1929 Tucketts Aviation Series (52)(52) Tuckett Tobacco Co. (C111)

1929 “Tucketts Aviation Series” (C111)
Tuckett Tobacco Company, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Series Title: “Tucketts Aviation Series”
American Card Catalog No.: C111
Issued by: The Tuckett Tobacco Company, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Number of Cards: 104 Combined Total; 52 Dated cards; 52 Undated cards
Card Dimensions: 45 mm × 68 mm
Circa: 1929
Checklist: Download Checklist

Background

During 1929 the Tuckett Tobacco Company of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada issued two, possibility three, series of aviation cigarette trade cards. The card fronts for each of the series were identical and featured paintings of 52 different aircraft of the era. The artist was F. Kenwood Giles. The backsides of the cards were slightly different.

The first set of cards were undated on the reverse side.
The second set was dated “May, 1929” on the lower right hand corner of the reverse.
A third variation was exactly the same as the second “May, 1929” set except the reverse was over-printed with the word "TRADERS" outlined in red.

The number of sets associated with the “Tucketts Aviation Series” is generally considered to be only two sets; the “undated” and the “May, 1929 dated” sets. Most collectors consider the over-printed “May, 1929 - TRADERS” cards as just a back variation and mix the “Undated” with the “May, 1929 Dated” variations to complete their collections. However, if you are a “Purist Collector,” and want to spend a lot of money, you will go “for the gold” and attempt to collect all 156 cards rather than just the 104 cards. (Possible Monkeywrench: We assume that there are 52 cards in the subset, however do not know if that has been verified!)

Typical C111 Card Fronts and Backs

Typical Card Front

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Checklist

“Tucketts Aviation Series” Checklist (C111)
The de Havilland “Moth” Avro “Baby” Avro Triplane Bach “Air Yacht” Keystone Bomber “Panther” Martin, Model T3., M2 Ireland Amphiplane Curtiss “Fledgling” Waco 10 Beardmore “Inflexible” Fairey III.F Wright “Apache” Supermarine Quadruplane Swallow Biplane Dornier “Superwal” Rohrbach “Roland” Boulton and Paul “Sidestrand” Gloster “Gamecock II” Blackburn “Bluebird” Supermarine “Napier S.5” Parnall “Imp” Lockheed “Air Express” Vickers “Fairchild” Blackburn “Isis II” Junkers Monoplane “Bremen” Curtiss “Falcon” Junkers G.24 Andiz Light Monoplane Kinner Folding Wing Monoplane Halpin “Flamingo” Stearman C.2 Bristol “Bulldog-Jupiter” de Havilland “Tiger Moth” Koolhoven F.K.31 Whippoorwill Cabin Monoplane “Argosy-Jaguar” Ripon II Supermarine “Southampton” de Havilland “Hound” C.R.20 Fiat Fighter Short “Calcutta” Ryan Mahoney “The Spirit of St. Louis” Reid “Rambler” Vickers Flying Boat Loening Amphibian Macchi 52 Seaplane Avro “Avian” Vickers “Vimy” Savoia Flying Boat de Havilland 50 Fokker F.10 P.N.12 Flying Boat

“Tucketts Aviation Series” Checklist (C111)

The de Havilland “Moth”
Avro “Baby”
Avro Triplane
Bach “Air Yacht”
Keystone Bomber “Panther”
Martin, Model T3., M2
Ireland Amphiplane
Curtiss “Fledgling”
Waco 10
Beardmore “Inflexible”
Fairey III.F
Wright “Apache”
Supermarine Quadruplane
Swallow Biplane
Dornier “Superwal”
Rohrbach “Roland”
Boulton and Paul “Sidestrand”
Gloster “Gamecock II”
Blackburn “Bluebird”
Supermarine “Napier S.5”
Parnall “Imp”
Lockheed “Air Express”
Vickers “Fairchild”
Blackburn “Isis II”
Junkers Monoplane “Bremen”
Curtiss “Falcon”
Junkers G.24
Andiz Light Monoplane
Kinner Folding Wing Monoplane
Halpin “Flamingo”
Stearman C.2
Bristol “Bulldog-Jupiter”
de Havilland “Tiger Moth”
Koolhoven F.K.31
Whippoorwill Cabin Monoplane
“Argosy-Jaguar”
Ripon II
Supermarine “Southampton”
de Havilland “Hound”
C.R.20 Fiat Fighter
Short “Calcutta”
Ryan Mahoney “The Spirit of St. Louis”
Reid “Rambler”
Vickers Flying Boat
Loening Amphibian
Macchi 52 Seaplane
Avro “Avian”
Vickers “Vimy”
Savoia Flying Boat
de Havilland 50
Fokker F.10
P.N.12 Flying Boat

References

Bob Dros: Card images via the Dros Non-Sports Trade Card Collection.
John A. Shupek: Card images via the Skytamer Archive Digital Image Database.