3x Aircraft Spotter series Sweet Caporal cigarettes Canada

Manufactured by: Imperial Tobacco Co. of Canada, Ltd.; Sweet Caporal Cigarettes
Country: Canada
Number of Cards: 136
Card Sizes: 3
"S" = 84 × 75 mm (15 cigarettes package)
"M" = 90 × 75 mm (20 cigarettes package)
"L" = 102 × 75 mm (25 cigarettes package)
Circa: 1940-41
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Background

During World War II, the Imperial Tobacco Company of Canada Ltd. issued a series of airplane Trading Cards titled Aircraft “Spotter ” Series - Allied and Enemy Planes. These cards were issued as part of several Sweet Caporal Cigarettes package designs. There were three basic package design/sizes, with multiple printings on two of the sizes. As of 8/1/2016, the total number of known cards in this multiple series of card-image/card-number combinations is 136. There are two unnumbered Aircraft Markings cards, and a series of 134 Airplanes cards numbered from 1 to 66. The first 55 of these silhouettes cards are easier to collect than the cards numbered from 56 through 66, which are extremely difficult to acquire.