Postabank 3
Caricatures of German personalities on a promotional pack for a Hungarian commercial bank.
Postabank was a Hungarian commercial bank which was founded in 1988 and which closed in 2004. It is not clear why a Hungarian bank (with, apparently, a representative in Austria but none in Germany) should have wished to issue a pack of cards with caricatures of German personalities (plus one Romanian, Ion Tiriac [AS], and one Austrian, Arnold Schwarzenegger [JS]). Those caricatured include Helmut Kohl (KS), Franz Beckenbauer (KH), Boris Becker (KC) and Steffi Graf (QS). The court cards are double-ended, and the Aces and Jokers single-ended. All are named. The manufacturer’s logo is on the 2 of Clubs.
Above: Postabank 3 promotional playing cards made by Offset- és Játékkártya Nyomda, Budapest, Hungary, c1991. 2 x 52 cards + 3 (identical) Jokers (+ 1 extra card in one pack only) in double tuck box. Size: 57 x 88 mm. An unknown artist's initials can be found on most of the court cards.
By Roddy Somerville
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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