Standard playing cards (Ferdinand Pittner, Graz, 1857) (Q13586)

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Q13586

maker

Ferdinand Pittner

card type

standard playing cards

Suit system

French-suited

number of cards

32

place of origin

Graz

publication date

1857

maker's mark

FERD. PITTNER GRAZ 1857

Described in

• A Catalogue of the Cary Collection of Playing Cards in the Yale University Library vol. 1–4 (1981) (cat. no. AUS 17, Bd. 1, 7)
• Von Lyon nach Wien (p. 140)
• Wolfgang Altfahrt, mpcia.at

Collection

Cary Collection of Playing Cards (Beinecke Library) (inv. AUS 17)

Source

• A Catalogue of the Cary Collection of Playing Cards in the Yale University Library vol. 1–4 (1981)
• Wolfgang Altfahrt, mpcia.at

Rights status

work in the public domain

Cards

• 
  Hearts-Ace (French)
• 
  Hearts-King (French)
• 
  Hearts-Queen (French)
• 
  Hearts-Jack (French)
• 
  Diamonds-King (French)
• 
  Diamonds-Queen (French)
• 
  Diamonds-Jack (French)
• 
  Spades-King (French)
• 
  Spades-Queen (French)
• 
  Spades-Jack (French)
• 
  Clubs-King (French)
• 
  Clubs-Queen (French)
• 
  Clubs-Jack (French)

Tax stamps

At the time of this pack (1857), Graz belonged to the territory of Kaisertum Österreich. In the window 1847 to 1867, the following applied there:

Tax system	Sovereign	valid from	to
Österr. Kronland-Stempel 1850–1857 (Doppeladler)	Kaisertum Österreich	1850	1857
Österr. Nummern-Stempel 1858/59–1877	Kaisertum Österreich	1858	1877
Österr. Spielkartensteuer 1857	Kaisertum Österreich	1857	1880
Österr. Stempelpatent 1808	Kaisertum Österreich	1808	1918

View 9 tax stamps from 1847 to 1867