A ready-made collection ... or inventory! This fascinating collection consists of more than 5,500 cards comprising 166 different complete sets. The cards were issued as promotional items to accompany cigarettes, tea, periodicals and foods, and a few were produced as special "collector issues." The majority of the sets are wrapped, just as they left the factory, and overall condition is presumably EX/MT to NM or finer throughout (a few top or bottom cards may exhibit wear). The wide-ranging list of sets includes:

Aircraft (9) - 1936 Player International Air Liners (50); 1953 Beaulah Modern British Aircraft (24); 1956 Jones/Sunecta Jet Aircraft of the World (24); 1956 Knockout Super Planes of Today (20); 1961 Lyons Tea Wings of Speed/Desc. Back (24); 1962 Lyons Tea Wings Across the World/Desc. Back (24); 1964 Rossi's World's Fastest Aircraft (25); 1977 Player/Doncella Golden Age of Flying (24); 1986 Orbit Adv. Famous Douglas Aeroplanes (20).

Animals/Birds/Flowers (29) - 1924 Player Natural History (50); 1934 Wills Animalloys (48); 1937 Phillips Flower Studies (30); 1937 Player Birds & Their Young (50); 1938 Wills The Sea Shore (50); 1939 Wills Garden Flowers/Sudell (50); 1958 Kane Products National Pets Club (25); 1958 Horniman's Tea Wild Animals (48); 1959 Sweetule Birds & Their Eggs/Black (25); 1959 Sweetule Animals of the Countryside (25); 1959 Sweetule Birds & Their Eggs/Blue (25); 1960 Sweetule A Nature Series (25); 1961 Brooke Bond Tropical Birds (50); 1962 Brooke Bond African Wild Life (50); 1962 Brooke Bond Asian Wild Life (50); 1963 Brooke Bond British Butterflies (50); 1964 Barratt Animals in the Service of Man (25); 1964 Brooke Bond Butterflies of the World (50); 1964 Brooke Bond Wild Flowers/Series 2 (50); 1964 Rington's Fruits of Trees and Shrubs (25); 1965 Brooke Bond Wild Birds in Britain (50); 1966 Brooke Bond Trees in Britain (50); 1972 Brooke Bond Prehistoric Animals (50); 1972 Trucards Animals (30); 1972 Trucards Flowers (30); 1976 Brooke Bond Wonders of Wildlife (50); 1978 Brooke Bond Vanishing Wildlife (40); 1978 Rowntree Texan Prehistoric Animals (18); 1985 Kellogg Prehistoric Monsters and the Present (8).

Automotive (25) - 1951 Maxilan Motor Cars (25); 1954 Kane Products Modern Racing Cars (50); 1954 Morning Foods Modern Cars (50); 1955 Miranda 100 Years of Motoring (50); 1959 Kane Motor Cars (25); 1960 Ewbanks Miniature Cars & Scooters (25); 1960 Mitcham Motor Racing (25); 1962 Kellogg Veteran Motor Cars (16); 1962 Weston Biscuit/Aust. Veteran & Vintage Cars/Ser. 2 (24); 1964 Priory Tea Cars (50); 1966 Mobil Vintage Cars (24); 1965 Amaran Tea Veteran Racing Cars (25); 1966 Petpro Grand Prix Racing Cars (35); 1968 Brooke Bond History of the Motor Car (50); 1970 Sanitarium NZ Rod and Custom Cars (20); 1970 Shell Oil Racing Cars of the World (48); 1970 Shell/NZ Cars of the World (60); 1971 Mobil Oil The Story of Grand Prix Motor Racing (36); 1972 TruCards Veteran and Vintage Cars (30); 1975 Candy Gum Autosprint/2nd Ser. (30); 1976 Black Cat/Carreras Vintage Cars (50); 1980 Taddy/Modern Myrtle Grove Motor Cars (26); 1980 Tom Thumb/NZ Super Car (24); 1981 Player/Grandee Famous M.G. Marques (28); 1986 Player/Tom Thumb History of Motor Racing/Imp. Gp. (30).  

Comic (12) - 1960 Primrose Andy Pandy (50); 1963 Primrose Popeye/Ser. 4 (50); 1964 Primrose Bugs Bunny (50); 1964 Primrose Quick Draw McGraw (50); 1960s Anon. Disney Characters Game Cards (21); 1970 Barratt Tom & Jerry (50); 1977 Barratt Asterix in Europe (50); 1977 Bassett/Barratt Bananaman (48); 1977 Bassett/Barratt Disney Health & Safety (50); 1984 Barratt Hanna Barbera's Cartoon Capers (48); 1986 Bassett/Barratt Hologrems/Red Back (24); 1988 Sanitarium Your Journey Through Disneyland (20).

Military (15) - 1917 Wills Allied Army Leaders (50); 1953 Amalgamated Propelled Weapons (25); 1954 Morning Foods British Uniforms (25); 1959 Glengettie Tea The British Army/Black (25); 1959 Glengettie Tea Medals of the World/Black (25); 1960 Wiko (German) Soldiers of the World (50); 1961 Cadet Sweets Arms & Armour (25); 1961 Ringtons Regimental Uniforms of the Past (25); 1962 Nort. Co-Op Tea Weapons of World War II (25); 1962 United Dairies British Uniforms/19th Cent. (25); 1963 Badshah Tea British Cav. Uniforms/19th Cent. (25); 1963 Tony Oliver German Orders & Decorations (50); 1967 EH Booth Badges/Uniforms of Famous Brit. Reg./Corps (25); 1971 Tony Oliver German Uniforms (50); 1972 Trucards World War II (30).

People (8) - 1935 Phillips In The Public Eye (54); 1959 Kane Products Kings and Queens (30); 1961 B.A.T./Domino "Figures Historiques"/Une Series (25); 1961 Ringtons Sovereigns Consorts & Rulers/2nd Series (25); 1969 Brooke Bond Famous People (50); 1980 Whitehead Kings & Queens (25); 1992 Victoria Gallery Partners (20); 1982 Brooke Bond Queen Eliz. I - Queen Eliz. II (50).

Railroad (6) - 1938 Wills Railway Equipment (50); 1956 Cadet Sweets Railways of the World (50); 1956 Miranda Ltd. 150 Years of Locomotives (50); 1960 Sonny Boy Railway Engines (50); 1976 Player/Doncella Golden Age of Steam (24); 1990s Coach House Studios Railway Locomotives/Modern Collector Issue (50).

Ships (16) - 1937 Churchman The Story of Navigation (50); 1939 Wills Life In The Royal Navy (50); 1952 Amalgamated Famous British Ships/1st (25); 1954 British Automatic Co. Warships of the World (24); 1957 Morning Foods The Cunard Line/Blue (12); 1959 Sweetule Naval Battles (25); 1961 Ching Cig. Ships and Their Workings (25); 1961 Clover Dairies Ships and Their Workings (25); 1962 Barratt Merchant Ships of the World/Black (25); 1962 Lyons Tea HMS 1902-1962 (32); 1963 Cadet Sweets Ships Through the Ages/2nd (25); 1963 Northern Coop. Tea Passenger Liners (25); 1970 Brooke Bond The Saga of Ships (50); 1970 Golden Grain Tea Passenger Liners (25); 1971 E.H. Booth Ltd. Ships and Their Workings (25); 1978 Player/Doncella Golden Age of Sail (24).

Wild West (11) - 1950s CWS Tobacco Western Stars (24); 1950s Anon. Cowboy (50); 1955 Times Confec. Roy Rogers/Old Amarillo/Print Bk. (24); 1958 Express Weekly The Wild West (25); 1958 Express Weekly The Wild West/O'Print (25); 1959 Weetabix The Western Story (25); 1963 United Dairies The West (25); 1972 Burtons Indian Chiefs (25); 1972 Burtons The West (25); 1972 Burtons Wild West Action (25); 1974 Brooke Bond Indians of Canada (48).

Assorted Subjects (35) - 1928 Player Flags of the League of Nations (50); 1930 Player Fire-Fighting Appliances (50); 1934 Carreras Gran-Pop/Smaller (50); 1937 Player Coronation Series/Ceremonial Dress (50); 1937 Typhoo Tea Characters from Shakespeare (25); 1937 Wills Our King and Queen (50); 1938 Churchman "In Town To-Night" (50); 1939 Teofani Transport Then & Now (48); 1939 Typhoo Tea Important Industries of the British Empire (25); 1948 British Automatic Co. History of Transport (24); 1954 Beaulah Marvels of the World (24); 1960 Sunblest Tea Inventions & Discoveries/Ser.1 (25); 1960 Sunblest Tea Inventions & Discoveries/Ser.2 (25); 1961 Anon. Jewish Symbols and Ceremonies (50); 1961 Sweetule Stamp Cards (25); 1961 Twinings Rare Stamps/2nd/Red O'Print (30); 1966 Bassett Nursery Rhymes (25); 1966 Brooke Bond Transport Through the Ages (50); 1966 Prescott Speed Kings (36); 1967 Brooke Bond Flags and Emblems of the World (50); 1967 Jubbly Adventurous Lives (50); 1960s-70s Liebig Meat Extract, eight different foreign-language sets of six cards apiece, including: Firearms, Circus, Writing Machines, Experimental Aircraft, Photography, Early Aircraft, Aircraft/Ser. 306 and Circus Animals; 1970 Sharp "Hey Presto!" (25); 1971 Brooke Bond The Race Into Space (50); 1979 Bassett Survival on Star Colony 9 (50); 1981 Wills/Embassy World of Speed (36); 1982 Wills/Embassy World of Firearms (36); 1992 Polar Cards Classic Cards/Collector Issue (25).