{"product_id":"1908-wills-flag-girls-of-all-nations-poland-no-2-vice-regal-mixture-cigarette","title":"1908 Wills Flag Girls of All Nations Poland No. 2 Vice-Regal Mixture Cigarette","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eW.D. \u0026amp; H.O. Wills, Flag Girls of All Nations, No. 2, Poland. Vice-Regal Mixture brand back. Raw and ungraded.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe front is a color lithograph of a woman in Polish folk dress, a blue cap, embroidered yellow bodice and pink and white skirt, holding the red and white Polish flag, with POLAND printed at the base. The back is printed in dark blue-black and carries the set name and card number at the top, followed by descriptive text noting an area of 49,157 square miles, a population of 8,486,000, a capital of Warsaw, the partitions of 1772 and 1795 by Prussia, Austria and Russia, and that the Russian portion retained the name and held an independent government until 1864 before becoming a province of Russia. The advertising panel across the lower third reads Vice-Regal Mixture, a high-class pipe tobacco packed in patent airtight tins, with the album line down the left border and the tobacconist line down the right.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe card was issued while Poland did not exist as an independent state. Polish independence was restored in 1918.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eFlag Girls of All Nations was issued by W.D. \u0026amp; H.O. Wills in both a 25-card and a 50-card version, with each card showing a woman in national dress alongside her country's flag. Wills, based in Bristol, was the British pioneer of the cigarette card, beginning the practice around 1887 and adding descriptive text to the backs in 1897. The same series was distributed under several different brand backs, including Vice-Regal, Capstan Navy Cut and United Service, with the Vice-Regal and Capstan versions circulating in Australia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThis card is over a century old. Please review all photos closely, as they are of the actual card you will receive and are part of the description.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eOrders placed by 6:00 AM EST ship the same business day. Message us to save with combined shipping.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"B\u0026R Collectibles","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67520831389741,"sku":"EB-318834649906","price":11.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/8160\/0045\/files\/57_c8e63393-23a4-4240-80ee-163fe806966a.png?v=1789235944","url":"https:\/\/brcollectibles.co\/products\/1908-wills-flag-girls-of-all-nations-poland-no-2-vice-regal-mixture-cigarette","provider":"B\u0026R Collectibles","version":"1.0","type":"link"}