Helmar - State Seals and National Coats of Arms

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Helmar - State Seals and National Coats of Arms

Series information :

• Date of issue : 1910(?)
• Number of cards : 150
• Image variants : not on image, but several different backs

Company

Helmar was a US tobacco and cigarette company. I have no further information on the company. Any information is welcome !

Series

The series consists of 150 different cards with the coats of arms of countries, but also German, Italian and US States.

The series has been issued with at least 4 different backs, but I don;t know whether each card has been issued with each back.

Back 'Factory nr 7'	idem, second edition of 50
Back 'Factory nr 30'	idem, second edition of 50

For all known stamps see here.

Some examples:

British Guyana	Heligoland
Belgium	Bergedorf
New York city	New York state
Virginia	Turkey