Star Wars Episode 1
“STAR WARS Episode 1” playing cards printed by U.S. Playing Card Co., c.1999
Star Wars Episode 1
Details from uncut sheet of “STAR WARS Episode 1” playing cards printed by U.S. Playing Card Co., c.1999.
The reverse
Above: details from front and back of uncut sheet of “STAR WARS Episode 1” playing cards printed by U.S. Playing Card Co., c.1999.
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Above: details from uncut sheet of “STAR WARS Episode 1” playing cards printed by U.S. Playing Card Co., c.1999.
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.
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