Official England Rugby Playing Cards
Pack celebrating the rugby world champions of 2003. Produced by MMcardz.
This limited edition pack features celebration photos of the rugby world champions 2003 ….. on the reverse!! Every single card face (including the Jokers) features the English rose logo of England Rugby. However, the 54 backs feature just four colour photographs repeated over and over. A further two different photographs are on the backs of the two extra cards. Thus there is a total of six photographs. In a sense this is a marked pack but then again, as only four different photos are used in the actual pack, it would be extremely difficult to memorise all the cards corresponding to a particular photo! A curiosity indeed! See the box►
Above: the 54 card faces feature the English rose logo of England Rugby along with the normal suit symbols and indices, plus an extra information card.
Above: the backs of the cards celebrating the rugby world champions of 2003. Produced by MMcardz, 52 cards + 2 Jokers + 2 extra cards in tuck box. Poker size.
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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