WWPCM00382
"The Colour Printing Plant" (Russia)
deck "Geographical" (52+8ec), c.1830
artist K.M.Gribanov
1. WWPCM00382/01: edition c.1830
dimension 65x100 mm; each card has own back with map of region of Russia

spade heart diamond club
ace/back ace/back ace/ back ace/back
king /back 1. king/back
2. king/king/back
1. king / back
2. king / back
king/back
queen/back queen/back queen/ back queen/queen/back
jack/back 1. jack/back
2. jack
jack//jack/back jack/jack/back
10/back 10/10/back 10/back 10/back
9/back 9/ back 9/back 9/back
8/back 8/ back 8/ back 8/back
7/back 7/back 7/back 7/back
6/back 1. 6/back
2. /back
6/back 6/6/back
5//5/back 5/back 5/back 5/back
4/back 4/ back 4/ back 4//back
3/back 3/back 3/3/back 3/back
2/back 2/back 2/ back 2/ back

Additional cards:

01/01//01
back
02/02/
back
03
back
04
back
05
back
06/
back
07/
back
08/
back

WWPCM00382/01B: fortuna-telling variant, examples s10, s9
2.
WWPCM00382/02:
  reprint by Edizioni del Prado/Ediciones del Prado, Madrid, Spain:
insert paper: 01, 02
deck "Geographical and heraldic playing cards. Russia. 1787", 2004
reprint of deck from collection of the Fournier Playing Cards Museum:
1787 is mistake - for expansive decks dA was with the stamp since 1820 (dA used since 1807)
Full deck (52+8ec), dimension 65x96 mm

back/box
spade heart diamond club
ace/box ace ace ace
king king king king
queen queen queen queen
jack jack jack jack
10 10 10 10
9 9 9 9
8 8 8 8
7 7 7 7
6 6 6 6
5 5 5 5
4 4 4 4
3 3 3 3
2 2 2 2

8 additional cards:

01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08

gift and information of  Domenico Starna (Roma):
   There was the Imperial Russia, with House of Romanov.
   Each playing card is divided in four parts. The first is the coat of arms of the district, the second is a playing card,
below there is a list of towns, the fourth has a female picture with a traditional local costume. 
   The K of Hearts has  the coat of arms of Saint Petersburg. Peter the Great, Peter I of Russia, in russian Pyotr I
Alexeyevich, (1672 - 1725) founded Petersburg in 1703 as new capital, it remained capital until 1918.
Peter the Great was the first Emperor of Russia, Imperial Russia, in 1725.
   The K of Diamonds has the coat of arms of Moscow, the capital of the Russia.
   There are other important towns as Kazan (dJ), Nizhny Novgorod (d10), Perm (dA), Kiev capital of the Ukraine (c6).
   The names are written in cyrillic alphabet.

3. WWPCM00382/03:  full reprint by "GMZ "Peterhof" (SPb, Russia), 2010
printed by "Diton", 60+1ec, 500 copies,  dimension 65x98 mm.

d00382a01 box box
spade heart diamond club
ace ace ace ace
king king king king
queen queen queen queen
jack jack jack jack
10 10 10 10
9 9 9 9
8 8 8 8
7 7 7 7/ back
6 6 6 6
5 5 5 5
4 4 4 4
3 3 3 3
2 2 2 2

8 additional cards:

01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08

WWPCM00382/03B:  full reprint of "GMZ "Peterhof" by E.Grigorenko
printed by "MAK"; deck "The geographical cards o Russia. 1830", 2011; dimension 65x97 mm.

box box