Playing Cards for Consumer Advertising, Marketing & Promotion
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.
Eastern Airlines and Ryder Trucks by Hoyle
Dual advertising deck for Eastern Airlines and Ryder Trucks, produced by Hoyle, 1983.
El Rodeo Talabartería
Promotional playing cards produced for ‘El Rodeo Talabartería’ specialising in leather goods and clothing, Buenos Aires, c.2006.
Eldar by Memco
‘Eldar’ upholstery fabrics advertising deck by Middle East Manufacturing Co of Beirut, Lebanon, c.1960.
English Electric Valve Company Ltd
Special pack made for the English Electric Valve Company Ltd Chelmsford, 1989.
EPCS August 1990 Newsletter Members Only
Winnie-the-Pooh • Anniversaries • Isle of Man • Noddy Happy Families • 1984 Worshipful Company Pack • Bridge • Comedia Playing Cards • Thomas De La Rue • MAZAWATTEE • OXO • The Rose of the Orient Film Series • Snap • Alice in Wonderland
EPCS August 1991 Newsletter Members Only
Royal Birthdays: HM The Queen, Prince Philip, Princess of Wales • CWS SNAP • OXO • Thomas De La Rue • Nestle's Happy Families • W.D. & H.O. WILLS • Bristol Cigarettes • Brooklands • Henry VIII Quincentenary • Wild Woodbine • Harrods • Richard Doyle • Bridge & Whist • Fashionable Piquet-Player • Elaine Lewis • Barribal
EPCS August 1992 Newsletter Members Only
Cutty Sark • 50th Anniversary of the Award of the George Cross to the Island of Malta • W.D. & H.O. Will • Harry Lauder Snap • ABC Happy Families by Spears • Tower of London • Clan Tartan • EPCS 10th Anniversary Transformation Pack • Karl Gerich • HARP Beer Mat
EPCS August 1993 Newsletter Members Only
Mercury • Wrigley's Chewing Gum • Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Game • Scottish Clan Tartan • The Card & Dice Office Evasion of Stamp Duty • 10th Anniversary Transformation Pack • Karl Gerich • Willis & Co • Globe Series
EPCS August 1994 Newsletter Members Only
Jack & Jill • Merry Matches • Prince of Wales • Smiths Potato Crisps • El-Al Airlines • Isle of Man • Age of Inventions • Goodall • Donald Duck Circular Snap • World War 1 • Beautiful Britain (Part 5)
EPCS August 1995 Newsletter Members Only
Peace and Liberation VJ DAY 1945-1995 • John Jaques & Son 1795-1995 Bicentenary • WWII • Royals • Guinness • Bank of England • Snap • W.H. Willis • Battleships • Musical • Battle of Waterloo • R.J. Mitchell • Hignett Bros Cigarettes • John Dewar • Shakespearean
EPCS August 1996 Newsletter Members Only
Euro 96 Football • WWII • Frizzle • Women's Suffrage • James English • Peerless Card Co. • Dr Who • Gilbert & Sullivan • Norwich Cathedral • KAN-U-GO • Flora • C.W. Faulkner • Roman Numerals • Heads of House Game • Zetmea • Joseph Hunt & Sons • SNAP • Universal for Denmark • Schweppes Ephemera
EPCS August 1999 Newsletter Members Only
Worshipful Company Pack: Declaration of War • World Cup Cricket 1999 • Hand Decorated Transformation Pack: De La Rue • Happy Families Book • Times of Early Long Cardlers: Michael Cooper • English Standard Card Manufacturers: Stopforth • New Issues: Showjumping, Postcards, Sporting • Metamorphoses: Comical Characters • Woolworths: Retail Revolution • Score Cards: Whist & Bridge • Nursery Rhyme Snap • Non Standard Packs: Floral Pack • Odds and Ends: Unidentified Court Cards • Ephemera: Army & Navy Stores Catalogue
EPCS February 1989 Newsletter Members Only
Reynolds & Sons Fortune Telling • Superfine Playing Cards • Collecting Theme: GAS • Joseph Reynolds & Sons • Unusual Historical Game • An Unusual Historical Game • De La Rue & Goodall • Children's card games • SNAP • NELSON The Battle of Trafalgar • Mystic Fortune Teller
EPCS February 1990 Newsletter Members Only
Winston Churchill • Anniversaries • Prudential • Globe Series of Games • Harrods Catalogue 1930 • 1989 Worshipful Company Pack • Sporting SNAP • Thomas De La Rue • Gloucestershire • Metro Goldwyn Mayer (MGM) Film Star Pack • Isle of Man • J.W.Spear • Alice in Wonderland
EPCS February 1991 Newsletter Members Only
London Underground • Cards & Magic • Alf Cooke and Universal • OXO • Dewar Whisky • Worshipful Company Pack 1990 • Thomas De La Rue • WD & HO Wills • CWS Snap • The Rose of the Orient (Part 2) • Just William • Irish Scenes • Theatre World • Alice in Wonderland Ephemera
EPCS February 1992 Newsletter Members Only
1957 40th Anniversary of the Queen's Accession to the Throne • Case of Neglected Duty • Mabel Lucy Attwell • Worshipful Company Pack 1991 • CWS SNAP • Newcastle Breweries • Toy Cards • Josh Reynolds & Sons 1862 • W.D. & H.O. WILLS • Will's Happy Families
EPCS February 1993 Newsletter Members Only
75th Anniversary of Women's Suffrage in Great Britain • Sherlock Holmes • H.P. Gibson • The Card & Dice Office • Evasion of Stamp Duty in the Early 19th Century • Worshipful Company Pack 1992 • Libby's Happy Families • The Orange Wench and Her Merry Monarch • OXO • Chesterfield Tube Company • De La Rue • London Opinion "Limerique"
EPCS February 1994 Newsletter Members Only
BONZO • George Ernest Study • De La Rue • Advertising • Happy Families • John Jaques • Worshipful Company Pack 1993 • Wills's Bridge • Goodall's Historic Series • Nursery Land • Film Star Packs • Hollywood Greats • Telley Tea • Beer Bottle Labels • Karl Gerich