Fujitsu playing cards
Colourful advertising pack for Fujitsu Limited, reminiscent of the flower power/psychedelic era.
At first glance, the colourful court cards with their round eyes appear to be completely non-standard. In fact, they are very loosely based on standard English pattern courts, having many of their traditional attributes and poses. There is a unity of colour within each suit. Most of the pips are arranged in a non-standard fashion. The cards themselves are elongated. The back design in silver, turquoise and black incorporates the Fujitsu logo in two corners in red, white and blue.
Above: advertising pack for Fujitsu Limited (Communications and Electronics), made by Nintendo P.C Co. Ltd, Kyoto, Japan, 1973. 52 cards + 2 Jokers in plastic box. Size: 58 x 100 mm.
By Roddy Somerville
Member since May 31, 2022
Roddy started collecting stamps on his 8th birthday. In 1977 he joined the newly formed playing-card department at Stanley Gibbons in London before setting up his own business in Edinburgh four years later. His collecting interests include playing cards, postcards, stamps (especially playing cards on stamps) and sugar wrappers. He is a Past President of the Scottish Philatelic Society, a former Chairman of the IPCS, a Past Master of the Worshipful Company of Makers of Playing Cards and Curator of the WCMPC’s collection of playing cards. He lives near Toulouse in France.
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