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Offered here is a collection of 16 original cigarette cards from W.A. & A.C. Churchman's "Kings of Speed" series (1939), a classic set of 50 featuring the fastest men on land, water, and air.
Cards included:
- #7 Alex Henshaw – record-breaking aviator
- #14 Ab Jenkins – Bonneville Salt Flats legend
- #16 Rudolf Caracciola – legendary Mercedes Grand Prix driver
- #17 C.J.P. Dodson
- #20 Raymond Mays – ERA racing car pioneer
- #22 Richard Seaman – British Grand Prix driver (died in racing accident, 1939)
- #23 J.P. Wakefield
- #24 Ernst Henne – motorcycle speed record holder
- #27 E.A. Mellors
- #33 S.H. Ferris – cycling champion
- #40 Hans Engnestangen – speed skater
- #43 McEvoy, Locker, Green & Mackintosh – British bobsleigh world champions (1938)
- #44 Paavo Nurmi – "The Flying Finn," Olympic athletics legend
- #48 H.H. Whitlock
- Plus Squadron Leader Gillan and Hermann Wurster
Condition: Good to Very Good. Typical light age-related edge wear consistent with 85-year-old cards. Images show actual cards — please review before purchasing.
Publisher: W.A. & A.C. Churchman, Branch of the Imperial Tobacco Co. (Great Britain & Ireland) Ltd.
Year: 1939
Series: Kings of Speed (series of 50)
Card size: Standard (approx. 65 x 35mm)
A solid partial set for the collector. Particularly strong on motor racing, aviation, and athletics — with genuine star cards in Caracciola, Seaman, Nurmi, and Henshaw.
SKU 67
