Singapore Airlines

Published April 02, 2016 Updated July 02, 2022

Singapore Airlines A330 flying experience souvenir playing cards

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A nice deck of cards given to passengers by Singapore Airlines, produced to promote the A330 flying experience. The pattern is clearly a non-standard one, with symbols of airport signage in the background and hints of the traditional english pattern: the King of Hearts is depicted with a sword behind his head.

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Above: Singapore Airlines A330 souvenir playing cards. The deck is of 56 cards: 52 cards with 4 identical jokers and normal pip cards but it bears no reference or clue to the maker. Images courtesy Matt Probert.

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By Matt Probert

United Kingdom • Member since March 02, 2012

I have adored playing cards since before I was seven years old, and was brought up on packs of Waddington's No 1. As a child I was fascinated by the pictures of the court cards.

Over the next fifty years I was seduced by the artwork in Piatnik's packs and became a collector of playing cards.

Seeking more information about various unidentified packs I discovered the World of Playing Cards website and became an enthusiastic contributor researching and documenting different packs of cards.

I describe my self as a playing card archaeologist, using detective work to identify and date obscure packs of cards discovered in old houses, flea markets and car boot sales.

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