{"product_id":"1910-wills-flag-girls-of-all-nations-france-no-8-vice-regal-mixture-cigarette","title":"1910 Wills Flag Girls of All Nations France No. 8 Vice-Regal Mixture Cigarette","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eW.D. \u0026amp; H.O. Wills, Flag Girls of All Nations, No. 8, France. Vice-Regal Mixture brand back. Raw and ungraded.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe front is a color lithograph of a woman in an 18th century style green and pink gown with a powdered wig and plumed cap, holding the blue, white and red French tricolor, with FRANCE 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 a present area of 207,218 square miles after losing 5,602 square miles in 1871, a population of 39 million, a capital of Paris with a population of 2,714,068, extensive cultivation of the vine, principal exports of wine, silk, wool tissues and millinery, and an army on a peace footing of 550,000. 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 territory referenced as lost in 1871 is Alsace-Lorraine, ceded to the German Empire at the end of the Franco-Prussian War and returned to France in 1919.\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, and was also produced for John Player \u0026amp; Sons and Lambert \u0026amp; Butler.\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":67520836501549,"sku":"EB-318844623134","price":12.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/8160\/0045\/files\/57_256ad27e-0dd3-4b27-b27e-dc8f600f9cfa.png?v=1789236002","url":"https:\/\/brcollectibles.co\/products\/1910-wills-flag-girls-of-all-nations-france-no-8-vice-regal-mixture-cigarette","provider":"B\u0026R Collectibles","version":"1.0","type":"link"}