90 Minutes Playing Cards

Published October 05, 2016 Updated December 18, 2024

90 Minutes Playing Cards by IPC Magazines 1993.

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90 Minutes Playing Cards by IPC Magazines issued cello-wrapped, one suit at a time, with four issues of the weekly football magazine "90 Minutes" sometime in 1993.

90 Minutes Playing Cards by IPC Magazines 1993 90 Minutes Playing Cards by IPC Magazines 1993

Above: 90 Minutes Playing Cards by IPC Magazines 1993. 52 cards + 2 jokers.

90 Minutes Playing Cards by IPC Magazines 1993

Note from Roddy Somerville

Cards were supplied cello-wrapped, one suit at a time, within four issues of the magazine "90 Minutes". I still have the cello wrapping! Note how similar in style these cards are to the New Musical Express pack from the same stable (IPC Magazines). - RS.

90 Minutes Playing Cards by IPC Magazines 1993

Above: image courtesy Roddy Somerville.

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