Images Dated 5th October 2011

Navy Mixture tobacco, 1925

Player's Navy Mixture tobacco rectangular 3-D counter card. On the back panel are two galleons in full sail flying English flags. In the foreground is the head and shoulders of a man in armour (possibly sixteenth-century Spanish). The text reads "PLAYER'S // "NAVY" MIXTURE // JOHN PLAYER & SONS, NOTTINGHAM". On the reverse is a hand-written note which reads "1 COPY ONLY" and a label which reads "MARDONS // WINDOW NOVELTIES // EMBOSSED SHOWCARDS / &C, &C // VARNISHERS // GELATINERS & FRAME MAKERS // BRISTOL & LONDON."

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