Hungarian Seasons pattern variant
Updated Four Seasons pattern with a distinctively Hungarian feel.
Forget Schiller’s William Tell, the character who traditionally appears in a Hungarian Four Seasons pattern pack. The present version has a 100% Hungarian look and feel. Three of the four Obers depict named characters from Hungarian history, while the fourth is a Hungarian nobleman. Herdsmen and shepherds in different traditional dress can be found on the Unters. There is a falcon present but on the Ober of Acorns rather than on the Ober of Hearts. The figures on the Deuces are less youthful than usual, with the male figures all sporting moustaches. In fact, bushy beards and moustaches are a prominent feature of this pack. The name of the manufacturer appears on the 7 of Bells.
Hungarian Seasons pattern (Magyarkártya) made and distributed by KVIZ ’96 Kft., Eger, Hungary, c.2000. 32 cards in cellophane wrapper. Size: 60 x 100 mm.
The manufacturer’s name means ‘QUIZ’ in English. ’96 probably refers to the year the business was founded, namely 1996. From the label on the cellophane wrapper , I’m guessing that this pack was produced in their early years, as the name (now KVIZ-96), address and telephone numbers are all different from the ones currently found online. KVIZ-96 also makes card games and board games.
Website : Kvíz Játékkártya ►
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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