Tobacco Playing Cards
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.
British American Tobacco patience
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by Matt Probert
Patience deck for British American Tobacco printed by Speelkaartenfabriek Nederland c.1940
Bucktrout & Co. Ltd
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by Simon Wintle
Half-sized cigarette playing cards published by Bucktrout & Co., Ltd (Guernsey) c.1930.
Carreras Ltd Playing Cards and Dominoes, 1929
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by Simon Wintle
Carreras Ltd miniature playing cards and dominoes, 1929
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.
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.
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.
Cigarette Cards and other ephemera
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by Simon Wintle
Cigarette Cards, Trade Cards, Miniature Playing Cards and other ephemera.
Cigarrillos Compadre, Peru, early 1900s
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by Simon Wintle
Spanish-suited playing cards for Cigarrillos Compadre, Peru, early 1900s
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.
Fabrica de Cigarrillos Roldan y Cia, Lima, Peru
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by Simon Wintle
The design of the figures is very agile with excellent colour harmony and execution.
Hard-a-Port
Tobacco insert cards were a very successful marketing innovation which started in the nineteenth century.
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.
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.
John Player Special
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by Simon Wintle
John Player Special non-standard playing cards created by the illustrator Nick Price, 1987
Kinney Transparent Cards
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by Simon Wintle
Kinney Bros Transparent playing cards with hidden images and fortunes, c.1890.
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.
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