Le Journal de Mickey
Perforated sheet of cards with Disney characters issued with the magazine Le Journal de Mickey.
A regular feature of the French children’s magazine, Le Journal de Mickey, is the inclusion of a sheet (or sheets) of perforated playing cards featuring different Disney characters. The mini cards are accompanied by a press-out box. Mickey, Minnie and Donald are of course included but some of the other names may be less familiar, e.g., Dingo (= Goofy), Pat Hibulaire (= Black Pete), Rapetou (= Beagle Boys), Gontran (= Gladstone Gander), Géo Trouvetou (= Gyro Gearloose). On the reverse is an advertisement for the Disney Channel. The sheet was originally stapled into the magazine.
Above: Le Journal de Mickey freebie playing cards published by Le Journal de Mickey, France, 1999. 32 cards + 2 (identical) Jokers + tuck box to press out of a perforated sheet. Card size: 33 x 47.5 mm. © Disney
By Roddy Somerville
France • Member since May 31, 2022 • Contact
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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