Standard playing cards (Gebr. Bechstein Spielkarten-Fabrik, Altenburg, c. 1880) (Q14810)

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Q14810

Also known as

DEUTSCHE KARTE

maker

Gebrüder Bechstein

card type

standard playing cards

Suit system

German-suited

number of cards

36

place of origin

Altenburg

publication date

1880 (circa)

Described in

A Catalogue of the Cary Collection of Playing Cards in the Yale University Library vol. 1–4 (1981) (cat. no. GER 209, Bd. 1, 245)

Collection

Cary Collection of Playing Cards (Beinecke Library) (inv. GER 209)

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-King (German)
• 
  Hearts-Unter (German)
• 
  Bells-Ace (German)

Tax stamps

At the time of this pack (1880), Altenburg belonged to the territory of Deutsches Kaiserreich. No playing-card tax system is recorded for this territory at this time — so there are no tax stamps to look for here.