Tobacco Cards, LIFE ON BOARD A MAN OF WAR, 1805 to 1905

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Description: Original Tobacco Card Set - John Player & Sons, Life on Board a Man of War 1805 and 1905. This set of 50 cards was issued in 1905. Condition: Excellent. PLEASE NOTE: None of my cards have been trimmed or altered in any way. If they appear out of shape it will be due to my poor scanning and not poor cards! Plus: If you're not familiar with tobacco cards they were issued as free insert with packets of cigarettes in the year stated above. Below is an image of the first few cards in this set, this set like all my others sets come in plastic storage pages as shown. Subjects featured in this set are as follows: 1805: At the Wheel, Between Decks During a Fight, A Boarding Party, A Court Martial, Firing a Gun, Hoisting Signals, Fiddlers Green, Crossing the Line, Fore Castle Yarns, In the Mizzen Top, Manning the Yards, Man-o-War Cook, A Night Attack, Paying Off Pennant, Poop Lights of Three Decker, A Powder Monkey, Press Gang at Work, Prize Money, Heaving the Lead, Heaving the Log, Receiving the Swords of Vanquished Foes, Reefing the Sail, Swivel in Man of Wars Top, The After Barbette, Ships Belfry. 1905: The Bugler, Cleaning Up After Coaling, Firing Exercise, Firing 9.2 O F, Gymnastics Whale Island, Mauling a Rope, Marines at Rifle Drill, Landing Big Guns, Light Gun Drill, Heaving the Lead, Signalling, Maxim Gun, Maxim Practice, read more