Images Dated 15th November 2011

'No Name' Tobacco with an unparalleled reputation, 1964

Player's No Name Tobacco counter-card featuring a black and white photographic image of a gentleman from the waist up, leaning against a table holding a pipe to his mouth. In the background there is a portrait of a gentleman hanging on the wall. The table the man is leaning on has on it a sculpture of what appears to be a horse and a vase of flowers. The man is wearing an evening jacket with a shirt and tie. He is looking towards the top left of the counter-card. The bottom section of the counter-card features an illustration of a tin of Player's No Name Tobacco on a burgundy background. Text reads: "'No Name'? // Tobacco with an unparalleled reputation". Hand-written on reverse: "APPROX. 1964 // 20452 // 9 1/2 X 15". There is also a stand on the reverse

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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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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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