Queen of Hearts card game
Alice in Wonderland card game featuring Disney characters on king-size cards.
Walt Disney’s animated film version of Alice in Wonderland dates from as long ago as 1951. Five of the characters from it are depicted on the cards in this unusual set from 1975 which comprises 36 cards: Ace to 9 in all the suits except hearts where the 9 has been replaced by the Queen of Hearts. Other than the QH, the cards feature Alice (D), White Rabbit (H), Mad Hatter (C) and March Hare (S). The cards are an unusual size and shape, being about twice normal size and with a rounded top just below which is a large suit-sign with a funny face. Before play begins, the cards have to be pressed out of a large sheet. The instructions for playing two special card games for children aged 6 to 12 are included. • See the box
Above: King size Queen of Hearts card game published by EDU-CARDS, a Division of Binney & Smith, Easton, PA, USA, 1975. Made and printed in USA. 36 cards + instructions in drop-lid box. Size: 81 x 135 mm approx. © 1975 EDU-CARDS A Division of Binney & Smith. © Walt Disney Productions
By Roddy Somerville
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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