African wildlife
By: illustrated and described by C.F. Tunnicliffe
Series: Brooke Bond picture cards; Brooke Bond picture cards
Publisher: Brooke Bond
Place of publication: London?
Language: eng
Number of pages: 18
Subjects: Animals; Pictorial works; Zoology; Albums; Tea cards; Collectibles; Printed ephemera; Brooke Bond Tea Company
Description: An album of 50 tea cards issued by the Brooke Bond Co. Includes descriptive text and one card each for: Gorilla, Mantled Baboon, Chimpanzee, Mandriil, Pata Monkey, Colobus Monkey, Syke's Monkey, Bushy-tailed Galago, Ring-tailed Lemur, Lion, Cheetah, Leopard, Caracal, Genet, Serval, Banded Mongoose, Zorilla, Ratel, Porcupine, Jumping Hare, Ground Squirrel, Rock Hyrax, Fennec Fox, Spotted Hyena, Black-backed Jackal, African Hunting Dog, Buffalo, Barbary Sheep, Zebra, Brindled Gnu (or Wildebeest), Coke's Hartebeest, Giraffe, Okapi, Bongo, Eland, Kudu, Sable Antelope, Oryx, Impal, Thompson's Gazelle, Grant's Gazelle, Klipspringer, Hippopotamous, Elephant, Black Rhinoceros, Wart Hog, Red-River Hog, Aardvark, Giant Pangolin and Nile Crocodile.
Notes: "This series of picture cards is offered in the interests of education by Brooke Bond. A card is given free in all packets of Brooke Bond tea, also two cards in each 1/2 lb. tin of Brooke Bond Pure and French Coffee"--P. [4] of cover.

In the 1950s and 1960s, packets of Brooke Bond tea included illustrated cards, usually 50 in a series. One of the most famous illustrators of the cards was Charles Tunnicliffe, the internationally acclaimed bird painter. Most of the initial series were wildlife-based. The inclusion of these cards in packets of tea ceased in 1999. There were well over 200 series issued and many of them have since been reprinted.