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Closely following the development of visual advertising in general, such as on labels, packaging, posters and TV commercials, advertising playing cards seek to find ways to associate products with our inner desires and longings, with our identity and who we want to be. Some packs are widely distributed as part of larger promotions, others are more exclusive. In some cases single cards are collected from inside the advertised product, thereby stimulating further sales to complete a full set.

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Investors Overseas Services

Investors Overseas Services

Investors Overseas Services, Ltd. (IOS) by A. G. Müller (Schaffhausen), c.1969.

Jack Daniel’s Playing Cards

Jack Daniel’s Playing Cards

Jack Daniel’s™ Old Nº7 Gentlemen’s playing cards produced by Hoyle Products, USA, 1994.

James Purdey Signature playing cards

James Purdey Signature playing cards

James Purdey & Sons is a long-established gun manufacturer founded in 1814 in London.

Japanese McDonald’s Playing Cards

Japanese McDonald’s Playing Cards

McDonald’s Playing Cards for the Japanese market featuring McDonald's characters that appear in commercials and merchandise.

Jeu de cartes Armelle

Jeu de cartes Armelle

Advertising pack designed by James Hodges for a company specialising in regional cakes and biscuits.

Jeu de Memoire

Jeu de Memoire

Jeu de Memoire card game promoting Véritable Chaumes cheese from the village of St Antoines in south west France.

John Player Special

John Player Special

John Player Special non-standard playing cards created by the illustrator Nick Price, 1987

Johnnie Walker Whisky

Johnnie Walker Whisky

Johnnie Walker Whisky playing cards by Héron.

Joseph Bardou & Fils cigarette papers

Joseph Bardou & Fils cigarette papers

Delightful pack advertising Joseph Bardou & Fils cigarette papers for the Philippines.

Juan Roura No.32 Catalan pattern

Juan Roura No.32 Catalan pattern

Juan Roura No.32, with advertisement for Cervezas Damm, c.1932.

Käpt’n Blaubär

Käpt’n Blaubär

Käpt’n Blaubär quartett for Deutsche Postbank AG, 2010.

Kawasaki Trump

Kawasaki Trump

Humorous publicity pack for Kawasaki featuring some of their many products.

Kellogg’s Complete Breakfast Game

Kellogg’s Complete Breakfast Game

Kellogg’s Complete Breakfast card game, ©1997.

Kinney Transparent Cards

Kinney Transparent Cards

Kinney Bros Transparent playing cards with hidden images and fortunes, c.1890.

Knoll International

Knoll International

Geometric designs by the French artist Jean Garçon for Knoll International, the furniture company.

KOOKAÏ

KOOKAÏ

Playing cards promoting ready-to-wear outfits for women, produced by Compte-Fil, Nantes, France, 1992.

Kuzco, l’empereur mégalo

Kuzco, l’empereur mégalo

Notched cards featuring toys representing characters from the Disney film Kuzco, as offered by McDonald’s.

La Rayonnante

La Rayonnante

Publicity pack for a French cleaning business, with suit-signs given smiling faces.

Laboratoires Modernes

Laboratoires Modernes

Happy Families game by “Laboratoires Modernes” promoting herbal products, c.1929

Laboratorios Magma, S.A.

Laboratorios Magma, S.A.

Publicity playing cards manufactured for Laboratorios Magma, S.A., Lima, Peru, c.1990.