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B & K Skat

Published February 24, 2023 Updated February 24, 2023

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

1971 Germany A.S.S. Henning Loerzer Advertising Skat

Different members of staff of the Munich advertising agency Busskamp & Koch are depicted in amusing poses in black and white photos on the court cards and Aces of this pack. The photos are different at each end of every card. Each person is named along with their job title. The indices are in German. The designer of the pack, Henning Loerzer, shown on the King of Hearts, was also a keen playing-card collector. On the back is the façade of the advertising agency in brown.

B & K Skat designed by Henning Loerzer. Printed by A.S.S., Leinfelden, Germany, 1971 B & K Skat designed by Henning Loerzer. Printed by A.S.S., Leinfelden, Germany, 1971 B & K Skat designed by Henning Loerzer. Printed by A.S.S., Leinfelden, Germany, 1971

Above: B & K Skat designed by Henning Loerzer. Printed by A.S.S., Leinfelden, Germany, 1971. 32 cards in clear plastic box. Size: 59 x 91 mm.

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By Roddy Somerville

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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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