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Menorca Souvenir by Savir S.A.

Menorca Souvenir by Savir S.A., Barcelona, c.1980.

1980 Spain Savir S.A. Photography Souvenir Add to Collection

Souvenir of Menorca by Savir S.A., Barcelona, c.1980. During the late 1970s and 1980s Savir published a series of tourist souvenir packs, in both French and Spanish-suited versions, for a number of popular resorts including Mallorca, Menorca, Ibiza, Toledo, Costa Blanca, Salou and Madrid.

Menorca Souvenir by Savir S.A., Barcelona, c.1980 Menorca Souvenir by Savir S.A., Barcelona, c.1980

Above: Menorca Souvenir by Savir S.A., Barcelona, c.1980. 52 cards + 2 jokers + Canasta scoring table + Poker scoring table. Images courtesy Matt Probert.

Menorca Souvenir by Savir S.A., Barcelona, c.1980
Menorca Souvenir by Savir S.A., Barcelona, c.1980
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By Matt Probert

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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