Foreign Series


Brooke Bond also issued card in many other different countries, most series based on the GB sets although there were some custom sets.

Canada

The Canadian cards were the same size as the British cards but with rounded corners, the reverse text was printed in both English and French, the fronts were colour with a glossy finish. They were issued under the Red Rose Label. There are some error cards one in series 10 Cards 9 and 10.

 No  Series Title                    Issued   No Cards     Album     Wallchart  Notes
CU01 Songbirds of North America       1959      48          Yes         Unk      3 card Varieties
CU02 Animals of North America         1960      48          Yes         Unk     
CU03 Wild Flowers of North America    1961      48          Yes         Unk     
CU04 Birds of North America           1962      48          Yes         Unk     
CU05 Dinosaurs                        1963      48          Yes         Unk     
CU06 Tropical Birds                   1964      48          Yes         Unk      2 card Varieties 
CU07 African Animals                  1964      48          Yes         Unk     
CU08 Butterflies of North America     1965      48          Yes         Unk     
CU09 Canadian/American Songbirds      1966      48          Yes         Unk     
CU10 Transportation Through the Ages  1967      48          Yes         Unk      2 card Varieties 
CU11 Trees of North America           1968      48          Yes         Unk     
CU12 The Space Age                    1969      48          Yes         Unk     
CU13 N.A. Wildlife in Danger          1970      48          Yes         Unk     
CU14 Exploring the Oceans             1971      48          Yes         Unk     
CU15 Animals and their Young          1972      48          Yes         Unk      2 card Varieties 
CU16 The Artic                        1973      48          Yes         Unk     
CU17 Indians of Canada                1974      48          Yes         Unk     

Example card

Canada Backs Canada Backs Canada Front

Ireland (Musgrave)

Identical to the British Sets but with an Eire address and different colour backs

 No  Series Title                    Issued   No Cards     Album     Wallchart  Notes
MBB1 British Birds                    1964      50          Yes         Unk     Blue Backs
MBB2 British Wildlife                 1964      50          Yes         Unk     Blue backs
MBB3 Butterflies of the World         1965      50          Yes         Unk     Magenta backs
MBB4 Transport through the Ages       1966      50          Yes         Unk     Magenta Backs
N/A  Matchmaker Gift Cards            1967      50          Yes         Unk   
N/A  Incredible Creatures             1985      50           No         Yes     Green backs

Example card

Musgrave BacksMusgrave Backs

USA

The USA sets are identical to those of Canada, but the reverse address was changed on seven of the series as was the colour, Canadian albums were used unchanged.

 No  Series Title                    Issued   No Cards     Album     Wallchart  Notes
CU02 Animals of North America         1960      48          Yes         Unk     
CU03 Wild Flowers of North America    1961      48          Yes         Unk     
CU04 Birds of North America           1962      48          Yes         Unk     
CU05 Dinosaurs                        1963      48          Yes         Unk     
CU06 Tropical Birds                   1964      48          Yes         Unk   
CU08 Butterflies of North America     1965      48          Yes         Unk     
CU09 Canadian/American Songbirds      1966      48          Yes         Unk     
CU10 Transportation Through the Ages  1967      48          Yes         Unk      Identical to Canadian Issue

Example card

USA Backs USA Backs

Southern Rhodesia and East Africa

These sets were identical to those of Britain except the card backs of most of the sets backs were magenta in colour and some had an african address.

 No  Series Title                    Issued   No Cards     Album     Wallchart  Notes
SR01 Bird Portraits                   1960      50          Yes         Unk     Identical to GB
SR02 African Wildlife                 1961      50          Yes         Unk     2 card Varieties 
SR03 Tropical Birds                   1962      50          Yes         Unk     2 card Varieties 
SR04 Asian Wildlife                   1963      50          Yes         Unk     2 card Varieties 
SR05 Wildlife in Danger               1964      50          Yes         Unk   
SR06 African Birds                    1965      50          Yes         Unk     
SR07 Butterflies of the World         1966      50          Yes         Unk     

Example card

South Rhodesia Backs

South Africa

Dedicated South African Printings, with royal blue reverse text, SA01 and SA02 depict the same cards but SA01 had odd cards printed in english and even cards in Afrikaans where as SA02 are printed in both on each card.

 No  Series Title                    Issued   No Cards     Album     Wallchart  Notes
SA01 Wild Van Afrika                  1965      50          Yes         Unk     
SA02 Wild Van Afrika                  1965      50          Yes         Unk     Re issue 
SA03 Out into Space                   1966      50          Yes         Unk     
SA04 Our Pets                         1967      50          Yes         Unk     

Example card

South Africa Backs

Italy

Produced under the Liebig name, in a large format.

 No  Series Title                    Issued   No Cards     Album     Wallchart  Notes
1845 The Nativity                     1971	6
1850 Self Portraits of Famous Artists 1972	6
1851 Journey to the Moon (II)         1972	6
1852 Historical Fights                1972	6
1853 The Resurrection                 1972	6
1854 History of the Typewriter        1972	6
1855 How Animals See (1)              1973	6
1856 Ludwig Von Beethoven             1973	6
1857 The Fight Against Microbes (I)   1973	6
1858 How Animals See (II)             1973	6
1859 The Story of the Circus          1973	6
1860 The Fight Against Microbes (II)  1973	6
1861 The Circus                       1973      6
1863 Animals                          1973	6
1867 Journey to the Moon (I)          1975	6
1868 Protected Birds                  1975	6
1869 Old Military Dress (I)           1975	6
1871 Old Military Dress (II)          1975	6

Germany

Produced under the Schmetterlinge name, they were issued in chewing gum in Germany in the early 1980's.

Only one series has come to light that of the Butterflies of the World series, although the numbers are not the same as the 1964 UK series.

Example card

Italian Card FrontItalian Card Backs


Top of Page


Back to the PGTIPS Card Page