The Saab 900 Convertible playing cards
A flicker pack with different backs, advertising the Saab 900 Convertible motor car.
The interest in this pack is not in the (standard international) faces but rather in the backs. For maximum effect, the cards need to be in a particular order, as listed on the back of one of the Jokers. The backs of all the cards in the pack can then be flicked to reveal all the stages in the conversion of the Saab 900 into a cabriolet (convertible). It’s a nifty piece of advertising, even if of little use as a serious pack of cards. The Saab name and logo naturally appear on every card back. Some of the backs are shown here to indicate a few of the stages in the conversion. See the box►
Above: The Saab 900 Convertible playing cards made by Carta Mundi, Turnhout, Belgium, for Saab-Scania, c1990. 52 cards + 3 Jokers in tuck box. Size: 63 x 88 mm.
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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