Grandee African wildlife
Subtitle: a collection of picture cards depicting big game and other wildlife likely to be seen while traveling in southern and eastern Africa
By: [photographed by Heather Angel]
Publisher: Grandee Cigars
Published: 1990
Place of publication: Nottingham?]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 16
Subjects: Wildlife photography; Animals; Pictorial works; Zoology; Albums; Cigarette cards; Printed ephemera; Collectibles; John Player & Sons
Other titles: African wildlife
Description: An album of 30 cigarette cards issued by the John Player Co. in 1990 under the Grandee Cigars label. Includes descriptive text and one card each for: Lion, Cheetah, Leopard, Caracal, Hunting Dog, Spotted Hyena, Bat-Eared Fox, Golden Jackal, Meerkat, African Elephant, African Buffalo, Hippopotamus, Black Rhinoceros, Plains Zebra, Giraffe, Warthog, Impala, Coke's Hartebeest, Nyala, Gerenuk, Thomson's Gazelle, Wildebeest, Vulture, Crowned Crane, Marabou Stork, Ostrich, Nile Crocodile, Olive Baboon and, Mountain Gorilla.
Notes: John Player was one of the first UK tobacco companies to include sets of general interest cards in their packs of cigarettes. The first set was produced in 1893. The company issued more than 200 sets of cards and some were reprinted in the 1990s.