1930 Wills Speed Set and Checklist
‘It’s In The Details’
Title | Wills Speed |
Year | 1930 |
Size | 1 3/8″ x 2 5/8″ |
Images | Color |
Type | Tobacco |
Number in Set |
50 |
1930 Wills Speed Set Overview
This international tobacco card set was issued by Wills Tobacco for their cigarettes. Wills issued a variety of tobacco card sets in the 1930s, including other sports releases. This particular series, like many, includes a total of 50 cards.
The set is simply titled, Speed. The set includes automobiles, airplanes, ships/boats, motorcycles, and trains. It does not merely picture vehicles. Rather, the backs reference specific operators of those crafts. Additionally, several of the auto racing cards, in particular, mention specific races in which the cars appeared.
A total of 22 cards feature airplanes and flying craft, eight picture trains, 11 feature automobiles/motorcycles, and nine feature ships/boats. The boating subset include a range of types, including large ships and smaller motor boats.
Fronts of the cards include color pictures and the title of the craft pictured. The back has a brief description of the craft, as well as a card number, the title of the set, and indicates they were issued by the Imperial Tobacco Company of Great Britain & Ireland, Ltd. with Wills Cigarettes.
The cards are a bit rarer than many other Wills sets of the later 1930s.
1930 Wills Speed Set Checklist
- Alcock’s Vickers Vimy Bomber
- Cobham’s D.S. 50
- Hinkler’s Avro Avian
- “The Spirit of St. Louis”
- D.H. 71 (Tiger Moth)
- Supermarine Napier S.S.
- D.H. Cirrus II Moth
- Junkers Monoplane
- The “Southern Cross”
- “Graf Zeppelin”
- D.H. Gipsy Moth
- Fairey Long Range Monoplane
- Supermarine Rolls Royce Royce S. 6.
- Macchi 52 Bis.
- “Opel” Rocket-Driven Glider
- Dornier Do. X
- The R 101
- Armstrong Whitworth Argosy
- D.H. 65 (Hund)
- D.H. 66 (Hercules)
- Short Calcutta
- Handley Page 40-Seater
- The “Blue Bird”
- “The Golden Arrow”
- Grand Prix Race Le Mans, 1929
- Hon. Mrs. Victor Bruce at Montlhery, 1929
- Irish Grand Prix Race Dublin, 1929
- The “Tiger”
- Ulster T.T. Race, 1929
- Ulster T.T. Race, 1929
- Senior T.T. Race, 1929
- Junior T.T. Race, 1929
- Lightweight T.T. Race, 1929
- “The Cheltenham Flyer”
- “Royal Scot”
- The Glasgow-Leeds Express
- The “Queen of Scots”
- The Nord Express
- The Sud Express
- The Prince of Wales’s Trans-European Journey
- “The Atlantic City Flyer”
- H.M. Battleship “Queen Elizabeth”
- H.M. Battle Cruiser “Hood”
- H.M. Destroyer “Amazon”
- H.M. Submarine K23
- The “Mauretania”
- The “Bremen”
- The “Augustus”
- “Miss England”
- “The Sea Hawk”
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