Natuurkwartet
Nature Quartet game published by Staatsbosbeheer, printed by Roem Speelkaarten, Kampen.
Nature Quartet game designed by Ebel Kuipers, published by ANLS Slochteren & Staatsbosbeheer, printed by Roem Speelkaarten, Kampen.
Staatsbosbeheer manages the green heritage of the Netherlands, 273,000 hectares of nature which is protected, some of which is captured in the photographs on these cards. The project was sponsored by Levende Dorpen (Living Villages). See the information card►
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Above: Nature Quartet game designed by Ebel Kuipers, Sappemeer, and printed by Roem Speelkaarten, Kampen c.1980.
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By Simon Wintle
Member since February 01, 1996
Founder and editor of the World of Playing Cards since 1996. He is a former committee member of the IPCS and was graphics editor of The Playing-Card journal for many years. He has lived at various times in Chile, England and Wales and is currently living in Extremadura, Spain. Simon's first limited edition pack of playing cards was a replica of a seventeenth century traditional English pack, which he produced from woodblocks and stencils.
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