Tobacco Playing Cards
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 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 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 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
EPCS February 1995 Newsletter Members Only
Fums Up! • WW1 • Matches • Noah's Ark • Carreras • Theatre • Isle of Man • National Trust • De La Rue • Advertising • Worshipful Company 1994 • National Trust • Country Life Tobacco • British Museum • London Underground • Teddy Bears
EPCS February 2000 Newsletter Members Only
Nursery Rhyme Games • Bobs Your Uncle: 54 Cards by John Waddington • Collecting Theme Packs: Non-Standard Aces Categories • Card Collection Catalog: 250+ New Packs and Accessories • Branding: W.H.Smith and Bogts • Hand-Made Pack: Unique Design by Shelley Fowles • Perry & Co: 1869 Card Game • Hand Made Pack: Theme of Unnatural History
EPCS February 2001 Newsletter Members Only
Leader: Blackpool • Theme: Butlins, J Cooper • Burton HF: Animal Snap • Jugger: Sorrows of Satan, SY Argonaut • Three Card Mysteries: MH Goodall • Teofani • Act of Union: Doulton, Franklin Special Ace • George Clulow: Peculiar Cards Part 1 • Fergie to Football: A Bird • Pinhead System • Horses in Beer Adverts • Samson Miniature • Member Publications
EPCS June 2000 Newsletter Members Only
King of Hearts: Sadaam Hussein • 60th Anniversary Tribute • Stories & Legends of Cards • Nursery Rhyme SNAP by TWEE TOYS • Bystander 1913: Suits • Scottish Tartans • Queen Victoria in Ireland • A&A Adams Carriage • Hand-Drawn Victorian Families • SNAP: Millennium Project • Charles Gibson: Card Manufacturers • PUNCH 1965: Personalized Cards • Alick Mullord: Game Worth • Loyalist Cigarettes: Barribal • Chesterfield Tube: New Designs • Dan Dare: 50 Years • Sunday Times Anniversary • Non-Standard Ace Packs • New Issues: Various Themes • Bears-CD ROM Project • Peerless Playing Card Company
EPCS November 1991 Newsletter Members Only
World Rugby Cup 1991 • Royal Residence: Windsor Castle • CWS SNAP • OXO • Thomas De La Rue • W.D. & H.O. WILLS • Capstan Cigarettes • Selfridges • Allied Breweries • Army & Navy • Ethiopian
EPCS November 1992 Newsletter Members Only
50th Anniversary of the Battle of El Alamein • Happy Families • Karl Gerich Transformation Pack • W.D & W.O. Wills • Star Cigarettes • Famous Five • 350th Anniversary of the English Civil War • Isle of Man Packs • J. Welch • Mr Boot Marches On • Friends of the Earth
EPCS November 1994 Newsletter Members Only
Christmas • WW1 • Chinese Gaming Counters • Channel Tunnel • Isle of Man • History of Carreras • Tobacco • British Empire • Smiths Potato Crisps • Bezeque Markers • Circus Transformation
EPCS November 2009 Newsletter Members Only
Meluish • New Travel Cards • Port Books • Quadrille • WW2 • 1953 Coronation Pack • De La Rue Crown Brand • Sales System with Playing Cards • Family Star Fortune Telling • Billiards Game • Our Modern Army • Bucktrout & Co • The Trial of Thomas Hill 1743 • Historical Pope Joan • Smoking Jokers • Ansell & Benda • Benda - Latest info & Newcutt • A Small Link • Uncarnot Tarot • Sabrina Pack - Developments • Houston Everest Expedition 1933
Fabrica de Cigarrillos Roldan y Cia, Lima, Peru
The design of the figures is very agile with excellent colour harmony and execution.
Hard-a-Port
Tobacco insert cards were a very successful marketing innovation which started in the nineteenth century.
Heber Mardon (1840-1925)
Heber Mardon was born in 1840. With his father he founded the firm of Mardon and Son which, in 1863, became Mardon, Son & Hall.
Historic Early Aviation
Reproductions of cigarette cards from 1910 on the subject of the early days of aviation.
Industria Gráfica Pesout
Coimexpor Spanish-suited playing cards by Industria Gráfica Pesout, S.A., Buenos Aires, Argentina, c.2008.
Introduction to Collecting Themes
Playing cards can be broadly categorised into standard and non-standard designs, with collectors appreciating their variety.
John Player Special
John Player Special non-standard playing cards created by the illustrator Nick Price, 1987