tobacco
Kinney Transparent Cards
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by Simon Wintle
Kinney Bros Transparent playing cards with hidden images and fortunes, c.1890.
Naipes Parliament por Caloi
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by Simon Wintle
Carlos Loiseau, better known as ‘Caloi’, was a cartoonist whose designs for Parliament Cigarettes were first published in the early 1970s.
Bucktrout & Co. Ltd
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by Simon Wintle
Half-sized cigarette playing cards published by Bucktrout & Co., Ltd (Guernsey) c.1930.
Wills 200th Anniversary
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by Simon Wintle
Double pack commemorating the 200th anniversary of W.D & H.O. Wills Ltd, 1786 - 1986.
British American Tobacco patience
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by Matt Probert
Patience deck for British American Tobacco printed by Speelkaartenfabriek Nederland c.1940
Permalon Ltd
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by Matt Probert
Miniature playing cards advertising "Perma" smoking-related products featuring the "Perma Girl" on the backs and Joker.
John Player Special
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by Simon Wintle
John Player Special non-standard playing cards created by the illustrator Nick Price, 1987
Wills’s Happy Families game
Wills’s “Happy Families” cards were issued by the Imperial Tobacco Company (of Great Britain and Ireland) Limited in around 1930.
De Reszke Cigarettes “What the Stars Say”
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by Simon Wintle
De Reszke Cigarettes “What the Stars Say” astrology cards issued by J. Milhoff & Co., 1934.
Heber Mardon (1840- 1925)
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by Simon Wintle
Heber Mardon was born in 1840. With his father he founded the firm of Mardon and Son which, in 1863, became Mardon, Son & Hall.
Hard-a-Port
Tobacco insert cards were a very successful marketing innovation which started in the nineteenth century.
Fabrica de Cigarrillos Roldan y Cia, Lima, Peru
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by Adam Wintle
The design of the figures is very agile with excellent colour harmony and execution.
Standard Genoese
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by Simon Wintle
Van Genechten manufactured playing cards in various styles, including specially customised versions for commercial clients wishing to advertise their own brands on the cards.
Cía Chilena de Tabacos
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by Simon Wintle
Anglo-American style pack issued on behalf of the Cía Chilena de Tabacos, c.1930
Carreras Ltd Playing Cards and Dominoes, 1929
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by Simon Wintle
Carreras Ltd miniature playing cards and dominoes, 1929
Cigarette Cards and other ephemera
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by Simon Wintle
Cigarette Cards, Trade Cards, Miniature Playing Cards and other ephemera.
Mardon, Son & Hall of Bristol, branch of the Imperial Tobacco Company
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by Simon Wintle
A division of Imperial Tobacco, they appear to have made cards almost exclusively for the cigarette token market, which flourished during the 1930s.
Industria Gráfica Pesout
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by Simon Wintle
Coimexpor Spanish-suited playing cards by Industria Gráfica Pesout, S.A., Buenos Aires, Argentina, c.2008.
Cia Chilena de Tabacos
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by Simon Wintle
Spanish style pack issued on behalf of the Cía Chilena de Tabacos, c.1932
Carreras Ltd Tobacco Advertising
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by Simon Wintle
Carreras issued a number of advertising packs, cigarette and trade cards, miniature packs, etc during the 1920s and 30s.
Litografía Fabbri, Lima, Peru, c.1900-20
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by Simon Wintle
Litografía Fabbri, Lima, Peru, c.1900-20, printers of cigarette insert cards for tobacco companies.
Animals Quartet printed for Cigarrillos El Figaro, Peru
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by Simon Wintle
Animals Quartet game printed for Cigarrillos El Figaro, Peru, early 1900s.
Biermans for the Estanco de Naipes del Peru
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by Simon Wintle
Standard Genoese pattern with French indices made by Biermans for Cigarrillo Holiday and the Estanco de Naipes del Perú.
Roldan Tobacco Cards, Peru
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by Simon Wintle
Tobacco cards with miniature playing cards inset into top corners, printed by Litografía y Tipografía Fabbri Hermanos, for Roldan y Cia Tobacco, Lima, c.1895.
Cigarrillos Compadre, Peru, early 1900s
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by Simon Wintle
Spanish-suited playing cards for Cigarrillos Compadre, Peru, early 1900s
