Kamarát Toy Cards
Kamarát miniature toy playing cards from Czechoslovakia.
Kamarát Toy Cards
‘Kamarát’ uncut sheet of miniature toy playing cards including the box, from Czechoslovakia, to be cut out, showing vintage cards on the courts.
Above: Kamarát uncut sheet of miniature toy playing cards from Czechoslovakia, Anonymous manufacturer, 1987.
By Simon Wintle
Member since February 01, 1996
View ArticlesCurator and editor of the World of Playing Cards since 1996. He is a former committee member of the IPCS and was graphics editor of The Playing-Card journal for many years. He has lived at various times in Chile, England and Wales and is currently living in Extremadura, Spain. Simon's first limited edition pack of playing cards was a replica of a seventeenth century traditional English pack, which he produced from woodblocks and stencils.
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