»Churfürstlich Oberpfälzische feine Deutsche Karte« (Joseph Losch, Amberg, 1796/1800) (Q29829)

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Q29829

maker

Joseph Losch

card type

standard playing cards

Suit system

German-suited

Figure type

single-figure

printing technique

copper engraving
stencil colouring

number of cards

32

Dimensions

97 × 58 mm

place of origin

Amberg

publication date

1796-1800 (uncertain)

Described in

Radau/Himmelheber: Spielkarten (BNM vol. 21, 1991) (cat. no. 53)

Collection

Bavarian National Museum (inv. Gg 2160–2191)

Source

Radau/Himmelheber: Spielkarten (BNM vol. 21, 1991)

Tax stamps

At the time of this pack (1798), Amberg belonged to the territory of Heiliges Römisches Reich. In the window 1788 to 1808, the following applied there:

Tax system	Sovereign	valid from	to
Bayerischer Kartenstempel 1805–1807 (dreigeteilter Schild, 4/8 Kreuzer)	Königreich Bayern	1805	1807
Bayerischer Kartenstempel 1807–1817 (Königskrone, 4/8 KER)	Königreich Bayern	1807	1817

View 4 tax stamps from 1788 to 1808