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Post by stampgeezer on Feb 2, 2014 0:10:28 GMT
I got this today in the mail. I do not believe I had heard of these before, but Twinings rare stamps put out 2 or 3 sets of 30 cards, about the size of cigarette cards. They represented some of the rarest stamps in the world. I got this one, Newfoundland C1 airmail, since this will be about as close to the real thing as I will get. If anyone has the all of the set, or just some, please post. Theron (former King)   |
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Post by BC on Feb 2, 2014 0:35:11 GMT
That is way cool! I think Rod will love that! Any idea of the date?
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Post by stampgeezer on Feb 2, 2014 0:44:18 GMT
Thanks BC, I believe around 1960 plus or minus a decade or so. I did see some pics of the 2nd series overprinted with "THESE CARDS WILL BE WITHDRAWN 31ST DECEMBER 1960"
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Post by rod222 on Feb 2, 2014 4:17:26 GMT
That is way cool! I think Rod will love that! Any idea of the date? Yes I did, not seen a Twining's tea before. It also goes to show how much we owe the brothers LN & M Williams, amongst the great founding fathers of our modern hobby. |
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Post by stampgeezer on Feb 2, 2014 4:31:20 GMT
I am going to be keeping a watch for these. I see one ebay seller in the UK has a complete 2nd set up for sale.
Theron.
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Post by rod222 on Feb 2, 2014 4:35:26 GMT
I am going to be keeping a watch for these. I see one ebay seller in the UK has a complete 2nd set up for sale. Theron. Complete sets always come with a premium. They don't make them any more  Good luck. I think I have a cigarette card catalogue, feeding the mice somewhere in the attic, I wonder if the tea bags are quoted? I'll take the spud gun up and wrest if from them. |
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Post by Londonbus1 on Feb 2, 2014 7:36:37 GMT
I have Nos.29 and 30 in an uncut pair but no others. I have searched for them on occasion but never purchased any. I found mine in an old album. I'll scan them later. I remember as a kid running to take the cards out of Tea packets and other goods my Mother had brought home from the Grocers. All sadly gone now. I did have a wonderful collection of Players Cigarette cards which were left to me by my Grandfather. I sold them some years ago, keeping only the Flags. Ah, the memories.  |
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Post by stampgeezer on Feb 2, 2014 8:28:36 GMT
LB1, looking forward to that scan of those cards.
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Post by rod222 on Feb 2, 2014 9:21:28 GMT
From the internet CV Circa $50  |
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Post by tomiseksj on Feb 2, 2014 14:29:59 GMT
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Post by Londonbus1 on Feb 2, 2014 18:32:25 GMT
LB1, looking forward to that scan of those cards. ...and here they are !  A joined pair of numbers 29 and 30, 1st Series. My only claim to fame in the Twinings Tea Department !!   |
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Post by stampgeezer on Feb 2, 2014 18:57:06 GMT
LB1, wonderful! I wonder how many kids collected all 30 and sent off for that free packet of selected foreign stamps?
Theron.
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Post by Londonbus1 on Feb 2, 2014 19:59:02 GMT
LB1, wonderful! I wonder how many kids collected all 30 and sent off for that free packet of selected foreign stamps? Theron. Probably only kids who drank a lot of tea !!  |
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Post by Londonbus1 on Feb 2, 2014 20:15:28 GMT
Now I'm hooked !! I'l have to look for more. Interesting facts: Thomas Twining helped to make tea Britain's No1 beverage in the early 18th Century. The Company have used the same logo for over 240 years making it the longest running commercial logo in the world. They are no longer situated in Ibex House although that fine building still stands proudly. Today the Twinings shop and Museum is in the Strand....not far from Stanley Gibbons !!!  Londonbus1.....anyone for a cuppa ?  |
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Post by stampgeezer on Feb 3, 2014 1:15:41 GMT
So, when did the Twining Rare stamps cease business?
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Post by tomiseksj on Feb 3, 2014 2:15:40 GMT
It seems that there were quite a few different tea cards featuring stamps -- more than a dozen different sets may be purchased here, including two different Twining sets. |
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Post by Ryan on Feb 3, 2014 13:58:19 GMT
Tea cards were popular in Canada as well. I remember my Grandma having a big pile of them - she was a Red Rose drinker, and here are some collections of the tea cards available. These cards were packaged in with Red Rose tea from 1959 to 1974. My Mom has a small menagerie of little ceramic animals that also came in Red Rose tea. Canadian tea only, the cards above were released in both the US & Canada but apparently these little English Wade figurines were exclusively available in Canada. Ryan |
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Post by maerkat on Feb 7, 2014 19:43:20 GMT
Does anyone know about the overprint on the backs of these?
This is a group of "2nd Series" #1 - 10.
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Post by stampgeezer on Feb 7, 2014 22:13:30 GMT
maerkat I have seen those overprints, but aside from the obvious, I am unsure of why that would be done.
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Post by tomiseksj on Feb 7, 2014 22:43:30 GMT
Perhaps it was Twining's way of giving its customers an opportunity to try to acquire a complete set before distribution of that card series ended.
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Post by Doe on Feb 7, 2016 2:07:25 GMT
I have a small collection of Canadian tea cards, my favorite being the Zeppelin card. I've never seen the cards with stamps on them. They are very cool.   |
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Post by Anping on Jun 14, 2017 0:35:26 GMT
Inspired by this thread, I went on to eBay and bid on a full set of 30 with the red overprint on the reverse (the message announcing withdrawal of the set in 1960). I received them today and was really surprised that they are in absolutely perfect condition, particularly as they cost me the grand sum of just £3. It's just a pity that the printing quality is not that good. Here are numbers 1 to 15 to start with. But I've just realised I've ordered them incorrectly. I'll post a corrected image later with all the others, as trying to get them neatly aligned is a pain: Here's number 1, showing the 1d Red with a blank right hand 'check character'; something I was completely unaware of: |
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Post by Beryllium Guy on Jun 14, 2017 1:29:23 GMT
I never knew about these cards, so many thanks to Anping for discovering this thread and resurrecting it. Very interesting stuff! |
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Post by Anping on Jun 15, 2017 0:48:45 GMT
Well, after a second attempt to re-scan these cards, I've given up trying to do these directly on the scanner plate. The slightest curl on a card plus the build up of static just causes them to spin.
I shall have to find some sort of stock card to hold these in place before progressing.
Now where did I put all my stockcards? Probably where I left my brain.
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