Joker
Chinese Jokers
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by Matt Probert
Chinese playing card makers have probably produced the widest variety of jokers of any single part of the world.
De la Rue’s 125th anniversary
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by Simon Wintle
In around 1955 De la Rue introduced a new coloured joker and a series of aces of spades with a silhouette of Thomas de La Rue which coincided with their 125th anniversary
EPCS August 1988 Newsletter Members Only
Tercentenary William and Mary 1988 • Fortune Telling Card • Lexicon • Joseph Hunt & Son • Collecting Theme: Whisky Distillers • English Jokers • Piquet Packs • SNAP Nursery Rhymes • The Big BAANG: Stock Exchange
EPCS Febuary 1988 Newsletter Members Only
Queen Mary • Healthguard Underwear • Newmarket Multum in Parvo Company • English Standard Card Manufacturers (Part 5) Joseph Hunt & Sons London • Woolley Card Games: OLD MAID and SNAP • Rhymes about Royalty or The Comical Court Cards (Part 3) • KAN-YOU-GO-AGAIN • Not a Lotta Bottle!! • Metropolitan Vickers Lamps • London's Loyal Volunteers: 450th Anniversary of HAC, PANKO, Votes for Women • Waddington pack with no borders to Court Cards • The Big Baang! • Walt Disney Anniversaries • Non-Standard Jokers.
EPCS June 2001 Newsletter Members Only
Rare Universal Joker • Great Exhibition 50th Anniversary • Queen Victoria Death • Another Animal Snap • Featured Deck: Reynolds Fortune Telling • Advertising & Cards • Domino Cards • Tate & Lyle Story • Sir Donald Bradman • Peculiar Cards • Game Counters • Poets at Card Table • Pinhead Method • New Royal Mail Issue • New Heritage Issues • Lecardo
EPCS June 2005 Newsletter Members Only
Nederland Shipping Line • Iranian Playing Cards • Trump Indicators • Municipal Honours • Coney People Happy Tribes • Hand Drawn Whist Cards • The Cabinet Pack • SSAFRA • Lexicon Competitions • The Lancashire Lad • Hi-Speed • De La Rue 1875 • Court Fools and Jesters • Cadbury’s Chocolate Game • Posies • City Imperial Volunteers • Playing Card Images in Advertising • Coronation Gift 1911 • Delhi Durbar 1911 • It’s a Knockout • 19th C Transformation
EPCS November 2005 Newsletter Members Only
Top Trumps • Clifford Toys / Tricklico • Blackpool Souvenir • Squiggles • Esquire • Alberto Vargas • A Find? • Early Playing Cards • Fortune Telling Cards • Court Fools & Jesters (cont) • The Rolls Razor • The Virtue of Princes • Bovril Poster Snap • Defenders of the Empire • Waddington Catalogue 1981 • Tricards
Jest Jokers
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by Simon Wintle
Peter Wood’s “Jest Jokers” comprising 54 different Joker designs made into a full pack of cards.
Malaysia Airlines
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by Matt Probert
Malaysian-made deck of cards produced for Malaysian Airline Systems (MAS).
Sands & McDougall Aces & Jokers
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by Jan Walls
Sands & McDougall produced many beautiful Spade Aces and Jokers.
SNP Ausprint Jokers
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by John Daniels
A series of SNP Ausprint jokers with the various wording and name changes
The Joker Card
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by Simon Wintle
The 'Joker' is believed to have been invented by American Euchre players who, when modifying the rules sometime during the 1860s, decided that an extra trump card was required.
West Flanders Souvenir
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by Simon Wintle
West Flanders Souvenir pack manufactured in Belgium by Mesmaekers, c.1950.
Why our playing-cards look the way they do
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by Paul Bostock
Analysis of early playing card designs: origins, suit differences, standardization, technological advancements and key innovations leading to modern designs.