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Charter Tea & Coffee Co. Ltd.
Prehistoric Animals Cards - 1st Series

Date:  1962
Country:  England (United Kingdom) 

Set ID:  107
Product Type:  Tea

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

 
Artist(s)
Zdeněk Michael František Burian Carroll Lane Fenton Neave Parker

 

 
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 second 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
2586 Extinct Life 1 1 tbd n/a Hyracotherium
Hyracotherium
 
 
 
DB ID Topic In Scope? DF Collection? Printed No. Notes Qty Size (Inches) Album Pages Life Form
2587 Extinct Life 2 1 tbd n/a Cynognathus
Cynognathus
 
 
 
DB ID Topic In Scope? DF Collection? Printed No. Notes Qty Size (Inches) Album Pages Life Form
2588 Extinct Life 3 1 tbd n/a
An Icthyostegalian
 
 
 
DB ID Topic In Scope? DF Collection? Printed No. Notes Qty Size (Inches) Album Pages Life Form
2589 Extinct Life 4 1 tbd n/a Brontotherium
Brontotherium
 
 
 
DB ID Topic In Scope? DF Collection? Printed No. Notes Qty Size (Inches) Album Pages Life Form
2590 Extinct Life 5 1 tbd n/a Eohippus
Eohippus
 
 
 
DB ID Topic In Scope? DF Collection? Printed No. Notes Qty Size (Inches) Album Pages Life Form
2591 Extinct Life 6 1 tbd n/a Coryphodon
Coryphodon
 
 
 
DB ID Topic In Scope? DF Collection? Printed No. Notes Qty Size (Inches) Album Pages Life Form
2592 Extinct Life 7 1 tbd n/a Macroplata
Macroplata
 
 
 
DB ID Topic In Scope? DF Collection? Printed No. Notes Qty Size (Inches) Album Pages Life Form
2593 Extinct Life 8 1 tbd n/a
Triassochelys
 
 
 
DB ID Topic In Scope? DF Collection? Printed No. Notes Qty Size (Inches) Album Pages Life Form
2594 Extinct Life 9 1 tbd n/a Archaeotherium
Archaeotherium
 
 
 
DB ID Topic In Scope? DF Collection? Printed No. Notes Qty Size (Inches) Album Pages Life Form
2595 Extinct Life 10 1 tbd n/a Paracyclotosaurus
Paracyclotosaurus
 
 
 
DB ID Topic In Scope? DF Collection? Printed No. Notes Qty Size (Inches) Album Pages Life Form
2596 Extinct Life 11 1 tbd n/a Mesosaurus
Mesosaurus
 
 
 
DB ID Topic In Scope? DF Collection? Printed No. Notes Qty Size (Inches) Album Pages Life Form
2597 Extinct Life 12 1 tbd n/a Uintatherium
Uintatherium
 
 
 
DB ID Topic In Scope? DF Collection? Printed No. Notes Qty Size (Inches) Album Pages Life Form
2598 Extinct Life 13 1 tbd n/a Rhamphorhynchus
Rhamphorhynchus
 
 
 
DB ID Topic In Scope? DF Collection? Printed No. Notes Qty Size (Inches) Album Pages Life Form
2599 Extinct Life 14 1 tbd n/a Ophthalmosaurus
Ophthalmosaurus
 
 
 
DB ID Topic In Scope? DF Collection? Printed No. Notes Qty Size (Inches) Album Pages Life Form
2600 Extinct Life 15 1 tbd n/a Plateosaurus
Plateosaurus
 
 
 
DB ID Topic In Scope? DF Collection? Printed No. Notes Qty Size (Inches) Album Pages Life Form
2601 Extinct Life 16 1 tbd n/a Acanthopholis
Acanthopholis
 
 
 
DB ID Topic In Scope? DF Collection? Printed No. Notes Qty Size (Inches) Album Pages Life Form
2602 Extinct Life 17 1 tbd n/a Antrodemus
Antrodemus
 
 
 
DB ID Topic In Scope? DF Collection? Printed No. Notes Qty Size (Inches) Album Pages Life Form
2603 Extinct Life 18 1 tbd n/a Amebelodon
Amebelodon
 
 
 
DB ID Topic In Scope? DF Collection? Printed No. Notes Qty Size (Inches) Album Pages Life Form
2604 Extinct Life 19 1 tbd n/a Alticamelus
Alticamelus
 
 
 
DB ID Topic In Scope? DF Collection? Printed No. Notes Qty Size (Inches) Album Pages Life Form
2605 Extinct Life 20 1 tbd n/a Hypsilophodon
Hypsilophodon
 
 
 
DB ID Topic In Scope? DF Collection? Printed No. Notes Qty Size (Inches) Album Pages Life Form
2606 Extinct Life 21 1 tbd n/a Dimorphodon
Dimorphodon
 
 
 
DB ID Topic In Scope? DF Collection? Printed No. Notes Qty Size (Inches) Album Pages Life Form
2607 Extinct Life 22 1 tbd n/a
Jaymotius
 
 
 
DB ID Topic In Scope? DF Collection? Printed No. Notes Qty Size (Inches) Album Pages Life Form
2608 Extinct Life 23 1 tbd n/a Syndyoceras
Syndyoceras
 
 
 
DB ID Topic In Scope? DF Collection? Printed No. Notes Qty Size (Inches) Album Pages Life Form
2609 Extinct Life 24 1 tbd n/a Pterichthyodes
Pterichthyodes
 
 
 
DB ID Topic In Scope? DF Collection? Printed No. Notes Qty Size (Inches) Album Pages Life Form
2610 Extinct Life 25 1 tbd n/a Ichthyornis
Ichthyornis