1925 c. BOVRIL De La Rue (London) 52 cards – 62x89 mm.

Advertising for Bovril on the Aces and on back. Thomas de la Rue is known as ‘the father of the English playing card’. An excellent deck in almost unused condition. € 45

1929 CARDS AND DOMINOES Carreras (London) 26 not separated cards, each with 2 playing cards and two Domino Cards.

Miniature playing cards with domino cards could be found inside packets of Carreras cigarettes. Cards in excellent condition. € 40

Braun 643

1930 c. NO-REVOKE Arpak Playing Card (Liverpool) 52 cards + 1 joker – 61x89 mm.

This was one of a number of fairly short lived experiments in the UK and US with non-standard suit colours. Cards lightly used, otherwise good. € 45

Braun 1069 - Fournier 406

1953 SIMPSONS OF PICADILLY De La Rue (London) 52 cards + 2 jokers + 1 extra card – 58x89 mm.

Designed by Andre Francois. Almost Mint. € 50

Braun 466 – Braun 1484

1957 150 YEARS OF THE FIRM THOMAS DE LA RUE De La Rue (London) 52 cards + 2 jokers + 1 extra card – 59x90 mm.

Designed by Jean Picart le Doux. Mint. € 50

Braun 534 – Fournier 470

1979 OLYMPIC Waddington (Leeds & London) for Stanley Gibbons Antiquarian (London) 52 cards + 2 jokers + 1 extra card – 57x88 mm.

Each card has an illustration of an event and the 1976 winner from the Montreal Olympic Games. Limited Edition of 8.000 decks. Mint. € 35

1980 Christmas 1980 Waddington (London) 52 cards + 2 Jokers - 57 x 89 mm.

Mint. € 20

1981 LA TRAVIATA Carta Mundi (Turnhout) for the Alfred Dunhill, Ltd. (London) 52 cards + 2 jokers + 1 extra card – 63x88 mm.

Designed by Erté. Limited Edition of 5.000 decks. The courts show figures from Verdi's opera La Traviata. Verdi is depicted on one of the jokers. The pips also have a different small illustration by Erté. Mint. € 65

Fournier II 535 – Samjac 221

1982 Pickwick Navarre Society (London) 52 cards + 1 Joker + 1 title card + a different ace of spades – 58 x 89 mm.

Designed by Kyd’ (Joseph Clayton Clarke). A series of fifty-five original designs (including frontispiece, back and Joker) for a Pickwick pack of playing cards, in which are introduced all the principal & many of the minor characters figuring in the great humorous classic. Mint deck. € 50