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2016 • July

Selected Year: 2016
Selected Month: July
Total Articles: 4,448

Nine Lives Playing Cards

Nine Lives Playing Cards

Nine Lives Playing Cards designed by Annette Abolins, 2016

Nine Lives Tarot

Nine Lives Tarot

Nine Lives Tarot by Annette Abolins represents the artist’s creative and spiritual perspective on life.

F. X. Schmid Mini-Patience

F. X. Schmid Mini-Patience

Miniature Patience playing cards in Rococo style published by F. X. Schmid, c.1960

Beesten Kwartet

Beesten Kwartet

Beesten Kwartet designed by Peter Vos. Published by Thomas Rap of Amsterdam, 1995.

Naipe Cantaclaro

Naipe Cantaclaro

A colourful version of the Spanish Catalan pattern from Colombia, with a crowing cockerel on the 4 of cups.

Peter and the Pirates

Peter and the Pirates

Peter and the Pirates by Pepys Games, 1955.

Naipes ‘La Criolla’ by Anabella Corsi

Naipes ‘La Criolla’ by Anabella Corsi

Inspired by an archaic Spanish pattern formerly used in Spain during the 16th and 17th centuries.

Peter and the Wolf

Peter and the Wolf

Peter and the Wolf card game published by Pepys Games, 1947.

The Streets of London

The Streets of London

“The Streets of London” published by John Jaques & Son, London, c.1880.

100 Pipers

100 Pipers

100 Pipers Scotch Whisky promotional deck, Waddingtons P.C.Co., c.1973. Includes a Tarot pack offer.

Blancanieves

Blancanieves

Blancanieves (Snow White) card game published by Heracliio Fournier, 1992.

Punch Studio: ‘Geisha Girls’

Punch Studio: ‘Geisha Girls’

‘Geisha Girls’ playing cards published by Punch Studio, Culver City, CA., 2013

Protea Bridge 999

Protea Bridge 999

Bridge size deck with non-standard suit colours, blue diamonds & green clubs, manufactured by Protea Playing Card Company, Johannesburg.

Éditions Dusserre, Paris

Éditions Dusserre, Paris

Éditions Dusserre, Paris.

Test Pilot

Test Pilot

‘Test Pilot’, illustrated by A. B. Bowbeer and published by Pepys Games, 1950s.

Naipes ‘Charabon’

Naipes ‘Charabon’

Naipes ‘Charabon’ - depicting the Gaucho as a national hero, Montevideo, 1983.

Naipes Artiguistas, 1816

Naipes Artiguistas, 1816

Naipes Artiguistas published in Concepción del Uruguay, Entre Rios province (Argentina) in 1816, by Fray Solano García.

Playing Cards designed by Alvaros

Playing Cards designed by Alvaros

Playing Cards designed by Alvaros, published by Eduardo Carrión, Montevideo, 2000

Club Nacional de Football, Uruguay

Club Nacional de Football, Uruguay

100th anniversary of the Club Nacional de Football, Uruguay, 1999.

Spears Happy Families

Spears Happy Families

Spears Happy Families.

Souvenir of Turkey

Souvenir of Turkey

Souvenir of Turkey playing cards by KS Games with scenic photographs on every card.

Turkey

Turkey

Once the centre of the Ottoman Empire.

Help Yourself Society

Help Yourself Society

The “Help Yourself” Society was formed in 1927 to run fundraising activities for hospitals.

Souvenir of New Zealand

Souvenir of New Zealand

Souvenir of New Zealand produced by Hema Maps NZ Limited

Snap

Snap

Spear’s “Snap” card game from the 1920s.

Alice in Wonderland Card Game

Alice in Wonderland Card Game

Alice card game published by Pepys in 1952, based on the Walt Disney film “Alice in Wonderland”.

Air Malta

Air Malta

‘Air Rummy’ playing cards published by Air Malta, late 1990s.

Four Races

Four Races

“Four Races” playing cards designed by Latvian artist Vilnis Rasa in 1989.

Siegfried Line

Siegfried Line

“We’re Gonna Hang Out the Washing on the Siegfried Line” wartime card game made by William Sessions Ltd, 1940s

Squadron Scramble

Squadron Scramble

“Squadron Scramble” card games for identifying military planes, Whitman Publishing Co., Racine, Wisconsin, 1942.

Servicio de Hidrografía Naval

Servicio de Hidrografía Naval

125th anniversary of the Argentine Naval Hydrographic Service, 2004.