edging. In the bottom right hand corner is the sailor in a life-buoy trade mark

Navy Cut mixed brands, 1924=25
Players Navy Cut tobacco fold-out counter card. The top of the card resembles a hoop which surrounds half-length figures of three navel officers

Navy Cut Medium Cigarettes, 1926
Players Navy Cut Medium cigarettes rectangular, metal counter card depicting a rugby player scoring a touch-down with a pack of Navy Cut cigarettes instead of a ball

Navy Cut Medium Cigarettes, 1922
Players Navy Cut Medium cigarettes rectangular counter card with a dome to the top centre. The background of the card is black with a gold border decorated with a green and red foliate design

Navy Cut Gold Leaf Cigarettes, 1920=21
Players Gold Leaf Navy Cut cigarettes rectangular counter card. A packet of Gold Leaf cigarettes is pictured inside a blue oval frame against a gold on blue foliate background

Navy Cut Medium Cork Tip Cigarettes, 1931
Players Navy Cut Medium cork tipped cigarettes padded rectangular counter card with a glossy finish. The background is cream with a green border

Navy Cut Medium Cigarettes, 1930
Players Navy Cut Medium cigarettes rectangular counter card. The background is dark blue with a pale blue border. Centre top is an open pack of 10 Medium cigarettes with two protruding

Navy Cut Medium Cork Tip Cigarettes, 1930
Players Navy Cut Medium cork tipped cigarettes rectangular counter card depicting a young woman smoking a cigarette

John Players Archive
Nottingham Prints John Players Archive

Navy Cut Tobacco and Cigarettes, 1924=26
Players Navy Cut Cigarettes and Tobacco rectangular counter card. In the centre is the head and shoulders of a sailor in oilskins, smoking a pipe. The picture is signed " T Insall"

Navy Cut White Label cigarettes, 1926
Players Navy Cut White Label Cigarettes rectangular counter card. The background is grey with three panels of a darker grey over the top

Navy Cut White Label cigarettes, 1925
Players Navy Cut White Label Cigarettes rectangular counter card. The background is grey with a white border

Navy Cut White Label cigarettes, 1924=25
Players Navy Cut White Label Cigarettes rectangular counter card depicting a man in a homburg hat, smoking a cigarette, reading a newspaper

Navy Cut cigarettes, 1927
Players counter card in the shape of a banner with scrolled ends. The lettering and decoration appear to be hand painted. The text reads " PLAYERs // NAVY CUT CIGARETTES"

Players, 1923
Players counter card in the shape of a banner with scrolled ends. At either end is the sailor in a life-buoy trade mark. The text reads " PLAYER S"

Navy Cut De Luxe, 1921
Players Navy Cut De Luxe tobacco counter card

Navy Cut mixed brands, 1921-22
Players mixed tobacco brands counter card the top of which resembles an oriental-style pointed dome and scrolls. The background is maroon with a gold edge

Mixed tobacco brands, 1928
Players mixed tobacco brands rectangular counter card

Navy Cut mixed brands, 1925=26
Players Navy Cut mixed brands rectangular counter card. The background is cream with a maroon and gold border. In the centre are three blue ovals with gold borders

Navy Cut Medium Cigarettes, 1928
Players Navy Cut Medium cigarettes counter card in the shape of a capstan. The background is blue, with a gold edging. In the centre is a yellow panel and the picture of a sailor

Navy Cut Medium Cigarettes, 1927=28
Players Navy Cut Medium cigarettes rectangular counter card. The background is dark blue. Inset into the card is a pack of Navy Cut Medium cigarettes

Navy Cut Medium Cigarettes, 1920=24
Players Navy Cut Medium cigarettes rectangular counter card. The background to the card is a blue pin-stripe with a gold edge

Navy Cut Medium Fives Cigarettes, 1927=28
Players Navy Cut Medium Fives cigarettes rectangular counter card. In the left hand corner is a pack of Navy Cut cigarettes. The text reads " Players // Fives // Please // 5 for 3d"

Players Navy Cut: Blue design, 1900=1950
Players Navy Cut counter-card in blue, featuring text and the lifebuoy trademark in the bottom left corner

Navy Cut Tobacco, 1939=40
Players Navy Cut Medium tobacco rectangular, pull-forward counter card in two sections. The rear section depicts an estuary or similar with three sailing yachts, in the background three ships

Navy Mixture tobacco, 1927
Players Navy Mixture tobacco rectangular 3-D counter card. On the back panel is a two-masted sailing ship

Navy Cut Medium Cigarettes, 1926=29
Players Navy Cut Medium cigarettes pull-forward counter card. One side of the card opens out so that when extended it is shaped like a narrow wedge

Navy Mixture tobacco, 1906
Players Navy Mixture tobacco rectangular counter card. Top centre is the sailor inside a life buoy trade mark

Navy Cut Medium Cigarettes, 1925
Players Navy Cut Medium cigarettes counter card depicting a cricketer next to a pack of Navy Cut cigarettes

Navy Cut Tobacco and Cigarettes, 1921
Players Navy Cut Cigarettes and Tobacco rectangular, convex counter card

Players, 1921=23
Players rectangular counter card. The background is cream and the border is green. In the bottom right hand corner is the sailor inside a life-buoy trade mark

Navy Cut De Luxe, 1929=30
Players Navy Cut De Luxe tobacco counter card in the shape of a banner, with a white background and rope edging in gold and purple. Centre, top is a copy of the sailor in a life-buoy trade mark

Navy Mixture tobacco, 1922=23
Players Navy Mixture tobacco rectangular counter card. This comprises two ruby-red horizontal panels with gold borders against a beige or stone background

Navy Cut Medium Cigarettes, 1928=29
Players Navy Cut Medium cigarettes counter card in the shape of a capstan. The background is blue with a gold edging

Navy Cut Medium Cigarettes, 1921=22
Players Navy Cut Medium cigarettes rectangular, convex counter card. Top centre is a cut-out into which a cigarette pack has been inserted

Navy Cut Medium Cigarettes, 1931
Players Navy Cut Medium rectangular counter card. The background is cream. To left to just right of centre is a picture of a sailing yacht, manned by four men, on a brisk sea

Navy Mixture tobacco, 1920=25
Players Navy Mixture tobacco rectangular counter card. The background is a gold basket-work pattern. In the centre is a brown panel with a rope and crown border

Navy Mixture tobacco, 1924
Players Navy Mixture tobacco pull out counter card. The background resembles a brown tobacco leaf

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