The 1932 Abdulla Im Auto Mit Durch die Welt (“By Automobile Around the World”) album was an extensive German tobacco card issue produced by Abdulla Cigarettes during the height of Europe’s pre-war cigarette card collecting era. The series consisted of 160 cards, distributed in packs of Abdulla cigarettes and intended for placement into a companion album, with the set documenting automobiles, motoring culture, and road travel from around the world through detailed illustrations accompanied by descriptive German text. While the set primarily focused on automotive history and international travel, three cards specifically depicted auto racing subjects, giving the issue added appeal for motorsport collectors and reflecting the growing public fascination with competitive automobile racing during the early 1930s. Issued at a time when the automobile represented both technological progress and adventure, Im Auto Mit Durch die Welt remains one of the more ambitious and historically significant early automotive-themed tobacco card albums produced during the golden age of European cigarette card collecting.
