Deutsche Karte (A. Twietmeyer, Leipzig, um 1885) (Q15256)

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Q15256

Also known as

OVALE SALON-SPIELKARTEN

maker

Alex. Twietmeyer

Suit system

German-suited

number of cards

36

place of origin

Leipzig

publication date

1885 (circa)

maker's mark

DB: Leipziger Spielkarten Fabrik Friedrich Günthel | Verleger: A. Twietmeyer Leipzig

Described in

A Catalogue of the Cary Collection of Playing Cards in the Yale University Library vol. 1–4 (1981) (cat. no. GER 585, Bd. 1, 327)

Collection

Cary Collection of Playing Cards (Beinecke Library) (inv. GER 585)

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 (1885), Leipzig belonged to the territory of Königreich Sachsen. In the window 1875 to 1895, the following applied there:

Tax system	Sovereign	valid from	to
Sächsischer Kartenstempel 1868–1875 (Zoll- und Steuerämter, Umrandung)	Königreich Sachsen	1868	1875
Sächsischer Kartenstempel 1875–1878 (Reichswährung)	Königreich Sachsen	1875	1878

View 6 tax stamps from 1875 to 1895