Lot # 2806: 1910 T79 Fez/Lenox/Tolstoi "Military Series" Near-Complete Set (79/100)

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Presented is a near-complete set of T79 "Military Series" consisting of seventy-nine different cards (out of one hundred in the set). Included are twenty-one duplicates. Issued with three different tobacco brands circa 1910, each card features a beautifully rendered multi-color illustration of military men from seventeen countries around the world. Included are twenty-one duplicates. This near set consists primarily of Fez Cigarettes advertising backs (83), with the scarcer Tolstoi (12) and Lenox (5) brands comprising the balance. The condition of the near-complete set is 37% Vg-Ex to Ex (approximately two-thirds Vg-Ex), 47% Gd to Vg, and 16% Pr to Fr. Three cards have been professionally graded and encapsulated by PSA. Keys: Aide-De-Camp-Bulgaria (POOR 1), Officer of Field Artillery-Italy (FAIR 1.5), Rifelman, Austria (upside-down and off-center Tolstoi back, otherwise Ex+), and Royal Engineers-Private-Gr. Brit. (GOOD 2). Missing the following twenty-one cards for completion: Captain of Infantry-USA, Lieutenant of Infantry-USA/white, Private of Infantry-USA/facing forward, West Point Cadet-Officer-USA, General-Bulgaria, Officer of Mountain Artillery-France, Kings Royal Rifle Corps-Great Britain, Horse Artillery-Great Britain, Sharpshooter-Greece, Officer of Cuirassiers-Italy, Major of Cavalry-Japan, Army Surgeons-Prussia, Life Guards Hussars-Prussia, Major of Trumpeters-Prussia, General-Roumania, Private of Dragoon Reg’t-Russia, Private of Life-Guards Sharpshooters-Russia, Chasseur-Spain, Riding Master-Spain, Officer of Engineers-Sweden, and Sapper Zouave Guards-Turkey. Duplicates (21): Major-General-USA, Private of Infantry-USA/facing sideways, Officer of Dragoons-Austria, Rifleman-Austria, Cuirassier France, Officer of Foot Rifles-France, Private of Hanoverian Reg’t-Germany, Cavalry Private-Greece, two General-Italy, Private of Engineer Corps-Italy, Private Cavalry-Japan, Trumpeter-Japan, Red Hussar-Roumania, Don Cossack-Russia, two Officer of Chasseurs Life-Guards-Russia, Private-Sapper Battalion-Russia, Lieutenant-Spain/blue/red/white, Lieutenant-Infantry-Spain, and Private of Albanese Guards-Turkey. The condition of the duplicates is Gd to Vg, with four Vg-Ex and two lesser. This is a very attractive and mostly mid-grade near-complete set of this popular 1910-era nonsport issue, presenting with bright colors and crisp images throughout. Total: 100 cards (near set of 79 plus 21 duplicates).