Auction #8 - June 2021

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This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 6/28/2021

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 T417 American Tobacco Company (ATC) is a 25 card set picturing actresses set against colorful pastel backgrounds, dressed in native garb with the country flag and country flowers pictured on the front along with the name of the flower and the country represented. The backs of the cards are typeset advertising for ATC. This lot of (4) cards are in VG to VGEX condition and clean front and back and include the following subjects: Austria, Canada, India and Sweden.