Auction #17 - June 2024
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 6/30/2024
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 T498 Murai Tobacco Chinese Pagodas set is a (25) subject set with (50) total cards. The (25) subjects have mirror images of each subject, making a total of (50) cards in the set. There are multiple Pagodas for some Chinese cities such as Canton (now Guangzhou), Hangchow and Soochow. The variations are identified by the placement of the Pagoda in the image as well as the name of the city at the bottom can be found on the right or on the left on the respective images.
This trio of T498 Murai Cigarettes Chinese Pagodas are in generally lower grade from Poor to Good.
T498 Murai Cigarettes Chinese Pagodas Lot of (3) Cards
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