TOBACCO CARD: “Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, MP”
1915
No. 3 of 50 in“Britain’s Defenders” series
W.D. & H.O. Wills Ltd. “Scissors Cigarettes” [Great Britain]
2 3/8 x 1 3/8 inches (Black & white photograph)
Item Number: 206320
$65.00
Description
World War I-era tobacco card, Number 3 of 50 manufactured for Scissors Cigarettes’ “Britain’s Defenders” series f 1915.,br> Issued in 1915, after Churchill’s resignation as First Lord of the Admiralty, the card measures 2 3/8 x 1 3/8 inches, with an updated one-paragraph bio printed in green on the verso: “A Privy Councilor and late First Lord of the Admiralty…”
The card is In very good condition, with slightly crunched corners and stains on the verso.