Fabulous 1930s Carreras Palmistry Cigarette Cards, Complete Set of 50, Near Mint Victorian playing cards finely hand-painted

finely hand-painted

Each measures 25 1/8" t x 1 5/8" in diameter

featuring a young Hawaiian woman with cards spread out in front of her)

and the wonderful painted decoration everywhere

The plate is quite substantial

Fabulous 1930s Carreras Palmistry Cigarette Cards, Complete Set of 50, Near Mint Victorian playing cards finely hand-paintedSo excellent. I do tend to look at old cigarette cards when I come across them, but I'd never seen a palmistry set before, and I think they're the best set ever made! C. 1930s, produced for Carreras Ltd. "High Class Cigarettes," whose factory was located at Arcadia Works in Camden, London. Cigarette cards originated in the late 19th century as unprinted cardboard "stiffeners" inserted into paper cigarette packets, but quickly morphed into highly