Standard playing cards (J. P. Bürgers, Cologne, printed sheet c. 1885) (Q15321)

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Q15321

maker

Johann Peter Bürgers

card type

standard playing cards

Suit system

French-suited

place of origin

Cologne

publication date

1885 (circa)

maker's mark

JC: G.O. | J.P. Bürgers | G.O. | in Cöln a./R.

Described in

A Catalogue of the Cary Collection of Playing Cards in the Yale University Library vol. 1–4 (1981) (cat. no. GER sheet 218, Bd. 2, 214)

Collection

Cary Collection of Playing Cards (Beinecke Library) (inv. GER sheet 218)

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-Queen (French)
• 
  King (French, suit undetermined)
• 
  King (French, suit undetermined)
• 
  King (French, suit undetermined)
• 
  King (French, suit undetermined)
• 
  Queen (French, suit undetermined)
• 
  Queen (French, suit undetermined)
• 
  Queen (French, suit undetermined)
• 
  Jack (French, suit undetermined)
• 
  Jack (French, suit undetermined)
• 
  Jack (French, suit undetermined)
• 
  Jack (French, suit undetermined)
• 
  Druckbogen GER sheet 218 (Keller, Cary Collection)

Tax stamps

At the time of this pack (1885), Köln 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.