Wonders of the Sea complete set 50 chromos 1928 Wills

Wonders of the Sea complete set van 50 sigaretten plaatjes, chromo's over van alles wat met de zee te maken heeft. Uitgegeven in 1928 door tabaksmerk Wills in Engeland.

Set bestaat uit:

1 Dolphins at play, a common sight in the Mediterranean
2 The Marine Iguana, the only sea lizard in the world
3 The Elephant Seal, which inflates its trunk like a toy-balloon
4 Yellow-bellied Sea-Snake, a poisonous marine serpent dreaded by fishermen
5 The Sperm Whale, which is sometimes found in British waters
6 A Penguin Diving. A bird which walks and swims, but cannot fly
7 The Blue Angel-Fish, a resplendent inhabitant of coral reefs
8 The Development of the Elver, one of Nature's mysteries which has only recently been solved
9 A Fierasfer; the beautiful tomb of an unwelcome intruder
10 The Red Fire-Fish, an extraordinary inhabitant of tropical seas
11 The Frog-Fish, a grotesque inhabitant of the Sargasso Sea
12 The Sack-throated Whip-Tail, which frequently falls a victim to its own greed
13 The Sail-Fish, which has a fin like a boat's sail
14 The Shark Sucker, which tours the seas as a dead-head passenger
15 The Sun-Fish, one of the most grotesque of fishes
16 The Octopus, the repulsive "Devil-fish" of romance
17 The Crab, "Melia," which carries Sea-Anemones about in its claws
18 The Giant Crab of Japan, which resembles an enormous spider
19 The King Crab, a strange link with the remote past
20 The Skeleton Shrimp, a grotesque creature which lives among sea-weeds
21 The Spiny Spider Crab, which decorates itself with seaweed
22 Development of the Jelly-Fish - 1. A remarkable family history
23 Development of the Jelly-Fish - 2. A remarkable family history - continued
24 A Large Jelly-Fish, with its "nursery" of young Horse-Mackerel
25 The Argonaut, an ocean navigator which sometimes leaves its beautiful vessel
26 The Basket-Fish, a Star-Fish which climbs up coral-branches
27 The Carrier-Shell, with its protecting barricade of shells, coral, etc.
28 A Giant Sea-Anemone, which affords shelter to fishes and crabs
29 A Sea-Slug, which changes colour as its food varies
30 A Sea-Spider, a blind sea-animal
31 A Sea-Squirt, one of the most brightly-luminous of living creatures
32 Thick-spined Sea-Urchin, a well-protected inhabitant of the sea
33 Neptune's Cup Sponge, one of the largest Sponges known
34 The Pearly Nautilus, the beautiful shell of which is often seen in Museums
35 Scallops Swimming, by rapidly opening and closing their valves
36 A Star-Fish opening an Oyster. A "tug-of-war" where the odds are on the Star-fish
37 The Giant Synapta; not a worm, but a member of the Sea-Urchin family
38 The Watering-pot Shell; not a true shell, but an aftergrowth
39 The Great Barrier Reef, Australia. 1,250 miles of coral-skeletons
40 The Mushroom Coral, one of the reef-builders of tropical seas
41 The "Sea-Fan" Coral, the beautiful skeleton of a colony of marine animals
42 Sea-Pens, fern-like colonies of sea-animals
43 Sargassum Weed, the drifting seaweed of the once-dreaded Sargasso Sea
44 A Gigantic Seaweed, probably the tallest plant in the world
45 An Earthquake Wave, one of the greatest perils of the ocean
46 An Iceberg; magnificent but dangerous
47 A Natural Arch; Durdle Door, Dorset
48 Phosphorescence of the Sea; Light without heat
49 St. Elmo's Fire, formerly much dreaded by sailors
50 Waterspouts, a peril to ships in tropical seas

Formaat van de plaatjes is 68 x 36 mm

Zie foto's

Plaatjes zijn origineel (97 jaar oud!) geen reprint.

Deze complete set voor € 12,50

Verzending vanuit Nederland naar Belgie: als brievenbuspakje met PostNL:
- zonder Track & Trace verpakken en verzenden € 8,30
- met Track & Trace verpakken en verzenden € 9,30

Combinatie verzendkosten: bovengenoemde prijzen gelden t/m 10 sets
Risico van verzenden voor koper.
Afhalen in Haarlem (nabij Amsterdam) ook altijd mogelijk