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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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Permalon Ltd

Permalon Ltd

Miniature playing cards advertising "Perma" smoking-related products featuring the "Perma Girl" on the backs and Joker.

Perthshire Playing Cards

Perthshire Playing Cards

Perthshire Playing Cards with photography by Duncan McEwan, 2014.

Peter and the Pirates

Peter and the Pirates

Peter and the Pirates by Pepys Games, 1955.

Peter and the Wolf

Peter and the Wolf

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

Peter Pan

Peter Pan

“Peter Pan” pictorial card game published by H. P. Gibson & Sons in c.1912 and manufactured by Thomas de la Rue & Co Ltd from drawings by Charles A. Buchel (1872–1950).

Peter Pan

Peter Pan

Peter Pan by Pepys Games, first edition 1939.

Pets / Family Favourites

Pets / Family Favourites

Pets card game illustrated by Racey Helps was published by Pepys Games in 1955 but re-named Family Favourites in 1962.

Philosophy Football playing cards

Philosophy Football playing cards

Philosophy Football playing cards, United Kingdom, 2002

Pickwick

Pickwick

A series of fifty-five original designs (including frontispiece, back and Joker) for a Pickwick pack of playing cards, in which are introduced all the principal & many of the minor characters figuring in the great humorous classic.

Pictorial

Pictorial

Pictorial Playing Cards - De Luxe - Fabric Finish - manufactured by Alf Cooke Limited (Universal Playing Card Co.)

Picture Dominoes

Picture Dominoes

Pepys published a total of 8 different pictorial domino games.

Picture Proverbs

Picture Proverbs

Picture Proverbs was a Victorian card game illustrating popular proverbs which were seen as words of wisdom.

Picture Rummy

Picture Rummy

Picture Rummy by R. Turner Ltd, 1937.

Picture Show — Zodiac Fortune Telling Cards

Picture Show — Zodiac Fortune Telling Cards

Zodiac Celebrities fortune-telling cards presented with 'Picture Show' magazine, 1930. The cards were printed in black and red and supplied as uncut sheets inserted into the magazine.

Pigmy Playing Cards

Pigmy Playing Cards

Pigmy Miniature Playing Cards

Pike and Clover playing cards

Pike and Clover playing cards

Pike and Clover playing cards created by Ian Cumpstey, Cumbria, UK, 2018.

Piktee or League Championship

Piktee or League Championship

“Piktee” or League Championship published by Roberts Brothers, 1938.

Pin-Ups

Pin-Ups

A deck of 55 cards celebrating a golden age of cheeky, naughty, bold and curvy ladies in film.

Pinocchio

Pinocchio

Pinocchio card game published by Pepys Games, 1940.

Pinochle

Pinochle

I have always been intrigued by the game Pinochle.