I had the Brooke Bond's Race Into Space tea card set. ( I may still have it packed away somewhere!) For my recent 65th birthday, an old friend gave me an almost complete Vintage 1945 WWII Purina Vita-Brits Crispies ‘WONDERS OF MODERN AIRCRAFT’ Collector Cards- book. After a bit of Googleing, I was able to locate images of the missiñg cards and with a lot of Photoshop work, print out some replacements to fill the gaps.
Would you Moonbasers be interested in a photo spread of it, similar to the one above?
What a wonderful set. We never got cards in packets of tea in New Zealand. There were coupons that you saved up, and sent in for a small sum of money. Choysa (or was it Roma ?) tea did have a few sets that comprised a colour picture printed on the back of the packet, that you had to cut out. There was one for Ceylon/Sri Lanka (around the time of independence, so 1972 ?), and I think one for Captain James Cook - that might have been a bit earlier, as 1969 was the bicentenary of the discovery of New Zealand by Captain Cook on the Endeavour in 1769. Cards came in cereal packets, cornflakes, etc; and in packets of Gregg's Jellies. The jelly cards were all Birds, and ran to several albums in the 1960s and 1970s. These all died out long ago. Shell petrol stations also had cards, but as we did not have a car, I never got any of these.
BTW , nice album Terranova! I was just studying the interior illustrations. Classic comic style penwork with the judicious use of zippertone! I wondered who the cover artist was ( not as loose as Wilfred Hardy) and Googled 60s Keane -but all I got was Margaret Keane and her big eyed children!
They are really cool - ive got some loose cards, as my dad was a keen aviation buff and also collected tea cards. Ive got the History of Aviation set too, which followed Race into Space by Brooke Bond. Ill have to have a look and see what else I have in this vein. Bill
Such wonderful illustrations on those little bits of cards capturing Man's quest for flight. The 1960's pilot looks like an astronaut! Thanks for sharing Terranova.
They're great. Got the 'History of Aviation ' set but never saw these before.
ReplyDeleteI had the Brooke Bond's Race Into Space tea card set. ( I may still have it packed away somewhere!)
ReplyDeleteFor my recent 65th birthday, an old friend gave me an almost complete Vintage 1945 WWII Purina Vita-Brits Crispies ‘WONDERS OF MODERN AIRCRAFT’ Collector Cards- book.
After a bit of Googleing, I was able to locate images of the missiñg cards and with a lot of Photoshop work, print out some replacements to fill the gaps.
Would you Moonbasers be interested in a photo spread of it, similar to the one above?
What a wonderful set. We never got cards in packets of tea in New Zealand. There were coupons that you saved up, and sent in for a small sum of money. Choysa (or was it Roma ?) tea did have a few sets that comprised a colour picture printed on the back of the packet, that you had to cut out. There was one for Ceylon/Sri Lanka (around the time of independence, so 1972 ?), and I think one for Captain James Cook - that might have been a bit earlier, as 1969 was the bicentenary of the discovery of New Zealand by Captain Cook on the Endeavour in 1769.
ReplyDeleteCards came in cereal packets, cornflakes, etc; and in packets of Gregg's Jellies. The jelly cards were all Birds, and ran to several albums in the 1960s and 1970s. These all died out long ago. Shell petrol stations also had cards, but as we did not have a car, I never got any of these.
BTW , nice album Terranova! I was just studying the interior illustrations. Classic comic style penwork with the judicious use of zippertone! I wondered who the cover artist was ( not as loose as Wilfred Hardy) and Googled 60s Keane -but all I got was Margaret Keane and her big eyed children!
ReplyDeleteYes, Lewis, I would love to see your Wonders of Modern Aircraft card set. Old card sets are always a wonderful glimpse in to the past.
ReplyDeleteThey are really cool - ive got some loose cards, as my dad was a keen aviation buff and also collected tea cards. Ive got the History of Aviation set too, which followed Race into Space by Brooke Bond. Ill have to have a look and see what else I have in this vein. Bill
ReplyDeleteSuch wonderful illustrations on those little bits of cards capturing Man's quest for flight. The 1960's pilot looks like an astronaut! Thanks for sharing Terranova.
ReplyDeleteRemember the cards from my school days, but never seen the album- it's really good.
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