Romania Souvenir playing cards
High-quality souvenir pack with 53 different views of Romania.
As souvenir packs go, this one has been produced to a high standard, with sharp images in strong colours on decent card stock. Each of the views is named in English. The publisher’s name is given on the Ace of Spades. Featured on the Jokers is a typical Romanian traditional mask. On the back, the word “ROMANIA” appears at the top in the colours of the national flag, with four views in full colour beneath. See the outer sleeve►
Above: Romania Souvenir playing cards published by 2S Design, Bucharest, Romania, c2015. Cards made in Taiwan. 52 cards + 2 Jokers in plastic box with an outer cardboard sleeve. Size: 62 x 88 mm. Purchased in Romania, April 2017.
Judging by the publisher's website, they only sell the one pack, with different boxes or sleeves for each town or region where they are being sold • 2S Design website►
By Roddy Somerville
France • Member since May 31, 2022 • Contact
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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