Standard playing cards (János Giergl, Pest, c. 1850) (Q15434)

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Q15434

maker

Johann Giergl

card type

standard playing cards

Suit system

German-suited

number of cards

32

place of origin

Pest

publication date

1850 (circa)

maker's mark

7S: CS. KIR. KIV. SZAB. | jobbitot | KÁRTYÁK | GIERGL JÁNOS | Gyárából, Pesten · 7A: GIERGL JÁNOS PESTEN

Described in

A Catalogue of the Cary Collection of Playing Cards in the Yale University Library vol. 1–4 (1981) (cat. no. HUN 5, Bd. 2, 12)

Collection

Cary Collection of Playing Cards (Beinecke Library) (inv. HUN 5)

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

• 
  Leaves-Ace (German)
• 
  Hearts-Unter (German)
• 
  Bells-7 (German)

Tax stamps

At the time of this pack (1850), Pest belonged to the territory of Kaisertum Österreich. In the window 1840 to 1860, 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 13 tax stamps from 1840 to 1860