Standard playing cards (August Magnus Schmidt, Leipzig, c. 1810) (Q14851)

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Q14851

Also known as

FEINE SCHWERTER KARTE

maker

August Magnus Schmidt

card type

standard playing cards

Suit system

German-suited

number of cards

36

place of origin

Leipzig

publication date

1810 (circa)

Described in

A Catalogue of the Cary Collection of Playing Cards in the Yale University Library vol. 1–4 (1981) (cat. no. GER 247, Bd. 1, 254)

Collection

Cary Collection of Playing Cards (Beinecke Library) (inv. GER 247)

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)
• 
  Bells-Ace (German)
• 
  Bells-8 (German)

Tax stamps

At the time of this pack (1810), Leipzig belonged to the territory of Königreich Sachsen. In the window 1800 to 1820, the following applied there:

Tax system	Sovereign	valid from	to
Sächsische General-Accise auf Spielkarten (Akzisestempel, ca. 1717–ca. 1815)	Königreich Sachsen	1717	1815
Sächsischer Kartenstempel 1806–1819 (Königskrone, IMPOST)	Königreich Sachsen	1806	1819
Sächsischer Kartenstempel 1819–1834 (roter Wertstempel)	Königreich Sachsen	1819	1834

View 12 tax stamps from 1800 to 1820