Penang Souvenir
Souvenir of Penang with a different photograph on every card, manufactured by Yong Guan Heng & Co, Penang, Malaysia.
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Souvenir of Penang with a different photograph on every card, manufactured by Yong Guan Heng & Co, Penang, Malaysia. Penang is a state in Malaysia located on the northwest coast of Peninsular Malaysia by the Strait of Malacca. Unending view of trees, greenery and speakling rivers. Steamers, Chinese junks and merchant ships, bringing in passengers and goods. Buggies, horse carts and rickshaws ferrying the rich madames and towkays... Malays, Chinese and Indians celebrate their festivals the whole year round, making this island come so beautifully and colourfully alive!
Above: Souvenir of Penang with a different photograph on every card, manufactured by Yong Guan Heng & Co, Penang, Malaysia. The four suits are also colour coded. Images courtesy Matt Probert.
By Matt Probert
Member since March 02, 2012
I have adored playing cards since before I was seven years old, and was brought up on packs of Waddington's No 1. As a child I was fascinated by the pictures of the court cards.
Over the next fifty years I was seduced by the artwork in Piatnik's packs and became a collector of playing cards.
Seeking more information about various unidentified packs I discovered the World of Playing Cards website and became an enthusiastic contributor researching and documenting different packs of cards.
I describe my self as a playing card archaeologist, using detective work to identify and date obscure packs of cards discovered in old houses, flea markets and car boot sales.
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