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A matchbox cover |
Belgium, 1950's, for Semois tobacco brand. |
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Two advertising coasters for beer. |
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on the left: 1980's above: ca. 1950.
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A sugar pouch from Belgium |
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Cigar-bands are a popular collectible in Holland. They come in series from 32 to 52. On the left is one from a series that presents a complete 32 cards deck of the "Cartes Comiques" by Dondorf. But other series show the Dutch pattern or 36 different jokers. We were amazed by the number of different series that we found........21 ! |
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Agatha Heeren is (or was) a collector of ex-libris designs and also interested in playing cards. She has commissioned several artists to design an ex-libris with a playing card theme. This one was done by Dafinel Duinea from Rumania in 1985. |
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Napkins with playing card themes can be found easily. Just step into any Bridge shop anywhere and they'll probably have some. They often have cards with the international pattern on them, but here's one with a fantasy pattern. |
1980's.
