Air Marin
Nautically themed watercolours depicting Neptune, mermaids, sailors and various marine objects.
Just six court card designs were used in this pack: two each for the kings, queens and jacks, depicting Neptune, mermaids and sailors, respectively. These have bilingual indices in French and English. The aces and numeral cards are perhaps more interesting, with the pips replaced by marine objects (C), sailor’s knots (H), pennants (S), and lighthouses (D), arranged diagonally. One of each of these symbols also appears in the top right-hand corner of every card in the pack. The border resembles that of an old sea chart. The central design on the reverse is a ship’s wheel.
‘Air Marin’ translates to ‘sea air’ in English. See the box
Above: Air Marin nautically themed playing cards published by Tamdem Editions, Nantes, France, c.2000. Made in France.
Tamdem Editions had a short life. The company started business in 1997 but closed in 2003. According to the extra card , they also published packs on the themes of tennis and golf.
By Roddy Somerville
France • Member since May 31, 2022
Roddy started collecting stamps on his 8th birthday. In 1977 he joined the newly formed playing-card department at Stanley Gibbons in London before setting up his own business in Edinburgh four years later. His collecting interests include playing cards, postcards, stamps (especially playing cards on stamps) and sugar wrappers. He is a Past President of the Scottish Philatelic Society, a former Chairman of the IPCS, a Past Master of the Worshipful Company of Makers of Playing Cards and Curator of the WCMPC’s collection of playing cards. He lives near Toulouse in France.
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