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2013 • August
Jaime Margarit - Recreo Infantil
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by Simon Wintle
'Recreo Infantil' children's educational cards published by Jaime Margarit, Palamós (Gerona) c.1888.
P. Steinmann
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by Simon Wintle
Single-figure provincial Paris pattern cards with traditional names on the courts manufactured in Copenhagen by P. Steinmann, c.1820.
William Warter
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by Simon Wintle
William Warter's Proverbial Cards, which carry illustrations of old English proverbs, were first published in 1698.
Don Quijote IV Centenario
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by Simon Wintle
Baraja IV Centenario Don Quijote is the work of artist Vicente Arnás, published by Asescoin, Madrid, 2004.
Litografías Industrias Madriguera
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by Simon Wintle
Pictorial trade cards were becoming popular throughout Europe so that tea, tobacco, chocolate or even beef extract were the commodities most associated with beautifully lithographed insert cards.
Baraja Andaluza
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by Simon Wintle
Non-standard Spanish-suited playing cards created by Rafael Rodriguez Hernandez and published by Ediciones Baja Andalucia, Sevilla, c.1980.
Chitrashala Press
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by Simon Wintle
Chitrashala Press produced some charming children's pictorial alphabet cards for early learning purposes in the 1940s.
Malta
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by Simon Wintle
The so-called ‘Dragon Cards’, with winged monsters on the four Aces, are an enigmatic aspect of early playing card history.
Charles Hodges
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by Simon Wintle
Charles Hodges produced engraved geographical and astronomical decks, London, c.1827-30.
29: James English
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by Ken Lodge
An overview of the courts and aces of spades produced by James English.
![28: How to Analyze and Differentiate Playing Card Plates (De La Rue, Waddington and the Berlin pattern [französisches Bild])](http://www.wopc.co.uk/core/cache-wopc-thumbs/var/www/wopc.co.uk/htdocs/images/blog/2015/10/JS_D1-D2-D3.02f78e76.jpg "28: How to Analyze and Differentiate Playing Card Plates (De La Rue, Waddington and the Berlin pattern [französisches Bild])")
28: How to Analyze and Differentiate Playing Card Plates (De La Rue, Waddington and the Berlin pattern [französisches Bild])
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by Ken Lodge
My interest in postage stamp variants led me to apply the same principles to playing cards.