Hill Magical Puzzles

Set Contains 50 Standard Size Cigarette Cards

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Hill Magical Puzzles
Set Contains 50 Standard Size Cigarette Cards
Very good condition set, occasional minor fault possible. Amazing magic tricks and how to perform them successfully on reverse, rare set.


DATE: 1938
SIZE: Each card is 1 1/2 by 2 3/4 inches, printed on two sides.
COND: Very good condition

R & J Hill Set of 50 Puzzle Series 1937

R & J Hill were one of the oldest tobacco firms in the world, having been started by the brothers Hill in 1775 and they will certainly be familiar to card collectors because their issues occupy five pages in the Cigarette Card Catalogue. What became of the company we don't know, because the last reference we have come across is that in 1956 when they were part of Sinclair/Murray, so their demise is a bit of a puzzle. Hill's 50 Puzzle Series, issued in 1937. The title itself is a puzzle, because the subjects are nearly all magical tricks rather than puzzles and indeed when a second printing came out in 1938 it was re-titled "Magical Puzzles". The pictures illustrate the magician's stock in trade using string, coins, cards, matches, glasses, handkerchiefs etc., as props with a detailed explanation on the card backs so that, with a little practice and some sleight of hand, you too can amaze your friends!