I've acquired a number of the boxing cards over the years. Several came from sellers in Spain and Portugal. Angola was a Portuguese colony and tobacco was grown there and exported back to Europe. I think it likely that the cards were made in Portugal for inclusion in packets of ciggies made from Angolan tobacco.
As far as art-sharing with the La Morena set, that too was not unknown. There is a common German set from the late 1920s, Die Welt Im Bildern, from a Dresden manufacturer. The same artwork was used in a rare South American set called "Chilena Dos Tabacos". The artwork from the rare E211 York Caramel boxing set was used for an even rarer 1931 tobacco set from Venezuela, issued by a company called Bigott.
That offering in Heritage is stunning, BTW, some major eye candy well worth checking out. I really wish they'd busted them up more into singles. I'd be all over several of them.
Last edited by Exhibitman; 07-16-2020 at 08:01 AM.
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