Single Deck 52/52 with Cream Border.
This is a well played with deck rated 2.5/10 in Company telescope Box
with a missing base and scuffs.
No bends or tears noted.
Whilst this is a grubby pack it is very early and rare.

One deck portrays
the Princess Anne
the other Mark Phillips
both on show jumping horses.

Mint Sealed Double Deck of Playing Cards as Issued in it's
Original Crested Presentation Box.

This double deck also has the original Yellow outer box

Double Deck - as Issued
Complete and Mint Sealed in plush crested case.

 In keeping with recent trends the 2005 Master of the Worshipful Company of makers of Playing cards
John Card has chosen a non-standard court deck for his year in office.

He celebrates Dr Johnson and his dictionary through a carefully thought out back design
showing Dr Johnson's house, his portrait as a oval insert, a few extracts from his dictionary
and the crest of the Worshipful Company.

The deck is printed with an orange and red border and also an orange and blue border.
This double deck is gilt edged and comes in a luxury cushioned box bearing the gold crest of this Livery Company.
Housed in an outer protective box with label inscription "WCMPC Master's Installation Set"

The deck includes two special jokers with Dr Johnson's quotations -
the best know being "When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life;
for there is in London all that life can afford.

These cards were a very limited issue and were not on sale to the public.
The exciting court and pip cards are a reproduction of an extremely scarce edition of a series of cards printed
in the 1890s by William Kimberley and are know as the "Royal National Patriotic Cards".
The original of this pack are housed in this Livery Companies collection held at the Guildhall.

These patriotic cards were produced in five different editions and this is the reproduction of the
only know example of first edition. -

The court cards represent European Monarchy and World Heads of State
amongst others there are Queen Victoria, George and Martha Washington and Wilhelm 1 of Germany.
The pip cards are amazing and an example of each value is pictured below.-
A reproduction of the back of the originals deck is also included [clock faces] as an extra card.

In tune with the trend established over the last three years the courts
and pip cards are non-standard replicating one of the great issues of the
early 19th Century - Hodges Astronomical Cards of 1828 where the cards
are beautifully coloured and represent the four seasons,
Greek Gods and astronomical features.

Mint sealed double deck with explanatory leaflet
see scans
all housed in the Companies plush Gold Crested Box