EXAMPLES OF THE
DIFFERENT FACTORY MARKINGS AND VARIATIONS
in FORTUNA decks
(in decks with a set of castle aces the SN name is always printed in full on each ace)
A Fortuna deck, published by the Royal Dutch Lloyd, with only the name as above on all courts in the diamond suit. Comes with a set of Dutch cities aces and factory joker #3 with horseshoes. |
A Fortuna deck, published by the N.S.M. (Steamship Company Netherland), with the name on all courts in the diamond suit and company logo #2 on the king of hearts. Special aces with different ports on N.S.M. routes. Not shown is the ape joker with horseshoes, which accompanies this and the following deck. |
Also published by the N.S.M. with the same set of aces, here with company logo #3. The company name is printed on all the courts in the diamond suit, but there's a number printed twice on the jack of hearts. Still a mystery, could be an encrypted date (8 1925) or a deck number or....... |
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Again a number, but a different one, on the jack of hearts. Logo # 3 on the king of diamonds, company name on all courts in the diamond suit. |
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