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Sigma Coatings

Published September 21, 2022 Updated September 21, 2022

Advertising pack for a company supplying marine paints.

1971 Belgium Cartamundi Jan Sanders Advertising Shipping

Comic designs by Jan Sanders. The courts are caricatures of sea captains, sailors’ molls and rough-looking seamen. All the court card designs are very slightly different at each end of every card. Two types of ship on each of the Aces. The Jokers are illustrated but otherwise unmarked. Blue or red backs. The tuck box carries the slogan “All trumps in ship-protection!”. See the box

advertising pack for Sigma Coatings with comic designs by Jan Sanders, c1971 advertising pack for Sigma Coatings with comic designs by Jan Sanders, c1971 advertising pack for Sigma Coatings with comic designs by Jan Sanders, c1971

Above: advertising pack for Sigma Coatings with comic designs by Jan Sanders made by Carta Mundi, Turnhout, Belgium, c1971. 52 cards + 2 Jokers + 1 blank card in tuck box. Size: 56 x 87 mm.

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