Cía Chilena de Tabacos
Anglo-American style pack issued on behalf of the Cía Chilena de Tabacos, c.1930.
Obsequio de la Cía Chilena de Tabacos
Anglo-American style pack issued on behalf of the Cía Chilena de Tabacos, c.1930
Above and Right: cards from standard Anglo-American style pack issued on behalf of the Cía Chilena de Tabacos, c.1930. The ace of spades shows five tobacco leaves with the monogram 'CCT' on a banderole and the inscription 'Cia Chilena de Tabacos'. The extra card titled 'Monicaco' is presumably the joker. The pack contains 52 cards + 1 extra card; size = 72 x 46 mms. A Spanish-suited pack issued by Cía Chilena de Tabacos can be seen here.
By Simon Wintle
Member since February 01, 1996
Founder and editor of the World of Playing Cards since 1996. He is a former committee member of the IPCS and was graphics editor of The Playing-Card journal for many years. He has lived at various times in Chile, England and Wales and is currently living in Extremadura, Spain. Simon's first limited edition pack of playing cards was a replica of a seventeenth century traditional English pack, which he produced from woodblocks and stencils.
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