{"product_id":"graded-1887-n9-allen-ginter-flags-of-all-nations-r-s-great-britain-baseball-tobacco-card-psa-5","title":"Graded 1887 N9 Allen \u0026 Ginter Flags of all Nations R.S. Great Britain Baseball Tobacco Card PSA 5","description":"\u003cp\u003e🎴 \u003cstrong\u003eAntique 1887 N9 Allen \u0026amp; Ginter Flags of All Nations R.S. Great Britain Baseball Tobacco Card PSA 5 Excellent – The Professional Sports Authenticator PSA 5 Excellent Certified 1887 Allen \u0026amp; Ginter Flags of All Nations Series N9 Great Britain Card, a Genuine Victorian-Era Tobacco Insert Produced When Allen \u0026amp; Ginter Was Revolutionizing Both the Cigarette Industry and the Art of the Collectible Card\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e🎴 The Antique 1887 N9 Allen \u0026amp; Ginter Flags of All Nations R.S. Great Britain Baseball Tobacco Card PSA 5 Excellent is a genuine artifact from 1887 – not a reproduction, not a reprint, but an original piece of paper and ink printed in Richmond, Virginia, in the year 1887 and inserted into cigarette packs sold across the United States when Chester A. Arthur was the former president and Grover Cleveland was serving his first term. This specific card is certified by the Professional Sports Authenticator at a grade of PSA 5 Excellent, which for a card that is now nearly 140 years old reflects exceptional preservation – a piece of Victorian paper and printing that has survived two world wars, the Great Depression, the postwar economic boom, the dawn of the digital age, and every year since, arriving in the 21st century in condition that the hobby's most respected grading authority designates as Excellent.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e🎴 Allen \u0026amp; Ginter was a tobacco company based in Richmond, Virginia, that is credited with one of the most consequential marketing innovations in American consumer history: the inclusion of illustrated collectible cards inside cigarette packs beginning in 1885. The company's founder, Lewis Ginter, understood that smokers would purchase cards for their wives and children, creating a secondary audience for a product that would otherwise have been purely adult. The cards became enormously popular – colorful, beautifully lithographed miniature artworks that covered subjects from baseball players to world leaders to flags of nations to fish to birds to boxing champions. The Flags of All Nations series (designated N9 in the American Card Catalog) appeared in 1887 and depicted the flags of dozens of sovereign nations and territories, each accompanied by a descriptive designation that identified the specific flag configuration shown. The Great Britain card – representing the Union Jack and the most powerful empire in the world at the moment this card was printed – is one of the most historically resonant entries in a series that documented the geopolitical landscape of the late Victorian era.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e🎴 In 1887, the British Empire was at the height of its global reach, the Industrial Revolution had transformed British society and the world economy, and Queen Victoria was celebrating her Golden Jubilee – fifty years on the throne of a realm that controlled roughly a quarter of the world's land surface. A card from that year bearing the Great Britain flag is a tangible artifact from a very specific and very significant moment in world history – a piece of printed paper from the year the Victorian world felt most fully realized. PSA 5 Excellent condition on a card from 1887 means the card retains clear photographic or printing quality, some wear consistent with its handling history across nearly fourteen decades, and the physical integrity of an original. Condition: NOS.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e🎴 1887. Allen \u0026amp; Ginter. N9. Flags of All Nations. Great Britain. Union Jack. Victorian Era. Richmond, Virginia. Tobacco Card. Baseball Card. PSA 5 Excellent. Antique. Hall of Fame Sports Memorabilia. Condition: NOS.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hall of Fame Sports Memorabilia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48039557234920,"sku":"1887-N9-AG-GB-PSA-5","price":299.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0597\/2718\/4037\/files\/graded-1887-n9-allen-ginter-flags-all-nations-r-s-great-britain-baseball-tobacco-card-624.webp?v=1770227846","url":"https:\/\/vintageantiquesgifts.com\/products\/graded-1887-n9-allen-ginter-flags-of-all-nations-r-s-great-britain-baseball-tobacco-card-psa-5","provider":"Vintage and Antique Gifts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}