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28: How to Analyze and Differentiate Playing Card Plates (De La Rue, Waddington and the Berlin pattern [französisches Bild])

28: How to Analyze and Differentiate Playing Card Plates (De La Rue, Waddington and the Berlin pattern [französisches Bild])

My interest in postage stamp variants led me to apply the same principles to playing cards.

Art Nouveau 1987

Art Nouveau

Elegant gold-printed playing cards in Jugendstil style designed by Otto Benz for Renault, 1987

Asterix Abenteuer 1989

Asterix Abenteuer

Asterix Adventure quartet game by ASS, 1989.

B & K Skat 1971

B & K Skat

Publicity pack designed by Henning Loerzer for Busskamp & Koch, an advertising agency in Munich.

Bahlsen Skat 1995

Bahlsen Skat

Publicity pack for a German food company, featuring some of their products.

Baronesse Whist No.160 1900

Baronesse Whist No.160

After the Second World War, the deck continued to be produced ​​both by the VEB Altenburger Spielkartenfabrik as “Rokoko” and by ASS-Spielkartenfabrik, Leinfelden-Echterdingen as “Baronesse”.

BEB playing cards 1977

BEB playing cards

Multicoloured publicity pack for a gas production and transport company.

Bosco by A.S.S. for the Estanco de Naipes del Peru

Bosco by A.S.S. for the Estanco de Naipes del Peru

‘Bosco’ Playing Cards manufactured by A.S.S. for the Estanco de Naipes del Peru, 1930s.

Bourgeois Tarot

Bourgeois Tarot

Bourgeois Tarot by Vereinigte Altenburger und Stralsunder Spielkarten-Fabriken.

C.L. Wüst English pattern comparison 1900

C.L. Wüst English pattern comparison

A review of the Ace of spades, court card, backs and joker of English pattern playing cards by Wüst from my collection.

C.L. Wüst, 1811 - 1927 1811

C.L. Wüst, 1811 - 1927

SPIELKARTENFABRIEK VON C.L. WÜST, 1811 - 1927. A short history of the Wüst factory by Martin Shaw & Paul Symons.

Capilettor 1978

Capilettor

Capilettor cartoon playing cards published by ASS, Leinfelden, 1978.

Christmas 1980 playing cards 1980

Christmas 1980 playing cards

Festive courts on a Waddingtons pack designed to celebrate Christmas 1980.

Dondorf related ephemera 1930

Dondorf related ephemera

A few items used for advertising or displaying Dondorf playing card products.

Einhorn 1986

Einhorn

‘Einhorn’ designed by Richard König, c.1986.

Geprüfte Sicherheit 1978

Geprüfte Sicherheit

Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Accident Research, 1978

German Saxon Pattern 1832

German Saxon Pattern

The German Saxon Pattern or “Schwerdter Karte”.

Gorleben soll leben! 1979

Gorleben soll leben!

Skat deck produced by opponents of atomic energy and the dumping of radioactive waste.

Hansaplast<sup>®</sup> 1993

Hansaplast®

Advertising pack for Hansaplast, with comic courts sporting sticking plasters.

Hunter’s Bridge 1976

Hunter’s Bridge

“Hunter’s Bridge” playing cards by ASS depicting animals and associated symbols of hunting, c.1976.