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John Player's Archive Collection (#3)

Counter Cards from the John Player's archive

295 Items

Background imageJohn Player's Archive Collection: Bachelors: The Programme Seller, 1910=1960

Bachelors: The Programme Seller, 1910=1960
Players Bachelor Cigarettes rectangular counter-card featuring a reproduction of " The Programme Seller" by the Hon. John Collier

Background imageJohn Player's Archive Collection: Weights: For your pleasure, 1901=1939

Weights: For your pleasure, 1901=1939
Players Weights Cigarettes cut-out pop-up counter-card featuring illustrations several packets of Weights (10s and 20s)

Background imageJohn Player's Archive Collection: Weights: Leading the field, 1901=1939

Weights: Leading the field, 1901=1939
Players Weights Cigarettes rectangular large counter-card featuring a central illustration of a fox-hunt with a gentleman on a white horse leaping a stream

Background imageJohn Player's Archive Collection: Drumhead Cigarettes: Made in Dublin, 1934

Drumhead Cigarettes: Made in Dublin, 1934
Players Drumhead Cigarettes counter-card featuring a central illustration of a Drumhead cigarette. The text on the card against a blue triangle and green background

Background imageJohn Player's Archive Collection: Ask for Players Drumhead Cigarettes: Irish Manufacture, 1934

Ask for Players Drumhead Cigarettes: Irish Manufacture, 1934
Players Drumhead Cigarettes counter-card featuring an illustration of an open packet of 10 Drumhead cigarettes on top of a lit Drumhead cigarette lying down

Background imageJohn Player's Archive Collection: Only Players Please so much

Only Players Please so much

Background imageJohn Player's Archive Collection: Only Players please so much, 1967

Only Players please so much, 1967
Players Navy Cut Cigarettes counter-card featuring a colour photographic image of a gentlemans face as he smokes a cigarette and looks to the top right of frame

Background imageJohn Player's Archive Collection: Only Players please so much, 1966

Only Players please so much, 1966
Players Navy Cut Cigarettes large rectangular counter-card featuring a colour photographic image of a dark-haired gentleman holding a lit cigarette and a packet of 20 Navy Cut Finest Virginia

Background imageJohn Player's Archive Collection: People love Players, 1960

People love Players, 1960
Players Navy Cut Cigarettes counter-card featuring a colour photographic image of a man and a woman sat leaning against each other in a field

Background imageJohn Player's Archive Collection: People love Players, 1960

People love Players, 1960
Players Navy Cut Cigarettes counter-card featuring a colour photographic image of a man and a woman embracing on a beach. Both are wearing cream jackets and scarves

Background imageJohn Player's Archive Collection: People love Players, 1960

People love Players, 1960
Players Navy Cut Cigarettes counter-card featuring a colour photographic image of a man and woman holding hands standing on a grassy hilltop. Both are smoking

Background imageJohn Player's Archive Collection: People love Players, 1960

People love Players, 1960
Players Navy Cut Cigarettes counter-card featuring a colour photographic image of a man and woman embracing with a christmas tree visible to the right of the card

Background imageJohn Player's Archive Collection: People love Players, 1960

People love Players, 1960
Players Navy Cut Cigarettes pop-out counter-card featuring a colour photographic image of a man and woman stood together in front of a sunset. The man is leaning in and lighting the womans cigarette

Background imageJohn Player's Archive Collection: Bachelor the tip thats setting the trend, 1961

Bachelor the tip thats setting the trend, 1961
Players Bachelor Tipped Cigarettes counter-card featuring a colour photographic image of the profile of a man from the shoulders up

Background imageJohn Player's Archive Collection: Bachelor, the gift thats setting the trend, 1961

Bachelor, the gift thats setting the trend, 1961
Players Bachelor Tipped Cigarettes counter-card featuring a colour photographic image of a man from the shoulders up holding a packet of Bachelor Tipped cigarettes

Background imageJohn Player's Archive Collection: Players Bachelor Tipped. 1960

Players Bachelor Tipped. 1960
Players Bachelor Tipped Cigarettes counter-card featuring a colour photographic image of a man and woman from the chest up surrounded by different coloured balloons

Background imageJohn Player's Archive Collection: Players Bachelor Tipped. 1960

Players Bachelor Tipped. 1960
Players Bachelor Tipped Cigarettes counter-card featuring a colour photographic image of a man and woman looking away from the camera smiling

Background imageJohn Player's Archive Collection: No Name Tobacco with an unparalleled reputation, 1964

No Name Tobacco with an unparalleled reputation, 1964
Players 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

Background imageJohn Player's Archive Collection: Trust Gold Leaf to taste good, 1967

Trust Gold Leaf to taste good, 1967
Players Gold Leaf Cigarettes small square counter-card featuring a colour photographic image of a person in a jumper

Background imageJohn Player's Archive Collection: We ve got taste, Gold leaf taste, Join us, 1966

We ve got taste, Gold leaf taste, Join us, 1966
Players Gold Leaf Cigarettes large rectangular counter-card featuring a man holding a packet of 20 Gold Leaf between his thumb and forefinger while he holds a lit cigarette between his forefinger

Background imageJohn Player's Archive Collection: We ve got taste, Gold leaf taste, Join us, 1966

We ve got taste, Gold leaf taste, Join us, 1966
Players Gold Leaf Cigarettes large rectangular counter-card featuring a colour photographic image of a man in glasses

Background imageJohn Player's Archive Collection: Weights, by Players, 1963

Weights, by Players, 1963
Players Weights Cigarettes large rectangular counter-card featuring a black and white photographic image of a gentleman lighting another gentlemans cigarette in a train station

Background imageJohn Player's Archive Collection: A man is always happy with Players Weights: Snowman, 1962

A man is always happy with Players Weights: Snowman, 1962
Players Weights Cigarettes Christmas rectangular counter-card featuring a colour photographic image of a woman tying a scarf around a snowman

Background imageJohn Player's Archive Collection: A man is always happy with Players Weights: Parachutist, 1961

A man is always happy with Players Weights: Parachutist, 1961
Players Weights Cigarettes large rectangular counter-card featuring a black and white photographic image of a pilot smoking a cigarette and looking to the upper right

Background imageJohn Player's Archive Collection: A man is always happy with Players Weights, 1961

A man is always happy with Players Weights, 1961
Players Weights Cigarettes large rectangular counter-card featuring a colour photographic image of a seated gentleman from behind looking over his left shoulder

Background imageJohn Player's Archive Collection: A man is always happy with, Players Weights, 1960

A man is always happy with, Players Weights, 1960
Players Weights Cigarettes large rectangular counter-card featuring a chequerboard design

Background imageJohn Player's Archive Collection: Whatever the pleasure, Players complete it, 1959

Whatever the pleasure, Players complete it, 1959
Players Navy Cut large rectangular counter-card featuring a reproduction of a painting of a gentleman in navy jumper

Background imageJohn Player's Archive Collection: Commonwealth Games 1958

Commonwealth Games 1958
Players Navy Cut Cigarettes large rectangular counter-card advertising the VIth British Empire and Commonwealth Games 1958

Background imageJohn Player's Archive Collection: True to tradition, Players Please, 1958

True to tradition, Players Please, 1958
Players Navy Cut Tobacco and Cigarettes large rectangular counter-card featuring a reproduction of W

Background imageJohn Player's Archive Collection: Falmouth for Orders, 1958

Falmouth for Orders, 1958
Players Navy Cut rectangular counter-card featuring a reproduction of Falmouth for Orders

Background imageJohn Player's Archive Collection: Famous for quality: Players Please, 1958

Famous for quality: Players Please, 1958
Players Navy Cut small rectangular counter-card featuring a reproduction of a W. Howard Jarvis painting of small naval vessels passing large harbour markers

Background imageJohn Player's Archive Collection: Packed with pleasure, 1957

Packed with pleasure, 1957
Players Navy Cut large rectangular counter-card featuring illustrations of an open packet of 20 Navy Cut Cigarettes Medium

Background imageJohn Player's Archive Collection: Quality always leads the field: Champion of the Century, 1957=1958

Quality always leads the field: Champion of the Century, 1957=1958
Players Navy Cut Cigarettes rectangular counter-card featuring an illustration of a jockey on a race horse with a red border. Jockey wears red and white uniform and the horse is number 5

Background imageJohn Player's Archive Collection: Kings Stairs, Portsmouth Dockyard, 1956

Kings Stairs, Portsmouth Dockyard, 1956
Players Navy Cut Cigarettes and Tobacco rectangular counter-card featuring a reproduction of David Cobbs illustration: Kings Stairs Portsmouth Dockyard

Background imageJohn Player's Archive Collection: One After Another, Players Please, 1956

One After Another, Players Please, 1956
Players Navy Cut Cigarettes rectangular counter-card featuring an illustration of four open packets of 20 Navy Cut Cigarettes Medium standing up domino-style

Background imageJohn Player's Archive Collection: Whatever the pleasure: Beach, 1955

Whatever the pleasure: Beach, 1955
Players Navy Cut rectangular covered counter-card featuring an illustration of a young lady giving a light to a young man on the beach

Background imageJohn Player's Archive Collection: Whatever the pleasure: Cycling, 1955

Whatever the pleasure: Cycling, 1955
layers Navy Cut rectangular covered counter-card featuring an illustration of a young man and lady taking a break from a bike ride to sit and smoke on a bench around a tree

Background imageJohn Player's Archive Collection: Players Please: Ice skating, 1954

Players Please: Ice skating, 1954
Players Please rectangular counter-card featuring a full-length depiction of a woman perching on a ledge smoking a cigarette and wearing ice skates

Background imageJohn Player's Archive Collection: Medium Navy Cut: Yachting, 1953

Medium Navy Cut: Yachting, 1953
Players Medium Navy Cut Tobacco rectangular covered counter-card featuring a reproduction of John Leigh-Pembertons painting of people at the seaside with ships in the harbour behind

Background imageJohn Player's Archive Collection: Trolling for pike on the River Lea, 1953

Trolling for pike on the River Lea, 1953
Players Tobacco and Cigarettes rectangular covered counter-card featuring reprdocution of an aquatint " Trolling for pike on the River Lea 1831 by R.G. Reeve after James Pollard

Background imageJohn Player's Archive Collection: Players Please: Pigeons, 1952

Players Please: Pigeons, 1952
Players Please large rectangular counter-card featuring an illustration of a woman with a lit cigarette holding a pigeon on her arm with 5 pigeons at her feet against a white background

Background imageJohn Player's Archive Collection: Players Please: Shopping, 1952

Players Please: Shopping, 1952
Players Navy Cut Cigarettes Medium large rectangular counter-card featuring an illustration of a woman in blue coat and red scarf with white spots, out shopping with a basket

Background imageJohn Player's Archive Collection: Navy Cut: Night Moorings, 1952

Navy Cut: Night Moorings, 1952
Players Navy Cut Tobacco and Cigarettes rectangular covered counter-card featuring a reproduction of " Night Moorings" by Charles Pears

Background imageJohn Player's Archive Collection: The Sailor, 1950

The Sailor, 1950
Players Navy Cut rectangular covered counter-card featuring a reproduction of a painting of the Navy Cut sailor with " HMS EXCELLENT" written on his cap

Background imageJohn Player's Archive Collection: Navy Cut Medium Cigarettes, 1936

Navy Cut Medium Cigarettes, 1936
Players Navy Cut Medium cigarettes rectangular counter card. It simulates a marquetry panel depicting a three-masted sailing ship with cliffs behind

Background imageJohn Player's Archive Collection: Navy Cut Medium Cigarettes, 1938

Navy Cut Medium Cigarettes, 1938
Players Navy Cut Medium cigarettes rectangular counter card. On the left is the head and shoulders of a sailor, in profile. He is smoking a cigarette. The text on his hatband reads " ? M.S

Background imageJohn Player's Archive Collection: Navy Cut Medium Cigarettes, 1935=36

Navy Cut Medium Cigarettes, 1935=36
Players Navy Cut Medium cigarettes rectangular counter card. The card is slightly padded over a metal frame, with a glossy finish

Background imageJohn Player's Archive Collection: Navy Cut Medium Cigarettes, 1935=36

Navy Cut Medium Cigarettes, 1935=36
Players Navy Cut Medium cigarettes rectangular counter card. The card is slightly padded over a metal frame, with a glossy finish

Background imageJohn Player's Archive Collection: Navy Cut Medium Cigarettes, 1935=36

Navy Cut Medium Cigarettes, 1935=36
Players Navy Cut Medium cigarettes rectangular counter card. In the top right hand corner is part of a wooden cabinet with a open drawer, dispensing a pack of Medium cigarettes

Background imageJohn Player's Archive Collection: Navy Cut Medium Cigarettes, 1935

Navy Cut Medium Cigarettes, 1935
Players Navy Cut Medium cigarettes fold-back counter card. The top half of the card comprises the head and shoulders cut-out figures of a sailor and a Royal Marine

Background imageJohn Player's Archive Collection: Navy Cut Medium Cigarettes, 1935

Navy Cut Medium Cigarettes, 1935
Players Navy Cut Medium cigarettes rectangular counter card. This card comprises a small poster mounted on cream card. The background of the poster is yellow, with a brown edge

Background imageJohn Player's Archive Collection: Navy Cut Medium Cigarettes, 1931=33

Navy Cut Medium Cigarettes, 1931=33
Players Navy Cut Medium cigarettes rectangular counter card. The card is slightly padded with a glossy finish

Background imageJohn Player's Archive Collection: Navy Cut Medium Cigarettes, 1931=33

Navy Cut Medium Cigarettes, 1931=33
Players Navy Cut Medium cigarettes rectangular counter card. The card is slightly padded with a glossy finish

Background imageJohn Player's Archive Collection: Navy Cut Medium Cigarettes, 1932

Navy Cut Medium Cigarettes, 1932
Players Navy Cut Medium cigarettes rectangular counter card. The background in cream. Top centre is a black circle with the text " Players // Please"

Background imageJohn Player's Archive Collection: Navy Cut Medium Cigarettes, 1932

Navy Cut Medium Cigarettes, 1932
Players Navy Cut Medium cigarettes pull-forward counter card. The top part is a cut-out of the head and shoulders of a sailor with " H Ms INVINCIBLE" on his hatband

Background imageJohn Player's Archive Collection: Navy Cut Medium Cigarettes, 1934

Navy Cut Medium Cigarettes, 1934
Players Navy Cut Medium cigarettes counter card. The central section is circular, with a blue background with a red edge

Background imageJohn Player's Archive Collection: Navy Cut Medium Cigarettes, 1934

Navy Cut Medium Cigarettes, 1934
Players Navy Cut Medium cigarettes counter card. The central section is circular, with a blue background with a red edge

Background imageJohn Player's Archive Collection: Navy Cut Medium Cigarettes, 1934

Navy Cut Medium Cigarettes, 1934
Players Navy Cut Medium cigarettes counter card. The central section is circular, with a blue background with a red edge

Background imageJohn Player's Archive Collection: Navy Cut Medium Cigarettes, 1934

Navy Cut Medium Cigarettes, 1934
Players Navy Cut Medium cigarettes counter card. The central section is circular, with a blue background with a red edge

Background imageJohn Player's Archive Collection: Navy Cut Medium Cigarettes, 1934

Navy Cut Medium Cigarettes, 1934
Players Navy Cut Medium cigarettes counter card. The central section is circular, with a blue background with a red edge

Background imageJohn Player's Archive Collection: Navy Cut Medium Cigarettes, 1931

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

Background imageJohn Player's Archive Collection: Navy Cut Medium Cork Tip Cigarettes, 1930

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

Background imageJohn Player's Archive Collection: Navy Cut Medium Cigarettes, 1930

Navy Cut Medium Cigarettes, 1930
Players Navy Cut Medium cigarettes pull-forward counter card. The rear section is dark blue with a red border and at the top is the text " ITs THE TOBACCO THAT COUNTS"

Background imageJohn Player's Archive Collection: Navy Cut Medium Cigarettes, 1930

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

Background imageJohn Player's Archive Collection: Navy Cut Tobacco, 1939=40

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

Background imageJohn Player's Archive Collection: Navy Cut Medium Tobacco, 1939

Navy Cut Medium Tobacco, 1939
Players Navy Cut Medium tobacco rectangular counter card. The background is red with a gold and blue edge. In the centre is a pack of Medium tobacco

Background imageJohn Player's Archive Collection: Weights Cigarettes, 1928

Weights Cigarettes, 1928
Players Weights pull-forward counter card. There should be three sections but the read part is missing

Background imageJohn Player's Archive Collection: Weights Cigarettes, 1928

Weights Cigarettes, 1928
Players Weights pull-forward counter card in three sections. The rear and largest section is mainly a brown background a pack of Weights cigarettes to the top left and top right

Background imageJohn Player's Archive Collection: Weights Cigarettes, 1926=28

Weights Cigarettes, 1926=28
Players Weights rectangular counter card. The background resembles watered silk in shades of blue, purple and green. The border is cream with a diamond design in white

Background imageJohn Player's Archive Collection: Weights Cigarettes, 1927

Weights Cigarettes, 1927
Players Weights pull-forward counter card. The back section projects through a slot in the middle section, and depicts a man in pierrot costume holding a chinese lantern (see NCMG 2001-33/519)

Background imageJohn Player's Archive Collection: Weights Cigarettes, 1927=1928

Weights Cigarettes, 1927=1928
Players Weights rectangular counter card. In the centre is a reproduction of a picture of the start of a horse race

Background imageJohn Player's Archive Collection: Weights Cigarettes, 1926=29

Weights Cigarettes, 1926=29
Players Weights rectangular counter card. The background is blue, with a cream border. In the centre are three packs of cigarettes

Background imageJohn Player's Archive Collection: Navy Mixture tobacco, 1920=25

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

Background imageJohn Player's Archive Collection: Navy Mixture tobacco, 1920=25

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

Background imageJohn Player's Archive Collection: Navy Mixture tobacco, 1924

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

Background imageJohn Player's Archive Collection: Navy Mixture tobacco, 1924

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

Background imageJohn Player's Archive Collection: Weights Cigarettes, 1921

Weights Cigarettes, 1921
Players Weights pull-forward counter card in a roughly triangular or pyramid shape composed of Weights cigarette packets

Background imageJohn Player's Archive Collection: Weights Cigarettes, 1921

Weights Cigarettes, 1921
Players Weights roughly rectangular counter card. The background is red with an classical pediment featuring an horseshoe in the centre and corbels to each side

Background imageJohn Player's Archive Collection: Weights Cigarettes, 1921

Weights Cigarettes, 1921
Players Weights roughly rectangular counter card. The background is red with an classical pediment featuring an horseshoe in the centre and corbels to each side

Background imageJohn Player's Archive Collection: Weights Cigarettes, 1920

Weights Cigarettes, 1920
Players Weights circular counter card. The background of the circle is blue. It is bisected with a broad, yellow bar and so slightly resembles the London Underground logo

Background imageJohn Player's Archive Collection: Weights Cigarettes, 1920

Weights Cigarettes, 1920
Players Weights circular counter card. The background of the circle is blue. It is bisected with a broad, red bar and so slightly resembles the London Underground logo

Background imageJohn Player's Archive Collection: Navy Cut White Label cigarettes, 1924=25

Navy Cut White Label cigarettes, 1924=25
Players Navy Cut White Label Cigarettes pull-out counter card depicting the full length figure of a seated man. He is wearing a homburg hat, overcoat, leather gloves and spats

Background imageJohn Player's Archive Collection: Country Life Smoking Mixture, 1928=29

Country Life Smoking Mixture, 1928=29
Players Country Life tobacco rectangular counter card

Background imageJohn Player's Archive Collection: Navy Cut cigarettes, 1927=28

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



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