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Bucktrout & Co. Ltd

Published July 21, 2017 Updated August 18, 2022

Half-sized cigarette playing cards published by Bucktrout & Co., Ltd (Guernsey) c.1930.

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Bucktrout & Co. Ltd (Channel Isles) c.1930

half-sized cigarette playing cards published by Bucktrout & Co. Ltd (Channel Isles) c.1930

Above & below: half-sized cigarette playing cards published by Bucktrout & Co., Ltd (Guernsey), c.1930, from a small range of cigarette cards published during 1919-1930. The ace of spades and the back are particularly attractive, having heraldic devices in their design. 52 cards + joker + blank card. Card size = 48x67 mm.

half-sized cigarette playing cards published by Bucktrout & Co. Ltd (Channel Isles) c.1930 half-sized cigarette playing cards published by Bucktrout & Co. Ltd (Channel Isles) c.1930
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