Altenburger und Stralsunder Spielkarten
![28: How to Analyze and Differentiate Playing Card Plates (De La Rue, Waddington and the Berlin pattern [französisches Bild])](http://www.wopc.co.uk/core/cache-wopc-thumbs/var/www/wopc.co.uk/htdocs/images/blog/2015/10/JS_D1-D2-D3.02f78e76.jpg "28: How to Analyze and Differentiate Playing Card Plates (De La Rue, Waddington and the Berlin pattern [französisches Bild])")
28: How to Analyze and Differentiate Playing Card Plates (De La Rue, Waddington and the Berlin pattern [französisches Bild])
-
by Ken Lodge
My interest in postage stamp variants led me to apply the same principles to playing cards.
Art Nouveau Rommé • Canasta • Bridge
Elegant gold-printed playing cards in Jugendstil style designed by Otto Benz for Renault, 1987.
B & K Skat
Publicity pack designed by Henning Loerzer for Busskamp & Koch, an advertising agency in Munich.
Baronesse Whist No.160
After the Second World War, the deck continued to be produced both by the VEB Altenburger Spielkartenfabrik as “Rokoko” and by ASS-Spielkartenfabrik, Leinfelden-Echterdingen as “Baronesse”.
Bosco by A.S.S. for the Estanco de Naipes del Peru
-
by Simon Wintle
‘Bosco’ Playing Cards manufactured by A.S.S. for the Estanco de Naipes del Peru, 1930s.
Bourgeois Tarot
-
by Simon Wintle
Bourgeois Tarot by Vereinigte Altenburger und Stralsunder Spielkarten-Fabriken.
C.L. Wüst English pattern comparison
-
by Paul Symons
A review of the Ace of spades, court card, backs and joker of English pattern playing cards by Wüst from my collection.
C.L. Wüst, 1811 - 1927
-
by Paul Symons
SPIELKARTENFABRIEK VON C.L. WÜST, 1811 - 1927. A short history of the Wüst factory by Martin Shaw & Paul Symons.
Christmas 1980 playing cards
Festive courts on a Waddingtons pack designed to celebrate Christmas 1980.
Dondorf related ephemera
-
by Paul Symons
A few items used for advertising or displaying Dondorf playing card products.
Gorleben soll leben!
Skat deck produced by opponents of atomic energy and the dumping of radioactive waste.
Hunter’s Bridge
“Hunter’s Bridge” playing cards by ASS depicting animals and associated symbols of hunting, c.1976.