Lot 26: Player's Digger Tobaccos Advertising Showcard

Cardboard advertising showcard for Player’s Digger Tobaccos featuring a yellow ground and blue upper border with white lettering reading The Best in their Class. The display is constructed with die-cut layered components creating a three-dimensional effect, including a packet of Player’s Digger Smoking Mixture and a pipe bowl with textured embossed tobacco detail. The packet features an illustration of the brand mascot and text reading JOHN PLAYER and SONS, NOTTINGHAM and BRANCH OF THE IMPERIAL TOBACCO COMPANY (OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND), LIMITED. alongside the registration number 208,420. Red and black block lettering at the base reads PLAYER’S DIGGER TOBACCOS. A small circular mark to the lower right corner contains an illegible crest and characters above the number 13311. The reverse is fitted with an unused die-cut easel stand.

8 inches by 8 inches.