Auction #9 - October 2021
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 10/24/2021
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 T416 American Tobacco Company (ATC) National Flag and Arms set is a (50) card set that can be found with one of two different backs--either the typeset ATC advertising or with the "green net" ATC advertising. The green net advertising set is a little tougher to find than the typeset backs but there doesn't appear to be much of a premium for either version. This lot of (17) T416 cards all have the typeset back are in GVG to VGEX condition, averaging about VG+. Great lot for the flag collectors.
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