Romanian playing cards by Alf Cooke
Romanian playing cards, manufactured and exported by the Universal Playing Card Co., Leeds, in the 1930s.
Romanian playing cards by Alf Cooke, 1930s
Universal Playing Card Co produced a variety of elegant non-standard packs for export to Scandinavian countries and this one for Romania during the 1930s.


Above: 'Romanian' playing cards, manufactured and exported by the Universal Playing Card Co., Leeds, in the 1930s. French indices R, D, V on the courts and '1' on the aces.

By Simon Wintle
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