Description: This Tobacco card (also referred to as a Cigarette Card) was issued by the PINKERTON Tobacco Company as an insert premium in their brands of AMERICAN UNION CUT PLUG Tobacco and Cigarettes, This card is a bit of a mystery to me. I have not been able to find anything like it listed in an guide that I am aware of (Burdicks ACC, Murrays Guide, The American Tobacco Cards Guide ect). I believe it to be an unrecorded type card. The idea was that you could fold over the one side of the card onto the other full illustration to change the illustration. Each card is numbered, and states ”The Advertising cards packed in the packages of American Union Cut Plug Tobacco are numbered from 1-20 inclusive. SAVE tehm untill you have a full set 1 to 20 and send them to us express PREPAID” One imagines it was for some sort of prize but none is mentioned. The fact that most would have been folded over subjected to creasing and damage, and most full sets would have been sent back to the company as instructed, goes a long way in explaining the rarity of this series. I don’t imagine many survived over the years. The Card measures 2 ½ inches by 1 ½ inches approximately. The card does have some corner creasing, and areas of discoloration and appears to have been written on it the past ,but it has been largely erased or faded. However it was never folded over and is free from major creases. I imagine that makes this an even greater rarity that it was not folded over as the card was designed. I have scanned the card fairly large for you to be able to judge condition for yourself. Don’t miss out on very rare, and most likely an unrecorded type card. Collectors don’t often get a chance to even see a card as rare as this let alone have a chance to purchase it. Once cards of this rarity go into advanced collectors collections they don’t come out again. I will be trying to list several EARLY TRADE & TYPE CARDS over the next few days (spread across different categories), including one or two that are unrecorded in any guide, that were put given away with Tobacco, Cigarettes , Caramel, Candy, Gum, Chocolate, Bread Coffee Tea Cereal and other products, covering such diverse subjects as Native American Indians , Baseball , Football, Boy Scouts, Ice Hockey, Golf, Presidents of the United States, NCAA and IVY League Colleges and Universities, Dog Breeds, Circus themes and many more. To view the other cards I have up on ebay please click on the “View Sellers other Items” Icon located on this page. It will take you directly to them.Due to my work schedule and distance to the post office I am only able to ship Monday Mornings. If I haven’t received payment for an item by Sunday evening, the item will have to wait until the next Monday to go out. Its unfortunate but unavoidable. If this doesn’t work for you I respectfully ask that you do not bid or buy. Thanks again. This will be mailed from the USA. For USA purchases I Can combine shipping. Please message me for details.Unfortunately Ebay’s Global Seller Program does not allow for combined shipments on international order
Price: 197.5 USD
Location: Niagara Falls, New York
End Time: 2025-02-03T13:11:04.000Z
Shipping Cost: 4.75 USD
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Tobacco Cards: Cigarette Cards
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Modified Item: No
