Mr. Men™
Mr. Men™ & Little Miss™ playing cards by Roger Hargreaves
Mr. Men™ & Little Miss™
In 2011 Marks and Spencer released a commemorative deck of cards celebrating 40 years of the ‘Mr Men and Little Miss’ characters by Roger Hargreaves. The cards, made in China, come in a tin and feature different characters on the aces, courts and jokers. Pip Cards were left plain (though funky).
Above: Mr. Men™ and Little Miss™ playing cards published by Marks & Spencer, 2011.
Mr. Men is a series of 49 children’s books by British author Roger Hargreaves commencing in 1971 more →
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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