Glas-Skat
Comic designs by Arne Leihberg promoting the recycling of waste glass.
Contrary to what we may sometimes imagine, the recycling of waste material has been going on for decades. In this instance, the waste material is glass. The German illustrator and caricaturist Arne Leihberg (1934-1999) created this pack for an information centre funded by the German glass industry (IZG) promoting – amongst other things – recycling. The caricature-style courts carry messages in German across the centre of each card about the re-use or recycling of glass. Further messages are conveyed on the aces, each of which depicts a large glass jar, bottle or decanter. The manufacturer’s name can be found on the 7 of Diamonds. On the reverse is the slogan ‘Altglas ist Rohstoff’, which means ‘Waste glass is a raw material’.
Glas-Skat illustrated by Arne Leihberg and made by A.S.S. AG, Leinfelden, Germany, c.1975. 32 cards + 1 title card in clear plastic box. Size: 59 x 91 mm.
I have several of these packs available for sale.
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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