Orient-Express Playing Cards
Orient Express playing cards evoking a bygone era of chauffeurs, monocles and exoticism. Manufactured by Waddingtons, c.1990.
“Orient Express” playing cards by Waddingtons, c.1990
Art Deco style “Orient Express” playing cards with special courts evoking a bygone era of chauffeurs, monocles and exoticism. Manufactured by Waddingtons, c.1990


Above: “Orient Express” playing cards by Waddingtons, c.1990. 52 cards + 2 Jokers + blank card.

By Simon Wintle
Member since February 01, 1996
View ArticlesCurator and editor of the World of Playing Cards since 1996. He is a former committee member of the IPCS and was graphics editor of The Playing-Card journal for many years. He has lived at various times in Chile, England and Wales and is currently living in Extremadura, Spain. Simon's first limited edition pack of playing cards was a replica of a seventeenth century traditional English pack, which he produced from woodblocks and stencils.