Lion Brand No.1492 : Jet Fuel
Advertising deck for "Jet" fuels, and "Lion Brand" No.1429 manufactured in Belgium by Biermans, 1960s.

Lion Brand No.1492 : Jet Fuels
Advertising for Jet Fuels manufactured in Belgium by Biermans, 1960s; also “Lion Brand 1492” standard English pattern. The Lion (left) was one of Biermans’ many trade marks. In 1970 the firm was merged into Carta Mundi.


Above: “Lion Brand 1492” standard English pattern manufactured by Biermans; also advertising version for Jet Fuels, 1960s. All images courtesy Matt Probert.

Above: dual-deck English pattern produced for "Freightliners Ltd" around 1969. Each deck has two identical jokers and a bridge score card. Nice Uranium-orange PVC case!►


Above: standard English pattern for Omo in an early Carta Mundi box, c.1969-70. 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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