John Waddington Ltd

100 Pipers
100 Pipers Scotch Whisky promotional deck, Waddingtons P.C.Co., c.1973. Includes a Tarot pack offer.

14: Back Designs
A few examples of the many interesting back designs.

17: Waddington, Including Some of Their Less Common Packs
John Berry's two-volume work on the Waddington archive and collection is a very comprehensive presentation of the history of the firm, but there are some items missing from it which I include here.
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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.

41: A Guide to Dating Playing Cards
Dating is a particularly tricky but very interesting problem to tackle and there are many pitfalls.

7: Brands and Packs
The introduction of brands commenced during the late 19th century as a development of the old qualities: Moguls, Harrys, Highlanders and Merry Andrews.

A Barribal variant for Christmas
Christmas gift with a difference, made by Waddington’s, Leeds, 1931.

Amalgamated Playing Card Co., Ltd
Agreement had been reached between Waddington's and De La Rue during the second world war for Waddington's to manufacture playing cards for De la Rue. Thus the Amalgamated Playing Card Company was born but it remained an unofficial name for many years.

Artex No.111
No.111 by Artex is a copy of Waddingtons standard designs, c1962.

Barribal patience
Waddington’s Patience Cards from the Barribal Series, c.1929.

Barribal Series
William H. Barribal (1873 - 1956) was a London artist who created the Waddingtons 'Barribal' playing cards series, which are avidly collected today.

Beautiful Britain Series
The ‘Beautiful Britain’ series depicting seaside and country resorts was produced by John Waddington Ltd for the Great Western Railway and London and North Eastern Railway between 1924-1939.

Beaver!
The Game of Beaver designed by G E Studdy and published by John Waddington Ltd in 1927.

Bobs y’r Uncle
“Bobs y'r Uncle” nursery rhyme card game designed by Frank H. Simpson for John Waddington Ltd. in 1935.

Cheers & Tears
Cheers & Tears by John Waddington Ltd, 1963.

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

Cir-Q-Lar
Cir-Q-Lar Playing Cards. In 1929 John Waddington Ltd commenced the production of circular cards and these were very popular.

Collectors pack of Antiques
Collectors pack of Antiques playing cards published by Collectors Cards, Abertillery, South Wales, c.1980.

Commemorative Olympic Playing Cards
Commemorative Olympic Playing Cards produced by Waddingtons exclusively for Stanley Gibbons Antiquarian, 1980.

Crown the Queen
Crown the Queen card game invented by Elaine Burton, c.1953.