T402 American Tobacco Battle Scenes Lot of (13) PSA-Graded Cards

This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 1/27/2019

The American Tobacco Company (ATC) issued a number of sets to be inserted into packages of cigarettes sold overseas--mostly in the UK--in an effort to combat the newly formed British American Tobacco (BAT) company. The "Tobacco War" era as it was called was one of fierce competition for the cigarette tastes of the UK and European market. To that end, both the ATC and BAT created card sets as inserts into their packages for this lucrative market. Most all of these sets were cataloged by Burdick in the T400-T499 range. Many are quite scarce and are most frequently found still in the UK rather than in the United States. In many instances, artwork was used from previous sets from Kinney, Kimball and other 19th century popular series. In other instances, new artwork was commissioned.

The T402 set pictures Battle Scenes in horizontal and vertical formats with gold borders on the front and a small missive on the back about the pictured battle. Battles range from all eras including the U.S. Civil War and other famous battles involving European combatants among others.

This lot of (13) T402 cards have all been graded by PSA with the following grades: (2) PSA2 GD including Fiveforks and Vercengetorix before Caesar, (2) PSA2.5 GD+ including An Episode in French Revolution and Battle of Omdurman, (6) PSA3 VG including Waterloo, Napoleon's Flight, Balaklava, Marston Moor, Agincourt and Defeat of Thracians, (3)PSA4 VGEX including Defeat of French Peasants, Pavia (MK) and Crecy. PSA has only graded a total of 111 of these cards with (3) PSA5's being the highest graded cards. The (3) PSA4's in this lot are the highest graded with none higher.