Carreras Ltd Tobacco Advertising Playing Cards

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Carreras issued a number of packs of advertising playing cards as well as cigarette and trade cards, miniature playing cards, dominoes, fortune telling cards, Alice in Wonderland and Happy Family cards during the 1920s and 30s.

Above: deck advertising Craven ‘A’ Cigarettes by De La Rue, 52 cards + 1 joker in box, mid-to-late 1940s. Image courtesy Matt Probert.