Bidspirit auction | Collection of Vintage Transport Cigarette

Collection of Vintage Transport Cigarette and Trade Cards Including Wills's, Taddy & Co., and Player's - A wide-ranging collection of vintage transport-themed cigarette and trade cards dating from the 1920s through the 1960s. The assortment features several complete and partial sets focusing on automotive and railway history. Notable series include W.D. & H.O. Wills's Cigarettes locomotive cards for the Great Western Railway and the L.M. & S.R. Caledonian Section, and a series by Taddy & Co. Cigarettes titled Railway Locomotives including the Emir of Katsina Nigerian Government Railway and the Streamlined Express Belgian National Railway. The automotive section contains John Player & Sons Motor Cars cards depicting models such as the Austin Seven Ruby Saloon and Bentley 3.5 Litre Sports Tourer, alongside a Miranda Product series of Mini Cars & Scooters. Also present are Ogden's Cigarettes industrial cards from the Construction of Railway Trains series, showing factory scenes like Riveting the Boiler Shell. The collection is supplemented by a modern series of Collectors' Miniatures locomotive cards. All cards are printed on cardstock and housed within clear plastic pocket sleeves.