Disney playing cards (Waddingtons)
Four of the stock Disney characters on a pack from Waddingtons.
The tuck box of this pack displays all four of the Disney characters one will find inside but without actually giving a title to the pack! The word “Disney” appears elsewhere. Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse and Donald Duck feature on the Kings, Queens and Jacks, respectively, while Pluto can be found on the Aces and Jokers. Cards Ace to 10 all have a pale blue and white background composed of Mickey Mouse heads and multiple small suit-signs. The box has a tab allowing the pack to be hung on a display rack. See the box►
Above: Disney playing cards printed in G.B. and published by Waddingtons, Leeds, 1993. 52 cards + 2 (identical) Jokers + 1 spare card in tuck box. Size: 57 x 88 mm. © Disney © 1993 Waddingtons Games Ltd. The back of the box merely reproduces the back design.
By Roddy Somerville
France • Member since May 31, 2022 • Contact
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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