The World of Playing Cards Logo

Litográfica del Perú

Published July 03, 2010 Updated June 12, 2023

Litográfica del Perú S.A. were manufacturers of playing cards in Peru sometime around the decades of the 1970s and/or 1980s.

Peru Litográfica del Perú Medical & Pharmaceutical

Litográfica del Perú S.A. c.1970-75.

Litográfica del Perú S.A. were manufacturers and publishers of playing cards in Peru sometime around the decades of the 1970s and/or 1980s. Two advertising packs are shown below  (click images to see more).

Above: "Festal" standard Anglo-American style advertising playing cards for Hoechst Peruana S.A. manufactured by Litográfica del Perú, S.A., c.1970.


Below: playing cards made in Peru by Litográfica del Perú, c.1975, for Sydney Ross S.A. / Winthrop Pepsamar indigestion remedy.


‘Casinos para Bridge’ for Club Miraflores - anonymous manufacturer, made in Peru

The ace of spades has the legend "Producto Peruano" and the two jokers are copies of Piatnik jokers. The Club Miraflores Social Club monogram ‘CM’ appears on the box, the reverse and on the ace of spades. Otherwise the deck is completely anonymous.   www.clubsocialmiraflores.com

‘Casinos para Bridge’ for Club Miraflores - anonymous manufacturer
avatar
1,469 Articles

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.


Leave a Reply

Default Avatar
Your Name
Just now

Create account to comment Your comment here. Your comment here. Your comment here. Your comment here. Your comment here. Your comment here. Your comment here. Your comment here. Your comment here. Your comment here. Your comment here. Your comment here. Your comment here. Your comment here. Your comment here. Your comment here. Your comment here. Your comment here. Your comment here. Your comment here. Your comment here. Your comment here. Your comment here. Your comment here. Your comment here. Your comment here. Your comment here. Your comment here. Your comment here. Your comment here. Your comment here. Your comment here.


Related Articles

1994 Medizin Skat

Medizin Skat

Promotional pack for a hospital group in the Saarland, with non-standard suits and courts designed b...

1989 Merz Pharma Skat

Merz Pharma Skat

Comic designs promoting Merz Pharma, a German drug company.

1993 Hansaplast<sup>®</sup>

Hansaplast®

Advertising pack for Hansaplast, with comic courts sporting sticking plasters.

1986 B. Braun-Dexon<sup>®</sup>

B. Braun-Dexon®

Publicity pack promoting B. Braun-Dexon’s atraumatic needles, with non-standard courts and pips.

1983 Jeu des Médecins

Jeu des Médecins

Cartoons of doctors and nurses by Pino Zac, published by B.P. Grimaud in 1983.

1978 Carte Osteologiche

Carte Osteologiche

Skulls and bones of all descriptions have become the suits and pips in this 40-card pack from Italy....

1980 SEMP playing cards

SEMP playing cards

Modified Anglo-American courts advertising a French medical publishing company.

2010 Specsavers playing cards

Specsavers playing cards

to help you see better when playing cards

2002 Mario Testino playing cards

Mario Testino playing cards

A selection of Mario Testino’s photographic work in various fields, notably fashion.

2017 Netter playing cards

Netter playing cards

Anatomical playing cards published by Elsevier, USA, 2017.

Packs of Prizes

Packs of Prizes

‘Packs of Prizes’ playing cards advertising Neosorexa pest control products.

2020 Covid-19 playing cards

Covid-19 playing cards

Covid-19 playing cards designed by Stacey Kelly, United Kingdom, 2020.

2005 Amistar playing cards

Amistar playing cards

Publicity pack for product which controls fungal diseases in a range of crops, printed by Trefl, Kra...

1970 Unimol playing cards

Unimol playing cards

Advertising pack for a pharmaceutical company, with brightly coloured courts.

1970 Trip or Trap

Trip or Trap

Fighting drug abuse in the flower power era using humour and ridicule.

1980 Roche

Roche

Advertising pack for the Swiss-based healthcare company.