| When all cigarettes were sold
in soft packets, they included card stiffeners to prevent the
cigarettes from being crushed. It didn't take long for the
manufacturers to realise that they could encourage people to buy
more cigarettes by adding collectable designs to their card
stiffeners. Cigarette card sets often
carry descriptions on the back of each card, which (in the case
of cards featuring flags) may give
details of the country itself, and / or of the significance of
the colours and symbols used in the design of the flag.
By
collecting sets from different years, it is often possible to
trace the different flag designs used by a particular country
over time. Also, cards from earlier years may feature the
flags of countries that no longer exist, or of countries that
were once colonies but have since gained their independence. |
Manufacturer Index.
|
1960 A. & B. C. Gum |
80 large size |
Flags of the world |
| 1887 Allen &
Ginter |
48 standard size |
Flags of all nations |
| 1890 Allen &
Ginter |
50 standard sze |
Flags of all nations 2nd.
series |
| 1908
British American Tobacco (plain back) |
50
standard size |
Flag
girls of all nations |
| 1967 Brooke Bond |
50 standard size |
Flags and emblems of the world |
| 1988 Brooke Bond |
12 standard size |
The language of tea |
| 1912 Cadbury |
12 standard size |
Flag series |
| ca. 1960 Carreras |
60 standard size |
Flags of all
nations |
| 1903 Cope Brothers |
30 standard size |
Flags of nations |
| 1893 W. Duke & Sons |
25 extra large size |
Flags and costumes |
| 1907 Edwards, Ringer and Bigg |
37 standard size |
Flags
of all nations |
| 1908 Fry's Chocolate |
15 standard size |
National flags |
| 1914 Gallaher Limited |
25 standard size |
The Allies flags |
| 1961 Goodies Limited |
25 standard size |
Flags and emblems |
| 1930 Goodwin's |
36 standard size |
Flags of all
nations |
| 1914 R. & J. Hill Ltd. |
20 standard size |
National flag
series |
| 1959 Kane Products |
50 standard size |
Flags of all
nations |
| 1934 Kensitas |
48 large size silk |
British Empire flags |
| 1934 Kensitas |
60 large size silk |
The Kensitas album of national
flags |
| 1960
Leaf Brands Inc. |
40
extra large |
The flag game |
| 1916
MacRobertson's |
24
standard size |
Flags of all
nations |
| 1972
Monty Gum |
72
medium size |
Flag parade |
| 1980
Monty Gum (PB) |
100
medium size |
Flags of all
nations |
| 1928 John Player's |
50 standard size |
Flags of the League of Nations |
| 1936 John Player's |
50 standard size |
National flags and arms |
| 1905 John Player's |
50 standard size |
Countries arms & flags |
| 1926 W.D. & H.O. Wills |
25 standard size |
Flags of the Empire A series |
| 1929 W.D. & H.O. Wills |
25 standard size |
Flags of the Empire 2nd.
series |
| Totals |
1169 cards |
28 sets |
PB = plain back (no printing on back of
card)
Note :- in the 1980 Monty Gum "Flags of
all nations" series, numbers 58 (Iraq) and 91 (Morocco) were printed
twice, and numbers 59 and 92 were not printed.
Other cards.
Infantry regimental colours.
28th. North Gloucestershire Regiment of
Foot.
[More to follow]
Country index.
A (14 countries)
| Abyssinia
(Ethiopia) |
Afghanistan |
Albania |
| Algeria |
Alsace-Lorraine |
Andorra |
| Angola |
Annam |
Argentina
(Argentine Republic) |
| Armenia |
Australia |
Austria |
| Austrian Italy |
Austria-Hungary (Austro-Hungary) |
|
B (22 countries)
| Baden |
Bahamas (Bahama
Islands) |
Bahrain |
| Bangladesh |
Barbados |
Bavaria |
| Belgium |
Bermuda |
Bhutan |
| Bohemia |
Bolivia |
Botswana
(Bechuanaland) |
| Brazil |
(Great) Britain |
British Empire |
| British Guiana
(Guyana) |
British
Honduras (Belize) |
British North
Borneo |
| Brunei |
Bulgaria |
Burma (Burmah
/ Myanmar) |
| Burundi |
|
|
C (19 countries)
|
Cambodia (Kampuchea) |
Cameroon (Cameroun) |
(Dominion of) Canada |
| Cape Colony |
Central
African Republic |
Ceylon (Sri
Lanka) |
| Channel
Islands |
Chile (Chili) |
China |
| China
(Nationalist) |
China
(People's Republic) |
(United States
of) Colombia |
| Congo
Brazzaville |
Congo Kinshasa
(Zaire) |
Corea (Korea) |
| Costa Rica |
Cuba |
Cyprus |
| Czechoslovakia |
|
|
D (5 countries)
| Dahomey |
Danish West
Indies |
Denmark |
| Dominican
Republic |
Dutch Indies |
|
E (8 countries)
| East Germany |
Ecuador |
Egypt |
| Eire (Ireland) |
El Salvador
(Salvador) |
England |
| Estonia |
Ethiopia (Abyssinia) |
|
F(7 countries)
| Federated Malay
States (Federation of Malaya) |
Federation
of the West Indies |
Fiji |
| Finland |
France |
French Colonial (East
Indian & African Colonies) |
| French
Colonial (West Indian Colonies) |
|
|
G (10 countries)
| Gabon |
Gambia |
Germany |
| Ghana (Gold
Coast) |
Gibraltar |
Great Britain (United
Kingdom) |
| Greece |
Guatemala |
Guinea |
| Guyana
(British Guiana) |
|
|
H (9 countries)
| Haiti (Hayti) |
Hawaiian
Islands |
Hedjaz |
| Heligoland |
Hesse |
Holland
(Netherlands) |
| Honduras |
Hong Kong |
Hungary |
I (11 countries)
| Iceland |
India |
Indochina |
| Indonesia |
Ionian Islands |
Iran (Persia) |
| Iraq |
Ireland (Irish Free State /
Eire) |
Isle of Man |
| Israel |
Italy |
|
J (4 countries)
| Jamaica |
Japan |
Johore |
| Jordan |
|
|
K (6 countries)
| Kampuchea
(Cambodia) |
Kedah |
Kelantan |
| Kenya (Kenya
Colony) |
Kingdom of the
Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (Yugoslavia) |
Kuwait |
L (10 countries)
| Laos |
Latvia |
Lebanon |
| Leeward
Islands |
Lesotho (Basutoland) |
Liberia |
| Libya |
Liechtenstein |
Lithuania |
| (Grand Duchy
of) Luxemburg) |
|
|
M (13 countries)
| Madagascar
(Malagasy Republic) |
Malawi
(Nyasaland Protectorate) |
Malaya |
| Malaysia |
Maldives |
Mali |
| Malta |
Mauritius |
Mexico |
| Monaco |
Montenegro |
Morocco |
| Myanmar (Burma
/ Burmah) |
|
|
N (16 countries)
| Natal |
Negri-Sembilan |
Nepal |
| Netherlands (Holland) |
Netherlands
Antilles |
New South
Wales |
| New Zealand |
Newfoundland |
Nicaragua |
| Niger |
Nigeria |
North Korea |
| Northern
Ireland |
Northern
Rhodesia (Zambia) |
Norway |
| Nyasaland
Protectorate (Malawi) |
|
|
O (1 country)
P (12 countries)
| Pahang |
Pakistan |
Panama |
| Paraguay |
Perak |
Perlis |
| Persia (Iran) |
Peru |
Philippines (Philippine
Islands) |
| Poland |
Portugal |
Prussia |
Q (2 countries)
R (2 countries)
| Roumania
(Rumania) |
Russia (USSR) |
|
S (31 countries)
| Salvador (El
Salvador) |
Samos |
San Domingo |
| San Marino |
Sarawak |
Saudi Arabia |
| Saxony |
Scotland |
Selangor |
| Servia (Serbia) |
Seychelles |
Siam (Thailand) |
| Sicily |
Sierra Leone |
Singapore |
| Society Islands |
Somaliland Protectorate |
South Africa |
| South Australia |
South Korea |
Southern Rhodesia |
| Soviet Union (USSR) |
Spain |
Sri Lanka (Ceylon) |
| St. Helena |
St. Vincent |
Straits Settlements |
| Sudan |
Sweden |
Switzerland |
| Syria |
|
|
T (14 countries)
| Tanganyika
Territory |
Tanzania |
Tasmania |
| Thailand (Siam) |
Tibet |
Tonga |
| Transvaal |
Trengganu |
Trinidad and Tobago |
| Tripoli |
Tunis (Tunisia) |
Turkey |
| Tuscany |
Tyrol |
|
U (9 countries)
| Uganda
(Protectorate) |
(Union of)
South Africa |
United
Arab Emirates |
| United Kingdom
(Great Britain) |
United Nations |
Uruguay |
| USA (United States (of
America)) |
United States
of Colombia |
USSR (Soviet
Union) |
V (4 countries)
| Vatican State
(Vatican City) |
Venezuela |
Victoria |
| Viet Nam |
|
|
W (6 countries)
| Wales |
West
(Western)Australia |
West Germany |
| (Federation of
the) West Indies |
Western
Samoa |
Wurtemburg |
X
Y (3 countries)
| Yemen
Arab Republic |
Yemen (People's Democratic Republic) |
Yugoslavia (Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes) |
Z (3 countries)
| Zaire |
Zambia
(Northern Rhodesia) |
Zanzibar |
Total 241 countries.
[Last updated 26th. April 2007] |
