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Published June 10, 2020 Updated April 14, 2023

Greenpeace Playing Cards

Campaign deck for Greenpeace with drawings of penguins, seals, whales and dolphins.

2018 Greenpeace Nature & Environment recycled Add to Collection

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

Campaign deck for Greenpeace with naive drawings of penguins, seals, whales and dolphins, c.2018 Campaign deck for Greenpeace with naive drawings of penguins, seals, whales and dolphins, c.2018 Campaign deck for Greenpeace with naive drawings of penguins, seals, whales and dolphins, c.2018 Campaign deck for Greenpeace with naive drawings of penguins, seals, whales and dolphins, c.2018 Campaign deck for Greenpeace with naive drawings of penguins, seals, whales and dolphins, c.2018

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.

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By Matt Probert

Member since March 02, 2012

I 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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