Greenpeace
Campaign deck for Greenpeace with drawings of penguins, seals, whales and dolphins.
Campaign deck for Greenpeace with naive drawings of penguins, seals, whales and dolphins, helping to protect the natural world. The pip cards produce a continuous image when placed side-to-side. See the Box►
Above: campaign deck for Greenpeace with naive drawings of penguins, seals, whales and dolphins, c.2018. 52 cards + 2 jokers + extra card in box. Printed on recycled board.
By Matt Probert
Member since March 02, 2012
View ArticlesI have adored playing cards since before I was seven years old, and was brought up on packs of Waddington's No 1. As a child I was fascinated by the pictures of the court cards.
Over the next fifty years I was seduced by the artwork in Piatnik's packs and became a collector of playing cards.
Seeking more information about various unidentified packs I discovered the World of Playing Cards website and became an enthusiastic contributor researching and documenting different packs of cards.
I describe my self as a playing card archaeologist, using detective work to identify and date obscure packs of cards discovered in old houses, flea markets and car boot sales.
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