The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
Characters and scenes from the Disney film of the same name, on a pack made for Eastern Europe.
Under the terms of the licensing agreement, this pack was made by Piatnik principally for the Hungarian and Czech markets. There are 13 different photographic images of Prince Caspian, Queen Susan, Peter, Aslan and a few other characters, repeated on the same card in each suit, with a fourteenth on the Joker (the Centaur). The numeral cards in each suit have decorated borders top and bottom. See the box►
Above: ‘The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian’ playing cards made by Piatnik, Vienna, Austria, for Piatnik Budapest and Piatnik Praha, c2009. 52 cards + 3 (identical) Jokers + leaflet with text in Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, Bosnian/Croatian, Serbian and Slovenian, in tuck box. Size: 58.5 x 88.5 mm. © Disney/Walden.
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By Roddy Somerville
Member since May 31, 2022
Roddy started collecting stamps on his 8th birthday. In 1977 he joined the newly formed playing-card department at Stanley Gibbons in London before setting up his own business in Edinburgh four years later. His collecting interests include playing cards, postcards, stamps (especially playing cards on stamps) and sugar wrappers. He is a Past President of the Scottish Philatelic Society, a former Chairman of the IPCS, a Past Master of the Worshipful Company of Makers of Playing Cards and Curator of the WCMPC’s collection of playing cards. He lives near Toulouse in France.
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