Vintage Brooke Bond & Ty-Phoo Tea Card Collection Lot - 1800+ Cards Including Some Full Sets & 28 Albums (10 Unused as New)!
Up for auction is a massive, highly collectable vintage estate lot featuring over 1,800 loose tea cards and 28 picture albums/books, primarily from Brooke Bond along with rare tall Ty-Phoo Tea series. Perfect for collectors, resellers, or set builders looking for complete sets, partial sets, and rare promotional cards.
Lot Breakdown & Contents
1. Loose Cards (1,800+ Total)
Brooke Bond Tea Cards: Includes huge stacks covering classic sets such as History of Aviation, The Race Into Space, The Sea - Our Other World, Queen Elizabeth I, Prehistoric Animals, Adventurers & Explorers, Wonders of Wildlife, Inventors & Inventions, Small Wonders, Woodland Wildlife, Police File, Olympic Greats, British Costume, Trees in Britain, Wildlife in Danger, and more. Contains numerous full and near-complete sets along with duplicate bulk stock.
Ty-Phoo Tea Cards (8 Stacks / Sets): Large-format vintage cards featuring Characters from Shakespeare, Wild Flowers in their Families, Historical Buildings / Castles, British Birds, British History, and original Ty-Phoo mail-in offer/coupon cards (Fountain Pens, Sports Gear, etc.).
2. Albums & Picture Card Books (28 Total)
10 Empty Albums: Unused, clean condition with no cards pasted—ideal for housing your complete sets!
18 Partial or Complete Albums: Filled or partially filled original Brooke Bond albums.
Titles Include: History of the Motor Car, British Costume, History of Aviation, Asian Wild Life, The Sea - Our Other World, The Saga of Ships, Adventurers and Explorers, Famous People, The Race Into Space, Transport Through the Ages, Trees in Britain, and Butterflies of the World.
Condition: Overall good vintage condition. The cards show expected age-related toning/wear found in older issues; some do have visible wear. Albums range from clean/unused (10) to used vintage condition with shelf wear. Please inspect photos closely for visual details of the exact items included.