Sands & McDougall Court Cards
Sands & McDougall Court Cards
Several styles of court cards and aces of spades are known to have been issued over time. Some are shown here.
1st Type

Above: plain ace or with brand name in scroll, copies of NYCCC’s wide courts, can be tiny or standard pip/indices size, two or four colours, c.1898-1910. Ace of spades courtesy Ray Nilsson.
2nd Type
Ace of spades with the coats of arms of Australian states around, c.1900 onwards. Redrawn court cards with more idiosyncratic designs.



Above & Right: two colour and four colour courts, c.1910-1930.
3rd Type

Above: new designs of four colour and two colour courts with Invicta ace & joker, 1930s-40s. These courts are similar to those of the National Card Co courts used until the 1940s by the Canadian PCCo. Images courtesy Ken Lodge.
CREDITS: Unless otherwise stated, images courtesy John Daniels.

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