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Charter Tea & Coffee Co. Ltd.
Prehistoric Animals Cards - 2nd Series

Date:  1962
Country:  England (United Kingdom) 

Set ID:  108
Product Type:  Tea

SetItems
Advertised Qty:25
ProductsItems
Cards:25
TOTAL ITEMS:25
TopicsItems
Extinct Life25

 
Artist(s)
To be determined

 

 
In the 20+ plus years of collecting, I have never seen one of these cards.  I would doubt their existence except there are a couple of published resources including the Catalogue of Trade Card Issues by The London Cigarette Card Company, Ltd (1999 Edition, page 29) that contain this set and the associated first series set.  
 
In 2022, a seller on eBay listed an uncut ‘Charter Tea Prehistoric Animals’ sheet but the sheet has blank backs.  When I asked if there was any proof that the sheet was not from the 1962 Coopers & Co. Stores Ltd. Prehistoric Animals sets or the 1966 Sunblest Tea Prehistoric Animals sets, both of which share the same images as the Charter Tea set, the seller could not confirm the sheet’s origin.  
 
The checklist below, as well as the sample image, come from the 1962 Coopers & Co. Stores Ltd. Prehistoric Animals Card set.

 

Contents
Cards
 
 
========== Cards ==========
DB ID Topic In Scope? DF Collection? Printed No. Notes Qty Size (Inches) Album Pages Life Form
2611 Extinct Life 26 1 tbd n/a Hyracodon
Hyracodon
 
 
 
DB ID Topic In Scope? DF Collection? Printed No. Notes Qty Size (Inches) Album Pages Life Form
2612 Extinct Life 27 1 tbd n/a Dinornis
Dinornis
 
 
 
DB ID Topic In Scope? DF Collection? Printed No. Notes Qty Size (Inches) Album Pages Life Form
2613 Extinct Life 28 1 tbd n/a Moschops
Moschops
 
 
 
DB ID Topic In Scope? DF Collection? Printed No. Notes Qty Size (Inches) Album Pages Life Form
2614 Extinct Life 29 1 tbd n/a Stenopterygius
Stenopterygius
 
 
 
DB ID Topic In Scope? DF Collection? Printed No. Notes Qty Size (Inches) Album Pages Life Form
2615 Extinct Life 30 1 tbd n/a
Ancient Bison
 
 
 
DB ID Topic In Scope? DF Collection? Printed No. Notes Qty Size (Inches) Album Pages Life Form
2616 Extinct Life 31 1 tbd n/a Barylambda
Barylambda
 
 
 
DB ID Topic In Scope? DF Collection? Printed No. Notes Qty Size (Inches) Album Pages Life Form
2617 Extinct Life 32 1 tbd n/a Coelodonta
Woolly Rhinoceros
 
 
 
DB ID Topic In Scope? DF Collection? Printed No. Notes Qty Size (Inches) Album Pages Life Form
2618 Extinct Life 33 1 tbd n/a Mosasaurus
Mosasaur
 
 
 
DB ID Topic In Scope? DF Collection? Printed No. Notes Qty Size (Inches) Album Pages Life Form
2619 Extinct Life 34 1 tbd n/a Moropus
Moropus
 
 
 
DB ID Topic In Scope? DF Collection? Printed No. Notes Qty Size (Inches) Album Pages Life Form
2620 Extinct Life 35 1 tbd n/a Megatherium
Megatherium
 
 
 
DB ID Topic In Scope? DF Collection? Printed No. Notes Qty Size (Inches) Album Pages Life Form
2621 Extinct Life 36 1 tbd n/a Palaeomastodon
Palaeomastodon
 
 
 
DB ID Topic In Scope? DF Collection? Printed No. Notes Qty Size (Inches) Album Pages Life Form
2622 Extinct Life 37 1 tbd n/a
Ancient Armadillo
 
 
 
DB ID Topic In Scope? DF Collection? Printed No. Notes Qty Size (Inches) Album Pages Life Form
2623 Extinct Life 38 1 tbd n/a Sivatherium
Sivatherium
 
 
 
DB ID Topic In Scope? DF Collection? Printed No. Notes Qty Size (Inches) Album Pages Life Form
2624 Extinct Life 39 1 tbd n/a Smilodon
Smilodon
 
 
 
DB ID Topic In Scope? DF Collection? Printed No. Notes Qty Size (Inches) Album Pages Life Form
2625 Extinct Life 40 1 tbd n/a
Giant Gopher
 
 
 
DB ID Topic In Scope? DF Collection? Printed No. Notes Qty Size (Inches) Album Pages Life Form
2626 Extinct Life 41 1 tbd n/a
Creodont
 
 
 
DB ID Topic In Scope? DF Collection? Printed No. Notes Qty Size (Inches) Album Pages Life Form
2627 Extinct Life 42 1 tbd n/a Mammuthus
Woolly Mammoth
 
 
 
DB ID Topic In Scope? DF Collection? Printed No. Notes Qty Size (Inches) Album Pages Life Form
2628 Extinct Life 43 1 tbd n/a
Flying Reptile or Pteranodon
 
 
 
DB ID Topic In Scope? DF Collection? Printed No. Notes Qty Size (Inches) Album Pages Life Form
2629 Extinct Life 44 1 tbd n/a Glyptodon
Glyptodonts
 
 
 
DB ID Topic In Scope? DF Collection? Printed No. Notes Qty Size (Inches) Album Pages Life Form
2630 Extinct Life 45 1 tbd n/a Hesperornis
Hesperornis or Western Diver
 
 
 
DB ID Topic In Scope? DF Collection? Printed No. Notes Qty Size (Inches) Album Pages Life Form
2631 Extinct Life 46 1 tbd n/a
Phororhacos
 
 
 
DB ID Topic In Scope? DF Collection? Printed No. Notes Qty Size (Inches) Album Pages Life Form
2632 Extinct Life 47 1 tbd n/a
Titanotheres
 
 
 
DB ID Topic In Scope? DF Collection? Printed No. Notes Qty Size (Inches) Album Pages Life Form
2633 Extinct Life 48 1 tbd n/a Allosaurus
Allosaurus
 
 
 
DB ID Topic In Scope? DF Collection? Printed No. Notes Qty Size (Inches) Album Pages Life Form
2634 Extinct Life 49 1 tbd n/a
Giraffe Camel
 
 
 
DB ID Topic In Scope? DF Collection? Printed No. Notes Qty Size (Inches) Album Pages Life Form
2635 Extinct Life 50 1 tbd n/a Brachiosaurus
Brachiosaurus