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Full set of standard size cards issued in 1937 by United Kingdom Tobacco Co. Ltd The “Greys†Cigarettes, entitled Soldiers of the King. The cards are in generally fine condition – see scan and condition description below. Manufacturer: United Kingdom Tobacco Co. Ltd The “Greys†Cigarettes – often listed as the Godfrey Phillips 1939 set Greys Cigarettes. Year: 1937 Series Title: Soldiers of the King No. in Set/Size: 36 Standard Size Cards Complete Set: Yes Gum if applicable: intact – and undisturbed Condition: This is a fine condition set of cards that would add to any cigarette or trade card collection. The cards have no detectable creases, folds or marks, a few light foxing spots in the gum on cards 1, 2, 3 13 and 19 otherwise very clean, with corners that are square and no signs of rounding. The cards would mount or display well, please see scan for condition. Please note: I have made some minor amendments to my grading to better align with the PSA grading – see link below. Catalogue Value: The set is listed as £72.00 a set (£2.00 per card) catalogue Murray 2008. Therefore the card in this auction has a catalogue value of £72.00. Other Information: The cards depict the regiments and their uniforms across the British Commonwealth, including: Mysore Lancers (India), Sudan Defence Forces, Canadian Mounted Police, The Black Watch, Australian Infantry and many more... Update 21st June 2008: - For the next three to four months I intend to offer such cards as Clarke Cricketer Series & Football Series, Wills Cricketers, Byrt Wood Pretty Girl Series, a significant selection of rarer Stage and Film star sets, Hudden and Franks Beauties, Wills Famous Golfers and many other cards by Abdulla, Ogdens, Hill, Churchman, Cavanders, Ardath, Cope, Singleton & Cole, Carreras, CWS, Drapkin, Edwards Ringer & Bigg, Lambert & Butler, Franklyn Davey, Lea, Mitchell, Morris, Murray, Phillips, Salmon & Gluckstein, Sarony, Sinclair, Smith, Teofani, Millhoff, Scottish Co-op, Bocnal, Adkin, Lloyd, Robinson Egyptian Studies, Ray, Bell, Pattreiouex, Faulkner, Rothmans, Duncan, B.A.T., A.T.C., Hignett and Dexters, several overseas manufacturers. I also have trade, tea, periodicals & gum cards and many more including large size and standard and many sporting cards from the world of cricket, golf, football and other sports. This is an extremely large collection of cards I am disposing of (and have been for the past 12 months), please e-mail me if you would like detail of any specific manufacturer or theme. Please e-mail me if you require further detail, photos or any other information. DEFINITION OF CARD CONDITION GRADING:I now use the PSA Grading to give buyers better clarity in the standard of cards I have for auction. The PSA grading has 10 grades (which gives great clarity). However this is difficult to list in its entirety, so I have selected the key grades, but will, from time to time, refer to interim grades which can be found by clicking on the following link: http://www.psacard.com/grading/grading_standards.chtml Mint: The card has the appearance of never having been handled. A superb condition card that exhibits only one of the following minor flaws: a very slight stain on reverse, a minor printing imperfection or slightly off-white borders. Fine (Excellent):Signs of handling, but only to a minimum extent. Very minor rounding of the corners is becoming evident (just detectable). Surface wear is more visible. There may be minor chipping (bumps) on edges. Card may show some off-whiteness of borders. Very Good: No creases and card crisp but some marks/soiling and may have dirty edges. Corners may be starting to round though not extreme. Some surface wear will be apparent, along with possible light scuffing or light scratches. Borders may be somewhat discolored. Good: The card's corners show accelerated rounding and surface wear is starting to become obvious. A good card may have scratching, scuffing, light staining (soiling) on obverse. The card may contain a light crease. Card boarder may show considerable discoloration. Fair: The card's corners will show significant wear. Surface of card will also show wear, including scuffing, scratching, pitting, and staining (soiling). The borders may have become dirty and the card may have one or more creases. Poor: A Poor card may be missing one or more small pieces, have major creasing and extreme discoloration or dirtiness throughout with heavy thickening of the card. Corners will be badly rounded and the card may exhibit heavy creases. SHIPPING CHARGES Buyer pays for postage. U.K: £1.30 p&p within the UK (can reduce to £1.00p if acceptable by 2nd class) and I always used good quality padded envelopes, please e-mail for further details of cost. I can send recorded if required at an additional 68p. U.S.A. and Rest of World: $4.30 airmail to international destinations outside the UK (the shipping can be reduced to $2.50 if it’s acceptable to send by surface mail). I will endeavor to ship items at less cost if possible, the shipping costs above are the maximum cost. Shipping to Europe would be less than the international costs above, please e-mail for further details. PAYMENT METHODS UNITED KINGDOM Postal Orders or Sterling Cheques that can be drawn on a UK bank are acceptable. I prefer a Cheque or Postal Order from UK buyers, although I will accept Paypal if requested (please e-mail for Paypal detail before paying). OVERSEAS PAYMENTS For overseas payments, PAYPAL is preferred, it is important that you contact me for my Paypal e-mail address if you wish to use Paypal. I prefer payment to be made from a Paypal balance or transferred into Paypal from a bank account as there is no charge from Paypal. Please contact me for my Paypal detail if you wish to pay through Paypal. I prefer PayPal, the payment choice of 10,000,000 auction buyers! CREDIT CARDS I can accept payment via Credit Card; Please check with me before purchase and I will provide you with detail of how card payments can be accepted. OTHER CURRENCIES: Other Currencies will be considered but only by prior discussion and agreement. Please contact me if you wish to pay by any other means, most methods can be accommodated. Please note that due to the very high transaction charges imposed by the UK banking system I cannot accept foreign currency cheques. If you have any questions please contact me by e-mail.
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