New Bond

The New Bond

Fabric Finish Playing Cards made by the Universal Playing Card Co. Ltd

Printed with red/yellow/black courts and a range of art-deco back designs, these packs were sold in Woolworths stores during the late 1930s and 1940s. The Contract Bridge Scoring card is dated 31/3/35. The boxes were redesigned in the 1950s as “De Luxe Pictorial Playing Cards” with the “New Bond” brand name retained as a sub-title. The tax wrappers were overprinted with the retailer’s stamp “FW Woolworth & Co Ltd”.

Above: The New Bond Fabric Finish Playing Cards, made by the Universal Playing Card Co. Ltd, 1940s

Above: The New Bond Fabric Finish Playing Cards, made by the Universal Playing Card Co. Ltd and Alf Cooke Ltd.

King Edward VIII Souvenir

Published to mark the accession of the new King in 1936. Edward VIII was King of the United Kingdom from 20 January 1936 until his abdication on 11 December the same year.

Above: King Edward VIII Souvenir, 1936. Images courtesy Matt Probert.