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A pack of sixty-three domino playing cards with black backs and the numbers marked on the front in black and red pigment. In the centre of the cards on the front, is either an image or inscription. There is green and red packet for the cards that has a broken lid. The packet depicts elephants and inscription. There is a pricing stick adhered to the side of the box, which is yellow, and reads: Cheong-Leen Supermarket, Sole Agent Guan Huat Company, Made in Hong Kong, 30p'.
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