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c1910 Goodall Playing Cards - These playing cards are complete (52/52 +J cards). The backs have "Cambridge University Alma Mater Cantab" on a pale blue background together with the college shield - Cards are mint - There is no box- Postage Category A |
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1910 - Goodall Salon Playing Cards House & Tree Yellow - This deck of playing cards (52/52) + bl was used for bezique so - 2,3,4,5,6, are mint strong gold edging and 7 to Ace are lightly used, undamaged but gold edging faded - Cards are wide - The two part box complete but with bottom end loose in v good condition- Postage Category A |
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c1910 Goodall Playing Cards - These playing cards are complete (52/52 +J cards). The backs have "Cambridge University - My Power's A Crescent " on a pale blue background together with the college shield - Cards are mint - There is no box- Postage Category A |
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1875/85 De La Rue Playing Cards Stylistic - Gold - This deck of playing cards (52/52) - Have no indices, turned courts, square corners - Backs are pinks with lots of gold in the pattern - Condition is excellent - very light use no damage - clean- Postage Category A |
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c1910 Playing Cards - French Courts - probably made by Goodall - This deck of playing cards (52/52) are the same style as French cards produced in this period - The courts are the standard French style and are the same as those published about this time with "Goodall" and "London" on the court cards - The printing is in red, green, black and yellow- The faces are left uncoloured - There are indices, backs are plain patterned pink- the same a Known back made by Goodall - Aces are plain - Cards are excellent - no damage - v little use- Postage Category A |
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c1867-1880 Willis Playing Cards - This deck is complete 52/52 - courts are printed in blue and stencilled - card is very cheap type and does not take the stencilling well - 5 cards are not perfect, it seems that at the time of manufacturing on three cards the picture part was not being stuck onto the card properly as they were badly cut and did not covering the backing card. Two face cards seems to have been rubbed too hard so pieces either peeled off or left a glue stain - otherwise deck is mint and not used.- Postage Category A |
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C1870/1890 De La Rue Playing Cards Open Lily Floral Backs -This deck of playing cards (52/52) has no indices, turned courts, square corners - Condition is good - no damage - but grubby from use, backs, as they have a white background show the grubbiness at the edges - the face cards look more lightly soiled- There is no box- Postage Category A |
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1911 De La Rue's Coronation Dubar Delhi Playing Cards - The backs have a picture of George V and Mary on them - with the inscription "Coronation Dubar Delhi 1911" The cards are complete 52/52 and in near mint condition. They are in their original box with "Navy Co-operative Society Limited" "Army & Navy" "London Bombay & Calcutta" on it. Two part telescopic box is excellent just missing bottom of inner box- Postage Category A |
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1905 The Trafalgar Centenary Playing Cards by Goodall - This deck of playing cards 52/53+J was issued to commemorate The Battle of Trafalgar. The backs show Horatio Viscount Nelson, Died Cot 21st 1805 - with a sculpture of him and a painting of the battle. Cards are in good condition - no damage but lightly used - gold edging still visible - They are in their original two part telescopic box - with the details in gold on white - There is some old repair to the box with tape but it is complete.- Postage Category A |
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1914 DD Prince Of Wales Patience Playing Cards - -This double deck of playing cards2*( (52/52) +J) is patience sized - not full sized Its has a non- named ace - used by De la Rue -The backs have Prince of Wales national relief Fund 1914 on them - One deck has pink background - the other blue - Cards are in v good no damage, creases etc - They are in an unmarked leather case which would appear original as the cards fit so well - It is slightly dirty and has the initials FAR on the front - there is some splitting to the box- Postage Category A |
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| CSB3492 |
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Goodall c1870 - Wedding of Prince of Wales to Princess Alexandra of Denmark
large shield with lions 52/52 - near ef very light use- Postage Category |
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C1744 Proof of Philip Blanchard Combined Label and Wrapper for Playing Cards – The legend was in use in 1745/6 – Christopher Blanchard joined over the business c1744 but seemed to producing a different class of playing card (The Great Mogul and Admiral Vernon) in his name while his father produced Henry the VI ?for? the Knave of Clubs in New Bond Street – The wrapper is mint- Postage Category B |
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c1750-60s Small Playing Cards – Early English Standard Design – The deck of playing cards (46/52) measure approx 19 by 26 cms – the court cards are engraved – red suits in red – and are of similar design of index cards of illustrated cards of this period. Missing are 2, 5, 6 of spades, 7 of diamonds, King of Hearts and Jack of Clubs – The cards are in good condition – but Queen and Jack of Hearts are creased – The Ace of Spades is plain – tax may have been avoid as these cards were “made for children” or made up privately – Who knows??- Postage Category A |
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c1757 Henry Hart Outer Playing Card Wrapper.with Tax Penalties.
An outer wrapper for six packs of playing cards by Henry Hart c1757. These are for their branded "THE VALIANT HIGHLANDER" made at their Red Lion Street, Holborn, London premises.
The wrapper is 34cm by 30cm - the central graphic measuring 24cm by 9cm.
Either side of the portrait of the Valient Highlander is the clausing "FIFTY POUNDS PENALTY IF RELANDED" and "AND TWENTY POUNDS IF SOLD OR USED IN GREAT BRITAIN" showing this was a wrapper for exportation and not for domestic sales. Inscription below the Highlander reads "PRINCIPAL SUPERFINE LARGE CARDS MADE BY HENRY HART IN RED LION STREET HOLBORN LONDON." The initials HH top and bottom are decorated with suit signs.- Postage Category |
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| CSA3561 |
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c1800 or possibly later Fake Gibson & Gisbourne Playing Cards - Wood Block Printed - crude wood block ace no 115 - name difficult to read - Produced presumably to avoid duty by issuing an ace in the style of 1765-1776 (no dyes for Aces Known for Gibson & Gisbourne until 1776) probably produced in Belgium c 1810-1820 - Single courts 52/52 - condition excellent- Postage Category A |
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c1800 Ludlow & Co Patent Knights Playing Cards - The ace has at centre "Nemo Me Impune Lacessit" ("No-one provokes me with impunity") - This is the motto of Order of the Thistle (also for the Royal Kingdom of Scotland) -The dates 1703 and 1800 appear on the ace. (Again this links to the order of the Thistle which after the initial establishment in 1687, fell into disuse during the reigns of William and Mary, but on 31 December 1703 was revived by Queen Anne) - This card is also found in a special deck issued by Wheeler c1780 - 1810 as the ace of clubs (All four aces were non-standard representing Orders - a duty ace was also provided) - There is a hand painted Spade pip at centre which is hand drawn over the original Club pip -The engraved design at base is lion wearing a crown, unicorn watches -There is a thistle at top - Again a Scottish link - The Single Court Cards are similar to Wheeler. - This ace is believed to be have been used as a forged ace to evade tax - Hargrave states tax evaded from 1700 -1800 probably assumed that from the dates on the ace -This deck would seem to have been used c1800 from the style of the courts - Complete 52/52 - v good but a little grubby- Postage Category A |
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| CSA3506 |
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c1805 Reproduction of c1769 Blanchard Deck of Playing Cards - Ace No 59 - This deck was believed to have been made in Belgium with the idea to avoid paying tax - which in 1805 was 1/6d on the cards (the tax of 1/- on the wrapper was constant from 1756 to 1828) - This deck was a copy of a Blanchard deck produced c1769 ( aces no 40-60 were registered Jul 1769 - Blanchard died Nov 1769)- Courts slightly different to Blanchard's original (King of Spades’ sword is a simple wavy line – The Jack of Club arrow has no head, The King of Hearts axe-haft is three diamonds and there is a spike behind his head - The ace of Spades has a small 5 and a larger 9 in italics, and is wood block not engraved, hence a forgery - All “forged” deck seem to have ace no 59. The condition is excellent – odd non-distracting dirty marks – no damage – natural paper stock crease of the card on the right hand side of the Ace of Spades which does not distract from the card - very little use- Postage Category A |
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C1811- 1815 Hall & Son Playing Cards Incomplete - missing JD One shilling and sixpence Ace number 75 recut 2 Wood block - Stencil Color - Cards are dirty, a couple creased and with some court "cards enhanced" with an ink pen - black pips seem to have been darkened with ink- Postage Category A |
150 |
75 |
| CSA3794 |
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c1813 Playing Cards by Hall & Son Complete 52/52 with Single courts - Ace number 49 - 3rd recut - One shilling and sixpence duty- Condition is grubby and used but undamaged- Postage Category A |
550 |
275 |
| CSA3810 |
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They were believed to have been made in Ceylon and are on either palm leaf or
banana leaf. They are mounted and housed in two books and were previously part of a
collection by Captain H. E. Rimington Wilson of Broomhead Hall. His collection was sold in 1971 and although it only contained about 100 items of playing cards Sylvia Mann was totally impressed with the quality of the
collection.- Postage Category |
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c1823 Hall & Bancks Outer Playing Card Wrapper
An outer wrapper for six packs of playing cards by Hall & Bancks c18123. These are for their branded "THE GREAT MOGUL" made at their No: 15 Piccadilly, London premises.
The wrapper is 33cm by 31cm - the central graphic measuring 10cm by 27cm.The wrapper bears the inscription "CARD MAKERS TO HIS MAJESTY THEIR R.H THE PRINCESS DUKE & DUCHESS OF GLOUCESTER AND PRINCE LEOPOLD"
Nice crafted central graphic pain of a Great Mogul with a border with the four suit signs.- Postage Category |
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c1830 Two Cut Out wrapper fronts Reynolds & Sons.
Graphics from larger wrappers cut out and pasted to scrap book page. One advertises "THE GREAT MOGUL" by Reynolds and Sons 29 & 30 Vere Street, Lincolns Inn Fields, London. The other is a graphic from an outer wrapper for Highlander Playing Cards most probably from the same manufacturer.- Postage Category |
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| CSB3796 |
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1828-1840 Creswick Small format CourtsIncomplete 30/32 (missing AD, JC ) - AH look unused as if from a different deck - Old frizzle Ace - Wood Block - Color stencilled - patterned backs - eight legged asterisks alternated with spaces - gold on red - condition is grubby- Postage Category A |
350 |
175 |
| CSB3797 |
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1828 - 1840 Creswick Single Court Playing Cards Wood block - Stencil colored - (52/52) foxed - backs dark mock silky red (unusual for this period) but the color has rubbed slightly and the face cards have a slight hue of red - light use - cards are slightly concave- Postage Category A |
400 |
200 |
| CSB3580 |
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c1840 - 1862 Reynolds Playing Cards - Single courts - Old Frizzle ace - 52/52 - These cards have a floral pattern - purple outline on white backs - condition is very good - lightly used slightly grubby - no damage- Postage Category A |
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1861 Playing Card Queen Victoria Coat of Arms
This is a single playing card bearing the coat of arms - Of Victoria and Albert - It is a copy of a pattern made for her wedding in 1839 - It is double ended without indices - According to John Berry this deck was made for the Great Exhibition of 1861 - It was withdrawn at her request - The guildhall library has only two cards Queen and Jack of Diamonds - This card is Queen of Diamonds - (it seems as if these were sample cards and somehow were not withdrawn - (We do however have a complete deck which we believe is v unusul) - The card is mint- Postage Category A |
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c1865 Bancks Brothers Double Ended Playing Cards
This deck of playing cards (52/52) Are double ended cards without indices Unusual in that they appear to be made from a single ended pattern Cut in half - rather than a new design Courts are cruder in design than one would expect Cards are in excellent - condition - brightly colored little sign of use- Postage Category A |
590 |
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c1870/80 DE LA RUE PLAYING CARDS - YE LANGHAM HOTEL - Backs with Hotel - Portland Place, London - Horse and Coaches - This deck of playing cards (52/52) - Are square cornered with no indices - The backs are early advertising for - "Ye Langham Hotel Portland Place London" on them - There is also a picture of the hotel - The details surrounding the hotel is lovely - Horse drawn coaches, Horsemen, dogs - And on the left hand side what appears to be a military procession - Again with horses and horsemen in uniform - The cards themselves are excellent / n mint - no damage - little sign of use - except one that has small mark on it (see scan)- Postage Category A |
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| CSB3481 |
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c1870s De la Rue Playing Cards - Double ended turned courts
51/52 - De la Rue Ace - backs issued for the Royal Wedding of Albert and Alexandra in 1862 and obviously reissued over a long period - condition - very good.- Postage Category A |
220 |
110 |
| CSB3573 |
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c1870s De la Rue Playing Cards - Double ended turned courts - 52/52 - De la Rue Ace - backs colorful flora pattern - Cotton growing possibly - condition - excellent - little use.- Postage Category A |
190 |
95 |
| CSB3569 |
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c1870s Goodall Playing Cards - Double ended turned courts - 52/52 - backs geometrical gold on brown - condition - near mint- Postage Category A |
150 |
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| CSB3571 |
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c1870s De la Rue Playing Cards - Double ended unturned courts - 52/52 - De la Rue Ace - backs geometrical blue/pink/red pattern - condition - near mint- Postage Category A |
150 |
75 |
| CSB3572 |
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c1870s De la Rue Playing Cards - Double ended turned courts - 52/52 - De la Rue Ace - backs issued for the Royal Wedding of Albert and Alexandra in 1862 and obviously reissued over a long period - condition - very good - light use - one card has a slight scuffed edge - someone has signed the Ace of Spades- Postage Category A |
300 |
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| CSB3784 |
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c1870 Goodall Euchre Playing Cards – 32+Joker – First Goodall Joker especially produced for the US market and sold there by Victor Mauger –cards are in extra fine condition – the card is thinner than normal for the period, the printing is not of the highest quality – Joker is wonderful, a pattern card like the ace of spades with the words “I am the joker” on it – probably designed by George Cruikshank- Postage Category A |
650 |
325 |
| CSB3566 |
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c1880 De La Rue "Dexter" Harry' s patent Ivory Playing Cards - Tax Wrapped - 32/32 - yellow patterned backs- Postage Category A |
240 |
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c1885 BANCKS BROTHERS DOUBLE ENDED PLAYING CARDS -This deck of playing cards (52/52) are without indices and have courts with an unusual color and pattern - with a lot of turquoise in the design - the cards have a floral style back - pinks on black - The cards are undamaged but dirty due to use - cleaning should be possibly with this type of soiling.- Postage Category A |
350 |
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| CSB3511 |
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1890s Goodall?s Scientific Whist Playing Cards - This deck of playing cards (52/52)
Were made by Goodall c1890 - Cards are wide and each card has notes on leading and play in Whist Which is relevant to that card ie on the Ace are instructions on what to lead from an Ace
Cards are near mint – no sign of use at all - The 2C is a fraction larger than the rest of the pack and not quite as shiny Possibly from a cheaper style deck – probably done at time of manufacture
With original two part telescopic box – missing one short side - One short side repairs
Box otherwise excellent ”Scientific Whist Cards shewing (sic) Correct Play at a Glance
by Premier Pas - Chas Goodall & Son London”- Postage Category A |
130 |
65 |
| CSB3546 |
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Goodall Playing Cards Art Nouveau Cupid - c1890 - This deck of playing cards (31/32 – piquet deck)
Missing Ace of Spades - Has backs with an Art Nouveau stylistic design featuring Cupid in a star lit background - The cards are good condition– used odd very small scuffs marks on a couple - There is no box- Postage Category A |
20 |
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| CSB3273 |
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1900 PLAYING CARDS FORTUNE TELLING WEDDING BELLS - This deck of playing cards (52/52) - Are small (miniature) cards (1.25 by 1.75 inches) - The Ace of Spades is that used by The London Playing Card Co (subsidiary of Goodall) - Each card has a printed prediction -?? Fortune telling related comment on it - The cards are excellent - little sign of use - a couple of v small marks - but no play damage - The backs have wedding bells - horseshoes- wishbones - all symbols of luck on them - There is no box- Postage Category A |
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Boar War Goodall Playing Cards 1902
Made in England by Chas Goodall & Son - This deck of playing cards (52/52+J) - Are old wide cards - Depict on the backs, - The Royal Crown, A Pair of Doves for Peace - And the Words "Bricon", "June 1902", "Boer" - It was produced to celebrate the end of the Boer War - The cards are mint- Postage Category A |
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150 |
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De La Rue Bezique Playing Cards Boxed - c1910.?
Made in England. This double Bezique deck of playing cards 2*(32/32) Was made c 1910 /1914 The backs are blue with a darker blue pattern The cards are wide with indices The courts are the less fancy De La Rue courts The indices are large for this period and on all four corners The cards are in v good condition - no bends, creases etc Just v light use There are two card markers for scoring One a little scuffed where the pointer has rubbed on the card And rules for both Bezique and Polish Bezique are on card The box is pale blue with dark blue lettering With the suit symbols round the edges The box is in v good - just lightly scuffed at the edges- Postage Category C |
40 |
20 |
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WW1 PLAYING CARDS - THE ALLIES C 1914 SHOWING A BULLDOG
Made in England by De La Rue - This deck of playing cards (52/52+J+sample card) - Depict the flags of The Allies - Belgium, Great Britain, France and Russia - In the foreground two dogs - An English Bulldog and a French Poodle - With the ?? German Flag in their teeth - The cards are wide measuring approx. 3.25 by 4.5 inches - The cards are in v good + condition - No damage (except a crease to the Joker - scanned) - And two v lightly creased corners (one scanned) - Bu lightly used. - The two part telescopic box has on it - ”The Allies Playing Cards” - ”Similar to those - Specially Manufactured for and Presented to - the Sick and Wounded of His Majesty’s Forces” - ”by Thos De La Rue & Co Ltd” - The box is missing a narrow side on the outer part - And a small part 1mm is missing from the inner box - Sample card etc. are all v good- Postage Category A |
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35 |
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Great Mogul Playing Cards Vintage Car - c1920
Made by Leonard Biermans Soc An Turnout - Belgium - This deck of playing cards (52/52+J) - Were produced as an advertising deck to show the different backs available - Hence the backs are three different colors - Green, blue and pink - Picture shows a vintage car tyres and flora decorating the borders - All printing is blue on the different backs - Cards are mint sill with original wrapper - They are v slightly concave - Box is good but the top flap and part of one short side are damaged- Postage Category A |
24 |
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c1920s British Playing Cards Ltd –These Playing Cards are complete 52/52+J> Courts are lovely – very unusual in style – Ace of Spades Pictures an Owl at the centre. – Backs are a lady in a fashionable hat. Cards are in very good+ condition – a little light use – no damage – In original box – name can by seen on the front together with the word Foxor- Postage Category A |
180 |
90 |
| MAD49 |
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Goodall Johnnie Walker Whiskey Playing Cards
Made in England c1920 – Manufacturer and tax wrapped - This deck of playing cards (52/52+J – assumed) - Are wrapped in the Goodall Gold Medal Packaging - And also have a tax wrapper over this - This deck comes in a two part telescopic box - That is dark maroon - The outer case having a coat of arms with the words - ”Confido Gold Berry” on it in gold - And a signature John Walker & Sons Ld - The sample card on the other side - The tax wrapper is slightly loose and can be partly removed - But it is attached to the wrapper which is still tied with cotton - Box is also mint- Postage Category A |
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25 |
| MSP462 |
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c1930s DD Golfing Shots Playing Cards
Made by Waddingtons in England - This double deck of playing cards 2*(52/52) +1 J - Depict 1930s dressed men playing energetic golf shots - One deck is entitled “Clono-spasm” and features a bunker shot - The other is entitled “Paraphrasia Tarda” and features a putting shot - The cards have been used and so are a little dirty - Three have v light creases – (worst scanned) - The gold edging is just visible - The cards are in a two part box – with sample cards - And engraved as a gift from Oppenheimer Son & Co Ltd - The box is good – complete but split down one side- Postage Category B |
90 |
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C1930/50 A SET OF SHIRT STUDS - (12) described as "THE KING OF STUDS" on a card which pictured The King Of Hearts - Card states "Healthy - Antiseptic - non-irritating - unbreakable - Gilt Imitation Jewellery" - A little rusty - complete never used - Card undamaged just a little dusty- Postage Category B |
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1940 DD SILVER JUBILEE DENMARK PLAYING CARDS - This double deck of playing cards 2*(52/52 + 1 assumed) - Was made by De La Rue - The cards were made to celebrate the silver Jubilee of - King Christan and Queen Alexandria f Denmark - The cards are mint - still sealed with tax -stamps on the wrappers - They are in a gold box with the dates 1870-1940 with in the Danish Flag inside the lid- Postage Category B |
120 |
60 |
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GENERAL DE GAULLE CRESTED PLAYING CARDS - VERY LIMITED EDITION.
In the late sixties the then Prime Minister - Harold Wilson - had a summit meeting with the then President of France - General Charles de Gaulle. - - Harold Wilson dreamed up the idea of presenting the President with - four pack of playing cards in a presentation case to - mark the occasion. - - He commissioned Wadington to produce ten packs of cards - with the Presidents Initials against the background of the - French Flag; all against a background of Blue with Golden Fleurs de Lis - - Wilson kept two decks and it is not known what happened to the others. - - Undoubtedly other packs exist as is the way with scarce items and it - is likely that a few packs found themselves in the possession of an employee or two. - - This a complete mint sealed deck - scarce - it's was the property - of Waddington's Works Manager.- Postage Category A |
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C1976 PLAYING CARDS Made for Queen Elizabeth's Silver Jubilee (which was 1977) Double Deck Non Standard Courts & Suits Playing Cards - Made in England by Waddingtons in 1976 - This is two decks of playing cards 2*(52/52 +2J) - Made for Queen Elizabeth's Silver Jubilee (which was 1977) - The suits are Daffodils, Thistles, Roses and Shamrocks - Representing Wales, Scotland, England and Ireland - The Jacks are Prince of Wales Feathers - The Queens are ER's Crown - The Kings are Unicorns - The jokers show the four suits and name of the designer, Susan Rae - The backs show the suit signs around the portrait of Elizabeth - One set are red on silver the other blue on silver - The cards are mint still sealed - The box is silver and black still sealed- Postage Category B |
50 |
25 |
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Two decks Playing Cards Golden Jubilee Elizabeth II - Dated 1952 - 2002
Ascension to the throne - These two decks of playing cards 2*(52/52+3J) - Have on the backs - 1952 - 2002 with the crown - One deck is blue the other pink - Both decks are mint in matching boxes - The backs were designed by Peter Wood- Postage Category B |
14 |
7 |
| OBC3443 |
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The Standard English Pattern by Ken Lodge
Revised and updated in January 003 this remains the only published work to comprehensively cover the history of the English Standard Pattern in English Playing Cards. I would estimate there are over 600 black and white illustrations enabling the collector to verify the manufacturer and date of his English Standard Cards. Ken covers a period of 300 years and comes right up to date for completeness. 123 Pages.- Postage Category C |
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