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Playing cards first arrived in England during the 15th century, but none have survived from such an early date.

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Delta Playing Cards

Delta Playing Cards

Delta playing cards are a modern art concept deck invented by Professor M. R. Ali, an artist operating under the company name of “Artology International”.

Denbro (Denny Brothers)

Denbro (Denny Brothers)

Denbro (Denny Brothers) c.1975-79

Derby Day

Derby Day

Derby Day race game published by Parker Games’ English subsidiary at Ivy Lane, London, from 1908 to around 1920.

Desperanto

Desperanto

Desperanto language game by Qui Vive Ltd, c.1990.

Deutche Karten

Deutche Karten

Karl Gerich's ‘Deutche Karten’ playing cards No.9, printed from copperplate etchings.

Dickens Character Collection

Dickens Character Collection

Dickens Character Collection published for a London Casino as a promotional gift.

Dickens Snap

Dickens Snap

Dickens Snap, c.1890.

Disability Daily

Disability Daily

Disability Daily playing cards designed by Tamasin Cole.

Disney playing cards (Waddingtons)

Disney playing cards (Waddingtons)

Four of the stock Disney characters on a pack from Waddingtons.

District Messenger

District Messenger

District Messengers were uniformed young men wearing little pill-box hats and mounted on bicycles who fulfilled urgent tasks and were paid by the mile

Doctor Who

Doctor Who

Doctor Who fan cards produced by Winning Moves under the Waddington's label, 2015.

Domestic Economy

Domestic Economy

Domestic Economy published by Faulkner & Co, c.1899.

Don’t come back

Don’t come back

“Don’t come back” playing cards produced by Hounslow NHS Primary Care Trust and Feltham Young Offender’s Institution, United Kingdom

Donald’s Circular Snap

Donald’s Circular Snap

Donald’s Circular Snap published by Pepys, 1951.

Donkey

Donkey

Donkey card game by Chiefton Products Ltd of Bristol, c.1950s.

Donkey

Donkey

Donkey card game published by Clifford Toys, c.1955.

Dorset Dialect Trails

Dorset Dialect Trails

‘Dorset Dialect Trails’ playing cards, United Kingdom, 2015.

Dr Ken Lodge

Dr Ken Lodge

​I'm Ken Lodge and have been collecting playing cards since I was about eighteen months old (1945). I am also a trained academic, so I can observe and analyze reasonably well. I've applied these analytical techniques over a long period of time to the study of playing cards and have managed to assemble a large amount of information about them, especially those of the standard English pattern.

Dr Sacheverell

Dr Sacheverell

Dr. Henry Sacheverell's impeachment in 1710 sparked widespread public unrest and political upheaval, highlighting the power of rhetoric in shaping society.

Dr Who

Dr Who

Dr Who is a long-running science-fiction television series produced by the BBC, first airing in 1963.