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De La Rue Part Two

995 De La Rue for Wills’ scheme GD12, AS: 3. Early version of smaller courts with dots on KC’s nose. Plus another pack with worn plates and no dots on nose. c.1933

1000 De La Rue bézique x2 D4.1, AS: 1. Variant plates on some courts. *K/7H, AC from one pack. c.1870

1014 De La Rue D5 in red and black only, Fourth Quality AS. c.1870

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1015 De La Rue D6 with plain faces. Prussian tax stamp on AH. Jones back? c.1871

1017/1018 De La Rue D4.1 x2, AS: 1. In wooden box, Jones backs (166 & 169). c.1865

1019 De La Rue GD9, two different types of Q-index (Q4 & Q2). Advert for Clubland White Port, c.1935

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1020 GDW12, AS: 2 c.1956 1028 De La Rue patience W2, AS1 x2 c.1948

1039 De La Rue Society GDW12, KC has white by sword. AS: 2 c.1950 See 102 (Goodall).

1051 De La Rue for Samuel Jones (Butterfly brand), GD10 two different Q-indices (Q2 & Q3). c.1935

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1054 De La Rue for Youma bread GD10, Q-index 2. Plus three others with different backs: Persian hunt (32 cards); Art Deco back (a gift from one of my aunts); for Kendal Milne (Manchester department store). c.1932

1074 De La Rue for King’s Guard cigarettes GD9, Q-index 5. Goodall tax wrapper. c.1937

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1075 De La Rue/Goodall Crown GD10, Q-index 1, Goodall AS6. Early version of box design, c.1935. See also Goodall 1075 for an equivalent pack for Rufford.

1077 De La Rue D6, KS slender connected curlicues, JD long design on hat. Round corners, no indices, Jones back? In end-opening wooden box with inlaid mother-of-pearl cards on lid, c.1880. Plus odd courts, JD short design, lacquer backs, slightly smaller dimensions. One card made into conjuring card.

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1078 De La Rue Dexter Harrys for Reid Bros., D9 with coloured faces, two indices. Tax wrapper, c.1925

1081 De La Rue GD10, Q-index 3. 8C upside-down. Deco backs, box advert for Player’s. c.1935

1095 De La Rue patience x2, W2, AS: 1 smaller than 1028. c.1955

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1099 De La Rue D5 with D4.1 QC & QD. Jones back c.1868

1100 De La Rue D4.1, AS: 1. All clubs upside-down, Jones back (171), c.1865

1101 De La Rue D5, AS: 1. All suits other than clubs upside-down; back design upside-down to AS, Jones back (207). c.1870

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1102 De La Rue D4.1, plain faces. Several pip cards upside-down, inked-in indices (probably Victorian). c.1865

1119 De La Rue/Goodall Racer GD9, AS: Goodall 6, Q-index 4. 8H upside-down. c.1933

1189 De La Rue Society for Harrods GDW12, QC mouth difference, upside-down 8H, AS: 2. c.1946

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1205 De La Rue Pneumatic double bridge set GD10. One pack has Q-index 2 and 1932-35 bridge score, the other Q-index 3 and 1935 bridge score. Silver and gold edges.

1259 De La Rue GD9, two queens have Q-index 2, the other Q-index 3. Plain blue backs, gold edges. c,1930

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1260 De La Rue bézique set GDW12, AS; 2, QC mouth, 8H upside-down. One pack has four indices, an early use on bridge-size cards. It’s very difficult to date this particular print run with QC and 8H markers: they appear in the WCMPC packs for 1944 & 1945, but seem to have been in use before the War and just after. c.1945?

1286 De La Rue for Callender Cables GD9, late use of large AS1, c.1937

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1287 De La Rue Culbertson’s bridge system, small G5, De La Rue joker. 1932-35 bridge score in accompanying booklet.

1288 De La Rue for the Wills’ scheme GD11, AS: 1. 1932-35 bridge score card.

1289 De La Rue 5-suit bridge, GDW12 (QC/8H) pale as 553 c.1935

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1290 De La Rue 32 cards D6 plain faces, index type 1. Plus extra QS with only three spades by her sceptre (illustrated). c.1880

1302 De La Rue Windmill Pneumatic D9 plain faces, 8S upside-down. *5S, 10C. c.1925

1348 De La Rue D4.1, plate differences, Export Frizzle. Jones back. c.1855

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1349 De La Rue for Queen Victoria’s Golden Jubilee D6, index type 1, gold edges 1887

1350 De La Rue Tarbert patience D6 with grey instead of blue. Doily design on AS only. Pneumatic finish. c.1910

1359 De La Rue GDW12, AS: 4, coloured jokers, De La Rue numerals. c.1958 In opened tax wrapper W4, which suggests use of an older design for the period shortly before the end of the tax.

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1361 De La Rue/Empire D6, AS: 3 + Empire, round corners, no indices c.1888

1388 De La Rue bézique D6.1 with very red faces, inked-in fortunes. c.1900

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1426 De La Rue D6.1 with very unusual indices, in an ordinary box, c.1905

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1427 De La Rue D2, darker brown colour, Old Frizzle. Gold edges, c.1835

1428 De La Rue D3 with royal coats of arms, Old Frizzle. All pips upside-down except spades. c.1845

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1429 De La Rue D3, Old Frizzle. Several pips and six courts upside-down. Jones back. c.1850

1501 D6, AS: 3. All cards upside-down to backs (not Jones). c.1880?

1502 D6, AS: 3, round corners, index type 1. Inked fortunes on pips. c.1885

1525 De La Rue D6, round corners, no indices, as 446 but smaller cards. c.1885

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1526 De La Rue advert x2, GD10, Q-index 1, four special aces. One in Goodall tax wrapper, the other in a De La Rue one. 1935 bridge score. c.1935

1536 De La Rue/Empire D6, index 2, thick card. c.1890

1537 De La Rue D6.1, AS: 1. As 380 but on thick card. c.1890

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1550 De La Rue D5 for Prince of Wales’ wedding. Jones back (158). c.1865

1561 De La Rue Pigmy as 246, but with round corners, two packs. c.1900

1601 De La Rue D3, AS: 1. Jones back: Prince of Wales without initials. Plus sample card from a similar pack. Late use of D3, c.1865

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1603 De La Rue D4.1, 32 cards. Jones back. c.1865

1619 De La Rue D4, Old Frizzle. All pips upside-down except spades. c.1855

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1624 De La Rue Pneumatic D9 bridge-size, pierette back. Plus Reflex Flaxette finish with early use of back design used later in Crown packs. c.1922 Note what are described as “giant indexes”!

1659 De La Rue D4, Old Frizzle. Royal arms backs, c.1855

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1660 De La Rue D4.1, variant courts make-up, Old Frizzle. Back unlikely to be Jones, as there are small figures incorporated into it. c.1855

1661 De La Rue bézique D6 plain faces, AS: 3 c.1880

1662 De La Rue bézique D6, JD close black lines by pike, AS: 1. *9D c.1880

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1663 De La Rue bézique set, matching backs (red & blue), D6 plain faces. One pack with index type 1, the other type 2. c.1890

1698 De La Rue/Empire D6.1. Thick card c.1900

1699 De La Rue Crown GDW12, AS: 2.2, Waddington number cards, black Goodall jokers, old-style box. c.1952

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1717 De La Rue bézique D5 plain faces, pip shape 2. c.1870

1725 De La Rue royal arms back, mixed D2 & D4. 45/52 *5S, 9/7/6H, K/8/6C. Note claiming the cards were played with by the royal family and French guests, but found in a grace and favour apartment. 1840-55

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1745 De La Rue D6.1, index type 2 with slightly larger corner pips than usual. c.1900

1746 De La Rue D3, Old Frizzle. Backs do not look like Jones’s work, but may be. Plus contemporary sample, last three by Jones. c.1855

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1747 De La Rue bézique set D6 x2, KS disjointed curlicues, QD curlicues: one SZ, the other SS (normal orientation is ZS). Jones back c.1870

1786 De La Rue D5, plain faces, pip shape 3. Jones back c.1872

1788 De La Rue magic cards GDW12, QD two white flower centres, AS: 3 c.1963

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1793 De La Rue Pneumatic B, Q-index 2. Redesigned slide-in box. Plus the same for George V’s household, gold edges, padded top-opening box. c.1930

1794 De La Rue bézique D6 plain faces, double-ended pips. c.1875

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1795 De La Rue Thin Super Harrys for W H Smith D6.1, index type 3, several number cards upside-down. c.1905 Cost new 1/-

1807 De La Rue/Goodall double box GD10, Q-index 3, ASs:1 & Goodall 6 Goodall wrappers. c.1935

1834 De La Rue Tricklico for Carvellis Frères, Cairo. G6, four indices, special AS & Joker. c.1935

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1843 De La Rue for DCL whisky, GD12, KC no dots, special aces. c.1938 Plus Crown with AS: 2, same date.

1844 De La Rue/Waddington Crown W5.1, AS: 2.1. Porterprint joker and extra 2D with same back. c.1942 It may be that Waddington printed Porterprint cards, too, during WWII.

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1879 De La Rue Record GD12, KC has dots on his nose, AS: Goodall 6. c.1935

1899 De La Rue for the Isle of Man, D6, 3 pictorial aces, AS: 1. *4D c.1875

1919 De La Rue for Ellerman, City & Hall Lines. GDW12, QC’s mouth, 8H upside-down. Special AS c.1938

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1921 De La Rue bézique set D5, pip shape 1. Booklet dated 1870.

1930 De La Rue Rubicon Bézique D6 x4. Jones back. 1887 The name ‘rubicon’ for the 4-handed game was introduced on 1887; this box includes a hard-back copy of the rules by Cavendish.

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1933 De La Rue D6, three spades only by QS’s sceptre. Jones back? c.1878

1940 De La Rue Society x2, GDW12, AS: 4, Waddington printing. One 3S upside-down. 1957-60

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1941 De La Rue Pneumatic B, D6, index type 3. As 315, but thin card. c.1905

1955 De La Rue bézique D6 plain faces, index type 2. c.1870

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1986 De La Rue Victoria D3.2, Old Frizzle, continental pips, Jones back c.1855 I also have a number of Owen Jones back single cards, which are not entered into the catalogue.

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Plus a few more with round corners.