Cartográfica Industrial, Curitiba, Brazil
Double advertising pack made by Cartográfica Industrial for Refrigeração Parana S.A. The extra card contains an insignia with the legend 'CARTAL'.
Refrigeração Parana S.A. advertising playing cards

printed by Cartográfica Industrial, Curitiba, Brazil
Brazilian playing cards advertising Prosdócimo upright freezers, manufactured by Cartográfica Industrial (Cartal), Curitiba, Brazil.

Above: the Joker, extra card and eight playing cards from a double advertising pack made by Cartográfica Industrial for Refrigeração Parana S.A. The standard English style court cards have a yellow border, wide margins and prominent indices. The extra card contains an insignia with the legend 'CARTAL'.

By Simon Wintle
Member since February 01, 1996
View ArticlesCurator and editor of the World of Playing Cards since 1996. He is a former committee member of the IPCS and was graphics editor of The Playing-Card journal for many years. He has lived at various times in Chile, England and Wales and is currently living in Extremadura, Spain. Simon's first limited edition pack of playing cards was a replica of a seventeenth century traditional English pack, which he produced from woodblocks and stencils.