Bidspirit auction | Wills's Woodbines Cellulose Advertising Showcard

Wills's Woodbines Cellulose Advertising Showcard - A Wills's Woodbines advertising showcard, featuring a lithographed harbour scene titled British Industries — TRANSPORT. The central illustration depicts a white merchant vessel being loaded by a crane alongside a red six-wheeled truck and workers. The design includes a vignette of a steam locomotive to the lower left and two cigarette pack illustrations for Wild Woodbine to the lower right. Pricing is printed to the lower left as 10 FOR 4D and 15 FOR 6D. The bottom margin is printed ISSUED BY THE IMPERIAL TOBACCO COMPANY (OF GREAT BRITAIN & IRELAND), LIMITED. The showcard is mounted to a cardboard backing with a metal-wrapped frame edge and an integral fold-out easel strut. The lower-left corner bears a small printed numerical code reading 10364. 10 inches x 7.5 inches.