MADAM – Robert Vince asks an interesting question of the tin-printed Gilbert Rae show-card (Letters, ATG No 2389). It is an impressive thing (below right).
Not only is it a full chromo of some six or more separations, making it very colourful, it has a good factory scene with no motor vehicles to emphasise age. In the distance an Alloa-Dunfermline (Upper) passenger train is passing to add spice to pre-Beeching railway enthusiasts and, crucially, it illustrates three bottles, therefore appealing to bottle collectors, upping its potential market considerably. Furthermore, the bottles are embossed, adding to its charms.