Comparison of 1963 Red Rose Dinosaurs to 1991 Red Rose Dinosaurs Series
Red Rose issued the Dinosaur series in 1963. It was Brooke Bond at that point. Then it became Lipton Red Rose and in 1991 they thought it would be cool
to reissue the Dinos again. They had been successful with the reissue of the Animals and Thier Young series the year before and they figured Dinos made
sense for the next step. Sadly, they put a lot of work into it but never put a single card into a tea box. Luckily, they did make up a few sets and we
get to see what they could have done....
Compare the Old with the New Dino Card Headers...
Exactly How Different are the Two Versions?
The top header is from 1963 and the lower image is from 1991. If I told you the old one was in English only and the new one was bilingual, then you
could figure out which is which without me telling you. The name of the series changed as well. From "Dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals" to
"Dinosaurs and other fossils". The next thing to notice is that the Series Number is not listed, as was not done with the previous Lipton issue.
Of course, the bilingual choice meant that they needed to translate the text on all 48 cards.
I'm sure you are just itching to find out more differences between the two sets. How about a side by side comparison of the same card old and new? Yeah,
that's the ticket!
Let's look at the Ornitholestes card. The old series had this card listed at as card number 13 but with the new, we find Ornitholestes coming in as
the number 16 card. We also see that the people responsible for the text (William Swinton) and painting (Rudolph Zallinger) are credited with the original
but in the new, not so much. The original lists the parent company (Brooke Bond) on the back but Lipton does not do that. Just like with Animals and Their
Young, the albums went up from .25¢ to $1. The rest of the stuff at the bottom is different. The address is almost the same and mailing address
identifiers (zip codes) were different come 1991.
When you get to the picture side you see a different copyright date, 1963 and 1991, just like I
have been saying.
There were a bunch of re-numberings (just swapping the card number to something different.)
Then a few renames. We are talking about keeping the same texts but have different names.
Either way they still carry the same basic facts. What about cards that were in the old series that got
dropped in the new? The next logical thought would be to ask what was
added for artwork in the new series? What if we list the dinos by name and say where you can find
them in the new and old? Here is a list sorted by name. What do you say we take a peek.
What are the Differences Across the Series?
A quick (maybe not quick) comparison of the two series shows that:
Re-Numbering
- Diplovertebron is card number 2 in both the '63 and '91 series while it's name changed in '91 and is called Ichthyostega.
- Tylosaurus is card number 7 in the '63 series while number 12 in the '91 series.
- Saltoposuchus is card number 8 in the '63 series while it's match is number 13 in '91 and is called Ornithosuchus.
- Phytosaurus is card number 9 in the '63 series while number 7 in the '91 series.
- Geosaurus is card number 10 in the '63 series while number 8 in the '91 series.
- Ornithomimus is card number 11 in the '63 series while number 14 in the '91 series.
- Oviraptor is card number 12 in the '63 series while number 15 in the '91 series.
- Ornitholestes is card number 13 in the '63 series while number 16 in the '91 series.
- Antrodemus is card number 14 in the '63 series while it's match is number 17 in '91 and is called Allosaurus.
- Gorgosaurus is card number 15 in the '63 series while it's match is number 18 in '91 and is called Albertosaurus.
- Tyrannosaurus is card number 16 in the '63 series while number 19 in the '91 series.
- Plateosaurus is card number 17 in the '63 series while number 20 in the '91 series.
- Brachiosaurus is card number 18 in the '63 series while number 22 in the '91 series.
- Camarasaurus is card number 19 in the '63 series while number 21 in the '91 series.
- Apatosaurus is card number 20 in the '63 series while number 23 in the '91 series.
- Diplodocus is card number 21 in the '63 series while number 24 in the '91 series.
- Camptosaurus is card number 22 in the '63 series while number 25 in the '91 series.
- Iguanodon is card number 23 in the '63 series while number 26 in the '91 series.
- Kritosaurus is card number 24 in the '63 series while number 27 in the '91 series.
- Lambeosaurus is card number 25 in the '63 series while number 28 in the '91 series.
- Corythosaurus is card number 26 in the '63 series while number 29 in the '91 series.
- Parasaurolophus is card number 27 in the '63 series while number 30 in the '91 series.
- Pachycephalosaurus is card number 28 in the '63 series while number 31 in the '91 series.
- Stegosaurus is card number 29 in the '63 series while number 32 in the '91 series.
- Euoplocephalus is card number 30 in the '63 series while number 33 in the '91 series.
- Psittacosaurus is card number 31 in the '63 series while number 34 in the '91 series.
- Protoceratops is card number 32 in the '63 series while number 35 in the '91 series.
- Monoclonius is card number 33 in the '63 series while number 36 in the '91 series.
- Styracosaurus is card number 34 in the '63 series while number 37 in the '91 series.
- Triceratops is card number 35 in the '63 series while number 38 in the '91 series.
- Pachyrhinosaurus is card number 36 in the '63 series while number 39 in the '91 series.
- Rhamphorhynchus is card number 37 in the '63 series while number 43 in the '91 series.
- Pteranodon is card number 38 in the '63 series while number 44 in the '91 series.
- Ichthyosaur is card number 39 in the '63 series while number 9 in the '91 series.
- Elasmosaurus is card number 40 in the '63 series while number 10 in the '91 series.
- Kronosaurus is card number 41 in the '63 series while number 11 in the '91 series.
- Dimetrodon is card number 42 in the '63 series while number 45 in the '91 series.
- Edaphosaurus is card number 43 in the '63 series while number 46 in the '91 series.
- Moschops is card number 44 in the '63 series while number 47 in the '91 series.
- Cynognathus is card number 45 in the '63 series while number 48 in the '91 series.
- Archaeopteryx is card number 46 in the '63 series while number 40 in the '91 series.
- Ichthyornis is card number 47 in the '63 series while number 41 in the '91 series.
- Hesperornis is card number 48 in the '63 series while number 42 in the '91 series.
Re-Naming
This is a list of cards with the same images and text but a different name.
-
Diplovertebron is the #2 card in the old series and the same card with the name changed to Ichthyostega.
-
Saltoposuchus is the #8 card in the old series and the #13 card in the new with the name changed to Ornithosuchus.
-
Antrodemus is the #14 card in the old series and the #17 card in the new with the name changed to Allosaurus.
-
Gorgosaurus is the #15 card in the old series and the #18 card in the new with the name changed to Albertosaurus.
Dropped Cards
- There are NO Dropped Cards.
- Forty-eight original Zallinger (artist) cards in the old series and the same forty-eight in the new.
Added Cards
- There are NO Added Cards.
- No new dino artwork was commissioned. Same old pictures with updated text and some French thrown in.
We wonder why the series was renumbered in the new version. What about the name changes? We can speculate about the name changes, Maybe the names
of the dinosaurs changed over twenty-eight years time to reflect the latest knowledge about each.
What About a List Sorted by Name?
This list shows all the dino names and where you can find them in the old and new series. You can click each of the four headers and get a different look at things.
The master list of all the dinosaurs by name. Here it is.
Red Rose Tea Card Dinosaur Issues ('63 and '91)
| Card Name |
Old Srs # |
New Srs # |
AKA |
| Albertosaurus |
|
18 |
Gorgosaurus |
| Allosaurus |
|
17 |
Antrodemus |
| Antrodemus |
14 |
|
Allosaurus |
| Apatosaurus |
20 |
23 |
|
| Archaeopteryx |
46 |
40 |
|
| Archelon |
06 |
06 |
|
| Brachiosaurus |
18 |
22 |
|
| Camarasaurus |
19 |
21 |
|
| Camptosaurus |
22 |
25 |
|
| Corythosaurus |
26 |
29 |
|
| Crossopterygian Fish |
01 |
01 |
|
| Cynognathus |
45 |
48 |
|
| Dimetrodon |
42 |
45 |
|
| Diplodocus |
21 |
24 |
|
| Diplovertebron |
02 |
|
Ichthyostega |
| Edaphosaurus |
43 |
46 |
|
| Elasmosaurus |
40 |
10 |
|
| Eryops |
03 |
03 |
|
| Euoplocephalus |
30 |
33 |
|
| Geosaurus |
10 |
08 |
|
| Gorgosaurus |
15 |
|
Albertosaurus |
| Hesperornis |
48 |
42 |
|
| Ichthyornis |
47 |
41 |
|
| Ichthyosaur |
39 |
09 |
|
| Ichthyostega |
|
02 |
Diplovertebron |
| Iguanodon |
23 |
26 |
|
| Kritosaurus |
24 |
27 |
|
| Kronosaurus |
41 |
11 |
|
| Lambeosaurus |
25 |
28 |
|
| Monoclonius |
33 |
36 |
|
| Moschops |
44 |
47 |
|
| Ornitholestes |
13 |
16 |
|
| Ornithomimus |
11 |
14 |
|
| Ornithosuchus |
|
13 |
Saltoposuchus |
| Oviraptor |
12 |
15 |
|
| Pachycephalosaurus |
28 |
31 |
|
| Pachyrhinosaurus |
36 |
39 |
|
| Parasaurolophus |
27 |
30 |
|
| Phytosaurus |
09 |
07 |
|
| Plateosaurus |
17 |
20 |
|
| Protoceratops |
32 |
35 |
|
| Psittacosaurus |
31 |
34 |
|
| Pteranodon |
38 |
44 |
|
| Rhamphorhynchus |
37 |
43 |
|
| Saltoposuchus |
08 |
|
Ornithosuchus |
| Scutosaurus |
05 |
05 |
|
| Seymouria |
04 |
04 |
|
| Stegosaurus |
29 |
32 |
|
| Styracosaurus |
34 |
37 |
|
| Triceratops |
35 |
38 |
|
| Tylosaurus |
07 |
12 |
|
| Tyrannosaurus |
16 |
19 |
|
Well I would say we carved this all up and back. We know what they did and did not do in the re-issue. Pretty neat!....
It's too bad that the dinosuar series never got off the ground the second time. What about Albums? Free Album Coupons? Order Forms? So many questions....
Last modified: June 1, 2020
|
