Mailman came in ritzy for today's Mailman Monday. This is a 1928 deck from the Westchester Biltmore Country Club in Rye, New York (now just the Westchester Country Club). According to the club's website, the country club opened in 1922 and had "facilities unequaled in the world" ( https://...

Here is an interesting deck. I posted a version of this previously as a Bicycle 86 deck with the same Rugby back design. https://unitedcardists.com/viewtopic.php?p=211513&hilit=rugby#p211513 (scroll down). This is the same back design, also made in Canada, with same Ace of Spades, but this one i...

Well, obviously it’s a love judge. This deck was for a 1920s reality program /s

Mailman Monday. Today our intrepid letter carrier brings us this Bay State Card Co. Judge deck, c1920 based upon the tax stamp remnants. I'd like to think that 25 cent price sticker is original to the deck, but who knows.

Picked these up for the tuck variation since I'd never seen the Rider Back text without a white box around it. I checked on Portfolio52 and I did not see this listed, so I thought I'd list it here and see if anyone else has one of these. c1994, made for sale in Canada. Front and back shown. Seal is ...

Early Ephemera Friday this week. I was scrolling through some old Geyer’s Stationary editions from 1909 and found a few playing card ads to share. I always like to find more info on the Tally-Ho decks that aren’t circle or fan, and these picks have the back names, too. And an ad for the slotted back...

It's a Tally-Ho Mailman Monday. The 345 Tally-Ho Bridge Color Series deck showed up last week, and I realized I'd never posted my Andrew Dougherty No. 45 decks, so here they all are. I really like that colored Bridge Ace of Spades. Decks are all c1920s and part of this short-lived Dougherty Bridge l...

Mailman Monday! This deck arrived many, many, many Mondays ago, and I can't believe I never posted a pic. One of the better antique advertising decks out there, and this one still has shiny gold edges. c1925 The C. Reiss Coal Co., Sheboygan, Wisconsin.

Ephemera Friday - This looks like a deck of cards, but it's got a surprise. When you pull the deck from the tuck, the spring inside releases and sets off the cap with a bang! I received this deck in a lot of other cards and had no idea when I opened the deck. There are other vintage Mongol prank dec...

Mailman Monday! Today is a really nice c1890 Tip-Top No. 350 deck from Perfection Playing Card Company complete with the box and joker. Almost all of the Perfection decks only had the brand name on the boxes, and those are really hard to find for 134 year-old decks. And here's a link to my previous ...

Not sure how ephemery this is, but it is Ephemera Friday and I'm showing my cards (and other stuff). Wonderful c1900s playing card press, hand-made by C.H. Kuerdeli of WInona Wisconsin for the Pastime Band (also of Winona) led by William Fakler. I have a few card presses, but this is by far the best...

Definitely two different shades of green, and, if you look closely, you can see the images are colored differently along the wings.

It's been a minute, but Mailman Monday is back. Today we have a wonderful Dougherty No. 0 Steamboat in Denver Plaid, complete with box, c1890. c1890 Dougherty Steamboat No 0 Denver Plaid.jpg For a slightly newer version of this deck, c1910, check out my old post here: https://unitedcardists.com/view...

Welcome back to Mailman Monday! While the previous KEM decks got away from me, this NM National Playing Card Company El Dorado deck did not. c1885, This deck is complete with super shiny gilding, but what is just as cool is that this deck has a wrapper on it. It came in a leather telescoping case wi...

Does anyone know the name of the ship pattern shown in this auction? https://www.ebay.com/itm/186611147068 I'm hoping someone here won these, so that we'll get good images and info. That back design is Adventure. It is a pretty hard back to find. I was all set to bid on these, but the seller accept...

I'd be remiss in this Aviator discussion if I did not refer back to my 1925 Aviator deck from Western Publishing. viewtopic.php?p=160400&hilit=aviator#p160400

That Aviator Heritage edition has more in common with the other early Aviator tuck shown here:

Today, the mailman has been very, very good to me. I have seen lots of Aviator decks in my time collecting cards, but I've never ever seen an Aviator tuck box as cool as these. I believe that is the Spirit of St. Louis flying over the ocean on the tuck. c1928

Mailman just came by, so time for Mailman Monday. I don't do many old advertising decks, but I've always liked the look of this one, and when I saw an excellent sealed deck I picked it up. c1930s Petoskey Portland Cement Co. deck in two deck case (with mismatched top) from US Playing Card Co. Check ...

Nice little package came in over the weekend for today's Mailman Monday. c1886 US8a Bicycle Lotus back playing cards in a sweet antique poker chip case that looks like it could also be from the 1880s. Has the original Bicycle Ace of Spades design but with the trade-mark info on the bottom and the or...

Thank you, Adamthinks. Nice job tracking that down.

I can use some help on this weeks Mailman Monday holiday edition deck. All I can say is it is from a non-English language country, but I will rely on all of you to tell me where this deck is from and who was the manufacturer. Maybe a cyrillic script? Help me out folks. IMG_3519.JPG[/attachment[attac...

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Today we have an a deck from The Universal Playing Card Co.'s The New Bond line of playing cards, English, late-1930s - early 1940s. Some very dour looking court cards.

Back into my trove for today's Mailman Monday. Here is a 1966 Chevrolet advertising deck for the 1966 lineup of Chevrolet cars. Quite groovy for Chevy. Deck by AARCO.

hsbc wrote: ↑Tue May 07, 2024 11:13 pm

Chuqii wrote: ↑Mon May 06, 2024 6:20 pm But it is sealed, so it's a mystery.

It is most certainly not a mystery! You know what you must do......

Why, sir, what are you suggesting? I couldn’t possibly ever do such a thing. What kind of a person do you take me for?

Today's Mailman Monday is a sealed deck of Neptune Pinochle Playing Cards. I have never seen this brand before and have no idea what the card backs look like. Well, that's not quite true. Since this is a generic USPCC deck from the 1940s, I'd guess this would have an Aviator back, maybe Oval, perhap...

That I am. I've always got tons of antique and vintage decks for sale (link below), and lots of stuff I haven't listed yet. If someone is ever looking for something in particular, send me a message, and I can see if I have it.

Dipping back into my recent auction haul to pull out this deck for Mailman Monday - c1950s German Bridge Poker Nr. 444 (No. 444) with some interesting Aces. German Coeur brand playing cards. Possibly made for the Dutch market given the B V H court cards - Boer ("farmer") / Vrouw ("lad...

Mailman Monday! Here's a sweet little deck that I discovered in a lot of over 150 decks that I bought at auction: Rockwell International Space Shuttle deck c1984. Has reflective silver inks on one of the robot jokers and the custom court cards, and I really like the back design. Check it out, and I'...