Adelaide Casino
Adelaide Casino by Spicers Paper Ltd, 1987.
Adelaide Casino playing cards by Spicers Paper Ltd, 1987, with non-standard colours for the suit symbols. The cards have been cancelled, in line with “strict State gaming law” as it says on the Box►
Operating from locations across Australia, New Zealand and Asia, Spicers supply quality print products and machinery. Spicers Paper Limited was sold to Nippon Paper Industries in 2009.
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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