Supermercados CHIP playing cards, c.1979

Spanish-suited playing cards manufactured in Uruguay for Supermercados CHIP by Compañía General de Fósforos Montevideana S.A., 1979

Supermercados CHIP playing cards, c.1979 Supermercados CHIP playing cards, c.1979 Box from Supermercados CHIP playing cards, c.1979

Above: Supermercados CHIP playing cards manufactured in Uruguay by Compañía General de Fósforos Montevideana, 40 cards + 2 jokers in special box, 1979. The company motif, portrayed on the four of cups, is depicted as a flame, which symbolises the company's principal product, matches. The jokers depict a fat king having emptied the contents of a huge goblet. The cards are in the typical standard style used in South America of the Spanish Catalan pattern.

Right: the back of the box shows a photograph of the interior of a supermarket with rows of bottles on shelves.

See also:   Naipes Ancla