{"product_id":"antique-players-navy-mixture-cigarette-card-canada-john-player-sons-england","title":"Antique Player's Navy Mixture Cigarette Card Canada John Player \u0026 Sons England","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eJohn Player \u0026amp; Sons cigarette card, subject titled Canada, with a Player's Navy Mixture advertising back. Ungraded, raw card.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe front is a color lithograph of a young woman in winter dress, a brown fur-trimmed coat and jacket over a blue skirt with a fur hat and boots, holding up a Canadian Red Ensign with the Union Jack in the canton and a quartered shield on the fly. The caption Canada is printed below the image. The back is printed in red and reads Smoke Player's Navy Mixture, John Player \u0026amp; Sons, England, set inside a decorative frame. The card is unnumbered on both sides.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe shield on the ensign shows four quarters, the arrangement used on the Canadian Red Ensign in the years after Confederation and before later provinces were added to the design.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eJohn Player \u0026amp; Sons was a tobacco manufacturer based in Nottingham, England. The company was among the first British firms to insert general interest card sets into its cigarette packs, beginning in the 1890s. In 1901 Player's was merged into the newly formed Imperial Tobacco Company of Great Britain and Ireland during the competitive fight with the American Tobacco Company. Player's Navy Cut and its related tobacco lines were the brands the company was best known for through the late 19th and early 20th centuries.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003ePlease review the photos closely. The images show the exact card you will receive, front and back.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eShipping and handling: same business day shipping with a 6:00 AM EST cutoff. Cards ship securely packaged and fully insured. Message us to save with combined shipping.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"B\u0026R Collectibles","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67397012553773,"sku":"EB-318766932604","price":9.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/8160\/0045\/files\/57_87b4b785-33e5-4808-8fed-43034b6a3e30.png?v=1787433802","url":"https:\/\/brcollectibles.co\/products\/antique-players-navy-mixture-cigarette-card-canada-john-player-sons-england","provider":"B\u0026R Collectibles","version":"1.0","type":"link"}