Tarot (Vincenz Proksch, Prostějov (Proßnitz), 1856) (Q13661)

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Q13661

maker

Vincenz Proksch

card type

Tarot

Suit system

French-suited

number of cards

54

place of origin

Prostějov (Proßnitz)

publication date

1856

maker's mark

PROKSCH 1856 · Fabricirt von Vinc. Proksch in Prossnitz

Described in

A Catalogue of the Cary Collection of Playing Cards in the Yale University Library vol. 1–4 (1981) (cat. no. AUS 236, Bd. 1, 64)

Collection

Cary Collection of Playing Cards (Beinecke Library) (inv. AUS 236)

Source

A Catalogue of the Cary Collection of Playing Cards in the Yale University Library vol. 1–4 (1981)

Rights status

work in the public domain

Cards

• 
  Hearts-1 (Tarot)
• 
  Clubs-Jack (Tarot)
• 
  Trump XIX

Tax stamps

At the time of this pack (1856), Prostějov (Proßnitz) belonged to the territory of Kaisertum Österreich. In the window 1846 to 1866, 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 1846 to 1866