Aviator Charles Hamilton Tobacco Card C52 1910 Canada Like MECCA T218 Airplanes for Sale

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Aviator Charles Hamilton Tobacco Card C52 1910 Canada Like MECCA T218 Airplanes For Sale

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Aviator Charles Hamilton Tobacco Card C52 1910 Canada Like MECCA T218 Airplanes:
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This rare card is one in a series of 150 cards issued in Canada bythe IMPERIAL Tobacco Company of Canada. One card was insertedwith their brands of Cigarettes during the early 1910s. The Series is entitled“Champion Athletes and Prize Fighters” and is listedin Burdicks American Card Catalogue as series C52. Thefront of each card depicts an illustratedimage of an athlete (Boxers, Bowling, Billiards & Pool, Track Athletes andGolfers Aviators ect.). The images used are the same ones usedby the American Tobacco Company fortheir Hassan and Mecca Cigarettes T218 series of Cards issued in the UnitedStates of America. The back lacksadvertising for the company or brand but does feature biographical detailsabout the featured athlete. This card features CHARLES KEENEY HAMILTON a AVIATOR who worked with the Wright BrothersThe card measures 2 ½ inches by 2 7/8 inches approximately. The card does have some creasing and ink writing on the back. I have scanned the card front and back fairlylarge for you to be able to judge condition for yourself. THESE CARDS A MUCH HARDER TO FIND THAN THEIR COUNTERPARTS IN THE UNITED STATES Due to the lower population in Canadathan in the US, print runs in Canadawere much smaller compared withAmerican Cards. Because of this the majority of all Canadian cards are far scarcer than card issued in the USA.