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Published November 12, 2020 Updated May 18, 2022

Nature Quartet game published by Staatsbosbeheer, printed by Roem Speelkaarten, Kampen.

1980 Netherlands Roem Speelkaarten Ebel Kuipers Nature & Environment Photography Card Games Quartet

Nature Quartet game designed by Ebel Kuipers, published by ANLS Slochteren & Staatsbosbeheer, printed by Roem Speelkaarten, Kampen.

Staatsbosbeheer manages the green heritage of the Netherlands, 273,000 hectares of nature which is protected, some of which is captured in the photographs on these cards. The project was sponsored by Levende Dorpen (Living Villages). See the information card

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Nature Quartet game designed by Ebel Kuipers and printed by Roem Speelkaarten, c.1980 Nature Quartet game designed by Ebel Kuipers and printed by Roem Speelkaarten, c.1980 Nature Quartet game designed by Ebel Kuipers and printed by Roem Speelkaarten, c.1980 Nature Quartet game designed by Ebel Kuipers and printed by Roem Speelkaarten, c.1980 Nature Quartet game designed by Ebel Kuipers and printed by Roem Speelkaarten, c.1980

Above: Nature Quartet game designed by Ebel Kuipers, Sappemeer, and printed by Roem Speelkaarten, Kampen c.1980.


Further information

https://www.staatsbosbeheer.nl/

https://www.ebelkuipers.nl/

https://www.roem-speelkaarten.nl/

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