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Cigarette cards. Player's were one of the first UK tobacco companies to include sets of general interest cards in their packs of cigarettes. One of the first sets, produced in 1893, was Castles and Abbeys. These cards were generally produced in sets of 50 and have since become highly collectable.
Jul 23, 2024 · John Player & Sons is a British tobacco manufacturer which rose to prominence after the success of its signature “Navy Cut” cigarettes. Player & Sons was once the best-selling cigarette brand in England, selling over one million cigarettes in London in 1937.
Navy Cut Tobacco was a brand of cigarettes originally manufactured by Imperial Brands (formerly John Player & Sons) in Nottingham, England.
A website exploring the history of John Player and Sons, a manufacturer of cigarettes and tobaccos which was based in Nottingham. It focuses on workers' lives, the company's Horizon factory and its advertising activities, such as John Player Special's sponsorship of the Formula 1 team Lotus.
John Player Special launched in the UK in 1970 and, for more than 50 years, JPS has offered premium tobacco at an affordable price. The original and iconic black and gold livery adorned the race cars of motorsport world champions in the 1970s, but as times have changed, so have we.
Major sponsors appeared on the F1 scene including tobacco giants Marlboro and Yardley cosmetics, and this had developed into a veritable flood by the time Team Lotus changed its Gold Leaf livery to the black and gold of the John Player Special cigarette brand.
Superkings (or John Player as it was originally called) is a British brand of cigarettes, currently owned and manufactured by Imperial Tobacco. [1]
