Auction #4 - January 2020
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 1/26/2020
The T176 Sweet Caporal Actress set contains 24 subjects that were printed on flaps of the tobacco box. Cut off the flap, sometimes are found trimmed down to the brown frame. The actresses on the front of the cards are unnamed and the backs are blank and they are part of three issues, cataloged T175-T177 that were package designs from Sweet Caporal Cigarettes likely around 1900.
Condition breakdown on this set is (4)P/F, (10)G to GVG and (10) VG to VGEX. Most in the set are trimmed to the brown borders except for a couple.
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