Playing Cards from United Kingdom
33: Functional Changes to Playing Cards
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by Ken Lodge
The emphasis throughout my collecting has been on the design of the courts cards, and it should be pointed out that there have been some functional changes to cards, which have affected the traditional designs, especially in the 19th century.
35: More Design Copies
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by Ken Lodge
Here I want to take another widely copied design and see how individual variation by the copier can take the original design through a lot of changes. I shall take the three USPCC designs: US3 (wide), US3.1 (bridge) and US4 (wide). To the best of my knowledge these are no longer used in the US, except perhaps for special productions, as in the retro market.
36: Minor Makers of the 19th Century
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by Ken Lodge
In 19th century England there were a number of makers who produced cards in relatively small quantities.
37: Late 19th Century Card-Makers and Problem Cases
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by Ken Lodge
After the Old Frizzle period and the tax was reduced to 3d per pack, from 1862 onwards, a number of makers started up, who hadn't made cards before, although they were part of the paper and pasteboard industry.
38: Peter Gurney and Other 20th Century Minor Makers
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by Ken Lodge
Gurney was not the only printer who went briefly into the playing card business during the twentieth century.
39: Mixed Packs
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by Ken Lodge
A number of mixed packs appear for sale from time to time, but it's important to sort out what is meant by the term mixed. It is an issue that is not as straightforward as it might seem.
41: A Guide to Dating Playing Cards
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by Ken Lodge
Dating is a particularly tricky but very interesting problem to tackle and there are many pitfalls.
46: Henry Hardy, Henry French & Christopher Groser
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by Ken Lodge
A brief look at some makers of whom we know little.
47: Welch’s postcards and De La Rue’s redrawing
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by Ken Lodge
There are a number of court card designs that have never actually been produced as cards. It's a shame some of them never were.
49: De La Rue in detail
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by Ken Lodge
A detailed presentation of the variants of De La Rue's standard cards.
5: De La Rue
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by Ken Lodge
In December 1831 Thomas de la Rue was granted his patent for printing playing cards by letterpress.
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“52 ways to stop smoking”, offering positive help for anyone who wants to give up smoking.
52: The Isle of Man
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by Ken Lodge
The Isle of Man has always been a tax haven within the British Isles and it has also had some interesting packs of cards.
58: Woolley & Co.
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by Ken Lodge
The firm of Thomas Woolley lasted for many years from 1836-1904 in several different guises.
59: Owen Jones (1809-74) and De La Rue
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by Ken Lodge
A selection of examples of Owen Jones's work printed by De La Rue.
60: Some less common Goodall packs, 1875-95
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by Ken Lodge
There are some interesting packs from Goodall in the last quarter of the 19th century.
65: Adverts and related documents 1684-1877
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by Ken Lodge
Here are a few early advertisements relating to cards from newspapers 1684-1759 and a number of later 19th century documents of interest.
67: Adverts and related material after 1900
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by Ken Lodge
The final page of material relating to playing cards from British periodicals.
68: Playing cards in glass
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by Ken Lodge
My wife and I have recently commissioned a unique pair of stained glass windows for our home.