Cigarette and tobacco supply card
Rothmans Ltd.
Category
Ephemera
Date
Unknown
Materials
Cardboard and paper
Measurements
Card - 77 mm (width); 129 mm (height), Envelope - 135 mm (width); 84 mm (height)
Place of origin
Underwood St., City Road
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Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 666465
Summary
A beige coloured cardboard cigarette and tobacco supply card with a matching envelope. The card is folded lengthways. On the outside is the typed address of Sgt. Wiggall's father, 'W. Wiggall, Esq.10 Ward End Park Road, Alum Rock, Birmingham, 8.' Below the address is Mr. W. Wiggall's signature in ink. Printed below this in black ink is 'Rothmans Supply Card'. Stuck inside the card are three sheets of paper divided into dated columns. There is a column for each month of the year. Also inside the card is a typed address for Sgt. Wiggall in a prisoner of war camp in Germany. Accompanying the card is a beige cardboard envelope on which has, printed in black ink on the front, 'Rothmans Ltd. Underwood St. City Rd. London, N1'. Mr. Wiggall's address is typed on the back. Total number of items is 2.
Marks and inscriptions
On the date stamp on the envelope, inside the circle: 'BIRMINGHAM/ 7-PM/ 31 OCT/ 1943/ G'
Makers and roles
Rothmans Ltd., maker