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![A pause for more pleasure, 1951](/t/265/a-pause-for-more-pleasure-1951-5869924.jpg "<b class=qtipBold>A pause for more pleasure, 1951</b><br>Player's Navy Cut large rectangular counter-card featuring a reproduction of Van Jones' painting depicting a lady in a coastal scene holding a lit cigarette with a red bicycle next to her. The lady is looking toward the viewer and is wearing a cream jumpsuit dress. The background shows a harbour wall with several buildings and several boats lying on the sand as the tide is out. The Player's sailor trademark is featured in the bottom right and left corners. Navy text on image reads: "Player's // Please". Text in bottom banner: "A pause for more Pleasure". The artists signature can be seen in the bottom left corner.<br><em>© Produced by the kind permission of Imperial Tobacco Limited, England</em>")
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A pause for more pleasure, 1951
![Digger tobacco, 1924](/t/265/digger-tobacco-1924-5547351.jpg "<b class=qtipBold>Digger tobacco, 1924</b><br>Player's Digger tobaccos counter card in the shape of the head and shoulders of a man. He has a weathered face and thick beard and moustache. He is wearing a hat and colourful neckerchief. The text reads "The best of al // Empire Grown Tobaccos. // PLAYER'S // "DIGGER"."<br><em>© Produced by the kind permission of Imperial Tobacco Limited, England</em>")
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Digger tobacco, 1924
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Player's Please: Pigeons, 1952
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Player's Please: Shopping, 1952
![Whatever the pleasure: Beach, 1955](/t/265/whatever-the-pleasure-beach-1955-5870121.jpg "<b class=qtipBold>Whatever the pleasure: Beach, 1955</b><br>Player's Navy Cut rectangular covered counter-card featuring an illustration of a young lady giving a light to a young man on the beach. The young lady wears a black bathing costume and is kneeling on a towel next to a wooden fence, the man wears blue swimming shorts and is holding a towel. There is a packet of 20 Navy Cut Cigarettes medium with a lit cigarette on the towel. Text below reads: "Whatever the pleasure // Player's complete it // Player's // Please". The sailor lifebuoy trademark is on the right above the text.<br><em>© Produced by the kind permission of Imperial Tobacco Limited, England</em>")
![Player's Please: Female jockey, 1955=1956](/t/265/players-please-female-jockey-19551956-5870113.jpg "<b class=qtipBold>Player's Please: Female jockey, 1955=1956</b><br>Player's Navy Cut Cigarettes rectangular counter-card featuring a reproduction of Frank Oldham's painting of a female jockey receiving a light for her cigarette from a gentleman in a beige overcoat and green hat. The jockey wears a red cap and turquoise jersey,m she is carrying her riding kit; following behind her is another jockey wearing turquoise cap and yellow jersey. Title text reads: "Whatever // the pleasure " "Player's // Please". There is an image of an open packet of Player's Navy Cut "Medium" Cigarettes in the bottom left corner<br><em>© Produced by the kind permission of Imperial Tobacco Limited, England</em>")
![It's a way they have in the Navy: HMS Archeron, 1950](/t/265/its-a-way-they-have-in-the-navy-hms-archeron-5869085.jpg "<b class=qtipBold>It's a way they have in the Navy: HMS Archeron, 1950</b><br>Player's Navy Cut rectangular counter-card featuring an illustration of a white submarine with sailors standing to attention on board entering port. Below image is an image of the head and shoulders of the Navy Cut sailor with "H.M.S. EXCELLENT" on his cap.<br><em>© Produced by the kind permission of Imperial Tobacco Limited, England</em>")
