The Glasgow Pack
Issued to celebrate Glasgow’s reign as European City of Culture in 1990, with city views and works of art.
To celebrate Glasgow’s reign as European City of Culture in 1990, the construction firm MDW commissioned the production of this souvenir pack. The images come from a variety of sources, as acknowledged on the extra card. These include buildings, old views, and works of art found in the city’s many art galleries. On the reverse is the coat of arms of Glasgow – “Let Glasgow Flourish” – first granted in 1866. The design includes Saint Mungo, the patron saint of Glasgow, and three fish – a reference to a story that Mungo was able to retrieve a lost golden ring belonging to Queen Languoreth of Strathclyde from the mouth of a fish fished from the River Clyde • See the tuck box
Above: The Glasgow Pack commissioned by MDW Limited, Glasgow, Scotland, 1990. Printed by Carta Mundi, Turnhout, Belgium. 52 cards + 2 Jokers + 1 extra card in tuck box. Size: 63 x 88 mm. © MDW Limited
A double set was also issued in a drop-lid presentation box . The packs in this set were cello-wrapped but did not have individual tuck boxes.
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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