American Civil War Playing Cards. Union Cards, New York: American Card Company, 1862, the complete deck of 52 playing cards, lithographed in blue with red stencilling, the traditional suit signs replaced by stars and American flags (red), eagles and shields (blue), the kings, queens and knaves represented by images of a colonel, the Goddess of Liberty, and a major respectively, ace of eagles with elaborate design incorporating imprint, some finger-soiling, occasional minor marks, knave of eagles with corner crease, pictorial versos lithographed in blue, each card 90 x 63mm, contained together in original card slipcase (with lift-off lid) covered with printed wrapper, toned and a trifle marked, slightly edge-chipped, with short tear to one edge, inner lip with adhered original 2 cents revenue stamp (dated 1864) Fournier, North America 35; Hargrave, pp.343-344; Mann, Collecting Playing Cards, pp.180-181; Tilley, p.165; Willshire, Varia 247; Wowk, p.107. These cards, designed by Benjamin W. Hitchcock, were produced during the American Civil War and clearly were intended for sale in the Union states. Willshire rather amusingly describes them as 'of very vulgar character'. The king and knave cards depict the officers in front of a suitable background - in 1863 the American Card Company produced another pack of these cards, but here the kings and knaves lacked a background.
American Civil War Playing Cards. Union Cards, New York: American Card Company, 1862, the complete deck of 52 playing cards, lithographed in blue with red stencilling, the traditional suit signs replaced by stars and American flags (red), eagles and shields (blue), the kings, queens and knaves represented by images of a colonel, the Goddess of Liberty, and a major respectively, ace of eagles with elaborate design incorporating imprint, some finger-soiling, occasional minor marks, knave of eagles with corner crease, pictorial versos lithographed in blue, each card 90 x 63mm, contained together in original card slipcase (with lift-off lid) covered with printed wrapper, toned and a trifle marked, slightly edge-chipped, with short tear to one edge, inner lip with adhered original 2 cents revenue stamp (dated 1864) Fournier, North America 35; Hargrave, pp.343-344; Mann, Collecting Playing Cards, pp.180-181; Tilley, p.165; Willshire, Varia 247; Wowk, p.107. These cards, designed by Benjamin W. Hitchcock, were produced during the American Civil War and clearly were intended for sale in the Union states. Willshire rather amusingly describes them as 'of very vulgar character'. The king and knave cards depict the officers in front of a suitable background - in 1863 the American Card Company produced another pack of these cards, but here the kings and knaves lacked a background.
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