Playing Cards: Deal 'Em Up!

Cinderellas / Stamps / Revenues.
De La Rue started his career in printing of these,
let's have a look at members examples?

Victorian: excellent use of the "Rose Engine"
nothing else known.



Belgium trumped us with this nice design:



and Canada Taxed us for the enjoyment:

Japan chipped in and taxed enjoyment:
with "Windmill and spade" cancelation,
Japanese playing cards are called "Torampu" from the English "Trump"
(from the book of useless information by Tony Mac)

I have never seen the Victorian Playing Card Stamp Before! Outstanding!
Were they all cut to shape?

Howdy Eric,
I have shown this around everywhere, nobody knows (yet) anything about it.
On reasonably firm, yet thin card.
Not stamp paper from memory, I have it in a stock book somewhere but cannot find the physical example.
The "Rose Engine" work would idemnify it against anything slap dash, I would hazard a guess early De La Rue.

Ooops, sorry,
I meant to add, I suspect (guess) it is cut from a rectangular
label similar to a small cigar label or excise label, that would accompany all new unopened packs.
3d seems expensive for one pack though?

Eureka! Rod, I found it. De La Rue used 1862-1875 possibly later need the complete wrapper to know for sure.

Now you can say "I owe you one." If you want, to I don't want to be pushy

That's unbelievable Eric!
I have looked for so long.
And the entire is stunningly beautiful, I can't wipe the smile from my face.
Well done you!

This will go down as one of the best days in my collecting history.


I'm off to have another look...........

...after opening the tab was to be destroyed.
How the hell did this survive?
but I am glad it did.

Glad I could make your day!! Or, is night "Down Under". What ever it is. It made me smile to know I could help. Now I just need to try to find one myself. It's a nice looking wrapper!

Oh, I forgot, the Canadian was issued in 1947. If you didn't know that already.

Finding another! ?
I would have thought that impossible.

1947 Revenue-thanks.

The 20 pound playing card fine in 1862 and its relative worth today

Current data is only available till 2008. In 2008, £20 0s 0d from 1862 was worth:

£1,403.74 using the retail price index
£1,964.05 using the GDP deflator
£12,834.40 using the average earnings
£15,992.20 using the per capita GDP
£33,543.37 using the share of GDP

You know if you're a stamp collector, if............

You toss out the nudes, and shuffle these for the boys.

US pre cancelled playing card rev:

Bridge Olympiad.