Images Dated 2011 November

The Sailor, 1950

Player's Navy Cut rectangular covered counter-card featuring a reproduction of a painting of the Navy Cut sailor with "HMS EXCELLENT" written on his cap. Beneath the sailor is a box of text surrounded by images of the two ships from the Navy Cut trademark and the trademark at the bottom. Text in the box reads: "The familiar Player's Sailor figure // symbolises all that is dependable and worth- // while in tobacco manufacture. In the // cigarette world he stands for Player's Navy // Cut - a name rendered justly famous for // the excellence and quality it gives to smokers." The counter-card features a faux-wood border

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Bachelors: The Programme Seller, 1910=1960

Player's Bachelor Cigarettes rectangular counter-card featuring a reproduction of "The Programme Seller" by the Hon. John Collier. The painting shows a maid waiting with a tray with water and a large red packet of Bachelor cigarettes. Title text on card: "PLAYER'S // BACHELOR // CIGARETTES". Text underneath reproduction: "THE PROGRAMME SELLER" BY THE HON. JOHN COLLIER. // THE PROPERTY OF THE MANUFACTURERS OF PLAYER'S BACHELOR CIGARETTES." Next to the title text is a large image of an open packet of 10 Bachelor cigarettes

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Players Bachelor Tipped., 1960

Player's Bachelor Tipped Cigarettes counter-card featuring a black and white photographic image of a man from the chest up lighting a cigarette in his mouth. The background of the image is a countryside scene with five people stood near two gliders whilst watching another coming in to land. In the bottom left of the counter-card is an illustration of an open packet of twenty Player's Bachelor Tipped Cigarettes with several of the cigarettes half pulled out. The text on the card is in pale blue, dark blue, white and gold. The text at the top of the card reads: "Player's // BACHELOR // Tipped". Text to the bottom right of the card reads: "Bachelor beat // flavour-blur'". Text with packaging illustration reads: "TWENTY for 3'6 // TEN for 1'9". Hand-written on reverse: "1960 // 19584". There is a stand on the reverse

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