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Playing cards advertising NSW Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service

Historic Art Poster

1998

Two packs of playing cards

1801-1830

Air 2000 playing cards

Portable Count-Rite gaming kit with case and inner container made of phenol formaldehyde

1920-1939

Pack of CWS Snap cards advertising Co-op tea

Playing cards promoting the Me

John Waddington playing cards

Playing cards depicting medical staff wearing PPE and carrying COVID-19 tests

2020

Air 2000 playing cards

Railway Mania Cards, 24 white cards each with a caption refering to some aspect of railways. 2 1/4"x3 3/4".

Railway Mania cards

Pack of playing cards, London Midland & Scottish Railway, made by Universal Playing Card Co Ltd, Crown Point Works, Leeds, red backed with gold lining and lettering "L.M.S. Hotels".

Pack of LMS Hotels playing cards

1923-1948
Playing cards, Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits, boxed pair of packs of cards, published by Wagon Lits with decorative motifs that appeared in marquetry inside Wagon Lits carriages in 1920s.

Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits playing cards

1920-1930
Pack of playing cards, National Railway Museum, complete with box, displaying locomotives from the NRM collection.

Playing cards, National Railway Museum

Pack of playing cards, London Midland & Scottish Railway , pink backs with LMS printed in white, complete, 1930-1948.

London Midland & Scottish Railway playing cards

1930-1948
Pack of playing cards, London & North Eastern Railway, in leather wallet, depicting Cruden Bay (Aberdeenshire).

London & North Eastern Railway playing cards - Cruden Bay

Playing cards, London & North Eastern Railway, pack of playing cards depicting Forth Bridge, black on green and yellow background, by John Waddington. Cards in original case, white with blue writing. Full set. Overall (box): 92 mm x 63 mm x 17 mm.

London & North Eastern Railway playing cards - Forth Bridge

Pack of playing cards, London & North Eastern Railway, "Beautiful Britain" series, Bamburgh Castle, monochrome, 1930-1940.

London & North Eastern Railway playing cards - Bamburgh Castle

1930-1940
Playing cards, London & North Eastern Railway, incomplete, with view of the Trossachs on back of each card, pasteboard, English, 1927-1940.

London & North Eastern Railway playing cards - Trossachs

1927-1940
Playing cards, London & North Eastern Railway, incomplete pack, depicting "Fort William" on reverse.

London & North Eastern Railway playing cards - Fort William

Proof copies of playing card reverses with various wordings including British Transport Hotels and The Hotels Executive

playing cards

1950-1959
Circular playing cards, full 4 suites, Dome Greenwich London. Back of each card has design in black on silver of Dome roof cable net structure, from an architectural drawing [Mike Davies?]. Copyright RRP. Ace of spades design includes Redward London England. [1999]. In box with drawing and side elevation of Millennium Dome. Cards diameter 7cm. Millennium Experience official product

Dome

1999
Pack of playing cards, London & North Eastern Railway, by John Waddington Ltd., Leeds & London depicting York Minster on reverse.

London & North Eastern Railway playing cards - York Minster

Pack of playing cards, Japanese Railways, unopened, depicting Japanese high-speed train on reverse.

Japanese Railways playing cards - high speed train

Playing cards, Great Western Railway, 'For Speed Comfort & Courtesy' 'Go Great Western'. Pictures of Oddicombe, Torquay and Land's End on back. Full set. Cards stamped Joseph May & Sons Ltd. Overall (box): 95 mm x 63 mm x 18 mm.

Go Great Western playing cards - Oddicombe and Land's End

Playing cards, card with plastic wrapping, box of two packs of promotional British Rail Railfreight Speedlink playing cards. Both packs are still wrapped. The backs feature an outline drawing of a Class 47 locomotive hauling covered wagons, with the double arrow logo and the legends 'Railfreight Speedlink' and 'The fast growing name in freight.'

Railfreight Speedlink playing cards

1980s
Pack of playing cards, boxed, London & North Eastern Railway, `Beautiful Britain' series, `Whitby' variant, 1925-1940.

London & North Eastern Railway playing cards - Whitby

1925-1940
Pack of playing cards, London & North Eastern Railway, depicting Hungerford Bridge, London on the back.

London & North Eastern Railway playing cards - Hungerford Bridge, London

Playing cards, London & North Eastern Railway, depicting Royal Deeside, by John Waddington, Leeds & London.

London & North Eastern Railway playing cards - Royal Deeside

Pack of playing cards, London & North Eastern Railway, `Beautiful Britain' series, `technicolour' variant, Clacton type, 1925-1940.

London & North Eastern Railway playing cards - Clacton

1925-1940
Pack of playing cards, London & North Eastern Railway, Waddington's "Beautiful Britain" cards, depicting Richmond, Yorkshire.

London & North Eastern Railway playing cards - Richmond, Yorkshire

1925-1930
Playing cards, London & North Eastern Railway, 2 packs, Waddington's 'Beautiful Britain' series, incomplete, York and Houses of Parliament.

LNER 'Beautiful Britain' playing cards