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Pushkin 1999

Pushkin

Pack designed by M. Rydaeva celebrating the 200th anniversary of Alexander Pushkin’s birth.

Queen’s Silver Jubilee 1977 1977

Queen’s Silver Jubilee 1977

Queen’s Silver Jubilee playing cards designed by Susan Rae for John Wadddington Ltd, 1977.

Quinto Centenario del Descubrimiento de América 1992

Quinto Centenario del Descubrimiento de América

Fifth Centenary of the Discovery of America by Heraclio Fournier, 1992.

Renovation 2.000 1958

Renovation 2.000

Renovation 2.000 playing cards with special courts designed by Jean Hoffmann.

Révolution 1789-1989 1989

Révolution 1789-1989

Révolution 1789-1989, celebrating the bicentenary of the French revolution, France, 1989

SCANIA 1891-1991 1991

SCANIA 1891-1991

Centenary playing cards illustrating vintage trucks and buses produced by the Swedish company Scania.

Servicio de Hidrografía Naval 2004

Servicio de Hidrografía Naval

125th anniversary of the Argentine Naval Hydrographic Service, 2004.

Shakespeare 300th Anniversary 1864

Shakespeare 300th Anniversary

Shakespeare 300th Anniversary playing cards designed by John Leighton (1822-1912).

Sixty Penguin Years Playing Cards 1995

Sixty Penguin Years Playing Cards

In celebration of 60 years of publishing Penguin Books Ltd, 1995.

Soroptimist International Scotland South Region 2021

Soroptimist International Scotland South Region

Celebrating 100 years of Soroptimist International, 1921-2021.

South German Engraver 1496

South German Engraver

Conforming to an archaic format of 52 cards with banner 10s, female 'Sotas', horsemen and kings, the pack is of interest on account of a number of other packs with similar characteristics surviving elsewhere, suggesting an archaic variant of the Spanish-suited pack.

Spielkarten für Sammler 1998

Spielkarten für Sammler

Cards on cards in celebration of playing-card collector Franz Braun’s 75th birthday.

Star Wars: a New Hope 2007

Star Wars: a New Hope

‘Star Wars: a New Hope’ playing cards to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the film Star Wars, USA, 2007.

Texas Sesquicentennial 1985

Texas Sesquicentennial

Texas Sesquicentennial commemoration playing cards produced by Alief Products Company in 1985.

The Birth of Motorization 1885-1985 1985

The Birth of Motorization 1885-1985

The Birth of Motorization playing cards designed by Radoslaw Radziejewski

The New Game of Tarot (or Tarock) 1977

The New Game of Tarot (or Tarock)

Regional costumes and alpine flora on a French Tarot game pack marking 600 years of playing cards in Europe.

The Worshipful Company of Makers of Playing Cards

The Worshipful Company of Makers of Playing Cards

The Worshipful Company of Makers of Playing Cards was founded by Royal Charter in 1628.

Tyrolean Playing Cards 1878

Tyrolean Playing Cards

Facsimile of patriotic 1878 Tyrolean playing cards published by Piatnik in 1992.

Vesalius Anatomy Card Game 2014

Vesalius Anatomy Card Game

Celebrating the work of Andreas Vesalius in the quincentenary year of his birth.

Victoria Diamond Jubilee 1897

Victoria Diamond Jubilee

Playing cards commemorating Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee, manufactured by Chas Goodall & Son, 1897.