Victorian
![A Royal Game A Royal Game](http://www.wopc.co.uk/core/cache-wopc-thumbs/countries/uk/royal-game-0.669750a5.jpg)
A Royal Game
A Royal Game featuring Queen Victoria’s children and extended family, published by A. Collier, London, c.1896.
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Chad Valley ‘Sporting Snap’ c.1895
Chad Valley ‘Sporting Snap’ card game designed by Max Pollock c.1895.
![Chas Goodall and Son 1820-1922 Chas Goodall and Son 1820-1922](http://www.wopc.co.uk/core/cache-wopc-thumbs/boxes/goodall.c55a317d.jpg)
Chas Goodall and Son 1820-1922
Today nothing remains of Charles Goodall's Camden Works, where three-quarters of the playing cards printed in Britain were produced.
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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
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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
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EPCS June 2023 Newsletter Members Only
Coronation • Who Were Rowley & Co. • Research Archives by WCMPC • Winstanley Queen of Clubs • Kirk's London Cries Revisited • Pub Quiz Snap • Street Cries Snap • Jarvis Porter • Ogilvy Game • Precedence • Rock Brothers and Pope Joan • A Fight Between Cardmakers • Brexit - the Real Deal • A French Mystery • Crown the Queen • Transformation Cards
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EPCS November 2006 Newsletter Members Only
Lucky Shots • EPCS 25 • Promotional Miniatures • Suffragette • Victorian Instruction Cards • Historical Memento • Livery Companies • WHOT • Car-Soc • De La Rue 1835 • Sforza Page of Staves • Iranian Patience Pack • Urania’s Mirror (Ad) • Victoria Casino 21st • The Telephone • Bits • Splash Page Special • Game of Animals (Ad) • CWF & USPCC • Gypsy Leah’s Card Fortune Book • Barclays Imperial Russian Stout • Thought-Reading by Cards • Theatre Adverts • Prince of Wales Wedding Pips • Prince of Wales Wedding Courts
![Goodall c.1845-60 Goodall c.1845-60](http://www.wopc.co.uk/core/cache-wopc-thumbs/var/www/wopc.co.uk/htdocs/images/subjects/goodall/modernised-1860-600.710c2a31.jpg)
Goodall c.1845-60
Goodall’s earliest cards were traditional in appearance but in around 1845 ‘modernised’ courts were designed
![Goodall’s “Historic” Playing Cards Goodall’s “Historic” Playing Cards](http://www.wopc.co.uk/core/cache-wopc-thumbs/subjects/goodall/historic-6.048a5e6d.jpg)
Goodall’s “Historic” Playing Cards
Goodall’s “Historic” Playing Cards depict royal costumes of four periods in English history, 1893.
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House of Tudor
Randy Butterfield's House of Tudor playing cards feature detailed art in a high-quality collectible style.
![Jaques’ Illustrated Proverbs Jaques’ Illustrated Proverbs](http://www.wopc.co.uk/core/cache-wopc-thumbs/countries/uk/jaques/illustrated-proverbs-0.555772de.jpg)
Jaques’ Illustrated Proverbs
Jaques’ Illustrated Proverbs, c.1870. The complete proverb is printed along the top of each card in the set.
![Jovial Families Jovial Families](http://www.wopc.co.uk/core/cache-wopc-thumbs/var/www/wopc.co.uk/htdocs/images/subjects/games/collier-jovial-families-box.c6fd5289.jpg)
![Language of Flowers Language of Flowers](http://www.wopc.co.uk/core/cache-wopc-thumbs/countries/uk/language-of-flowers-0.6a8a1d36.jpg)
![Lend Me Five Shillings Lend Me Five Shillings](http://www.wopc.co.uk/core/cache-wopc-thumbs/countries/uk/jaques/hmpp-0.7933cfa9.jpg)
Lend Me Five Shillings
Lend Me Five Shillings; or, Her Majesty's Privy Purse by John Jaques & Son, c.1875
![Moods & Faces Moods & Faces](http://www.wopc.co.uk/core/cache-wopc-thumbs/var/www/wopc.co.uk/htdocs/images/subjects/delarue/moods-and-faces-600.b80c5474.jpg)
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Most Laughable Thing on Earth
The Most Laughable Thing on Earth, or, A Trip to Paris published by H. G. Clarke & Co., London, c.1870.
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Multum in Parvo Co., Ltd
Multum in Parvo published a range of indoor games during the period from 1884-1927.
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Nineteenth Century Pack
A magnificent example of Goodall & Son’s range of chromolithographed Commemorative playing cards from the late nineteenth century..
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