Comments on: My Father’s cigarette card collection

By: leesargent

leesargent — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:26:07 +0000

Until you mentioned it, I hadn't even given a second thought to the 'red' Australian flag and honestly did not know anything about it. So I went and did some reading and discovered that the flag is called a 'red ensign' flag and according to wikipedia:

“From 1901 to 1954 the Red Ensign was used as a civil flag by State and local governments, private organisations and individuals. The Blue Ensign was reserved for use by the Commonwealth Government, the Australian Olympic team and the military as a saluting flag at all reviews and ceremonial parades.”

By: leesargent

leesargent — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:17:43 +0000

They are.

By: leesargent

leesargent — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:17:32 +0000

Yeah I didn't realise how much they meant to me until I started writing that (which was ages ago now).

By: leesargent

leesargent — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 05:26:07 +0000

By: leesargent

leesargent — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 05:17:43 +0000

They are.

By: leesargent

leesargent — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 05:17:32 +0000

Yeah I didn't realise how much they meant to me until I started writing that (which was ages ago now).

By: arkonbey

arkonbey — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:49:02 +0000

To avoid saying something sappy, I'll just point out that the cards are old enough to portray the pre-revolution Chinese flag, the non-maple leaf Canadian flag and the non-blue Australian flag. Fun!

Also worth noting that cigarette cards went away, but bubblegum cards filled the gap for a while.

By: Sean Bennett

Sean Bennett — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:34:53 +0000

Those cards are priceless.

By: Arjan

Arjan — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:34:52 +0000

that's one nice collection with a story to it.