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British Empire Flag Customs Blue Ensign Tobacco Silk Kensitas Cigarettes 1921
British Empire Flag Customs Blue Ensign Tobacco Silk Kensitas Cigarettes 1921
British Empire Flag Customs Blue Ensign Tobacco Silk Kensitas Cigarettes 1921
British Empire Flag Customs Blue Ensign Tobacco Silk Kensitas Cigarettes 1921
British Empire Flag Customs Blue Ensign Tobacco Silk Kensitas Cigarettes 1921
British Empire Flag Customs Blue Ensign Tobacco Silk Kensitas Cigarettes 1921
British Empire Flag Customs Blue Ensign Tobacco Silk Kensitas Cigarettes 1921
British Empire Flag Customs Blue Ensign Tobacco Silk Kensitas Cigarettes 1921

British Empire Flag Customs Blue Ensign Tobacco Silk Kensitas Cigarettes 1921

$ 15.13

  • Age Level: 16+
  • Autograph Format: Tobacco Silk Insert
  • Autographed: No
  • Card Name: See images and title
  • Card Number: see images & details
  • Card Size: Tobacco
  • Card Thickness: 20 Pt.
  • Character: Tobacco Silk Insert
  • Convention/Event: Tobacco Silk Insert
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Featured Person/Artist: No Featured Person
  • Features: Insert
  • Franchise: History
  • Genre: History
  • Graded: No
  • Illustrator: Tobacco Silk Insert
  • Insert Set: Tobacco Silk Insert
  • Language: English
  • Manufacturer: Various see listing & images
  • Material: Tobacco Silk
  • Movie: Tobacco Silk Insert
  • Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
  • Parallel/Variety: No Parallel
  • Print Run: Limited
  • Set: Tobacco Silk Insert
  • Signed By: Tobacco Silk Insert
  • TV Show: Tobacco Silk Insert
  • Type: Non-Sport Trading Card
  • Vintage: Yes
  • Year Manufactured: 1910

Description

Customs Blue Ensign Kensitas cigarettes brand Silk measure approximate 2” x 2-3/4” History of tobacco silks In Cigarette packs; Originally issued in American cigarette packets between 1905 and 1917, these ‘giveaways’ proved a very popular promotional item which was taken up by twenty British tobacco manufacturers at the advent of the First World War (1914). Silk cigarette inserts continued to be issued following paper restrictions announced by the government in 1917, but had faded out by the mid-1920s, except for a small resurgence in 1933-4. The subjects included religion, cricket, football, art, flags, army and naval badges, flowers, and clan tartans. Silk inserts were an adaptation of the popular cigarette cards. In North America between 1900 and 1936 silk cigarette cards, or inserts, were produced by tobacco companies as calculated promotional giveaways for men to pass on to women.