WWPCM00127
"The Colour Printing Plant" (Russia)
This deck was announced by Alexander Perelman
("New playing-card figures by Academic Sharleman",
Sankt-Petersburg, 1995, ISBN 5-7559-0008-6)
as never published Deck  of russian artist Adolf Sharleman
named "Sketches for patience playing-cards".
Prepared in 1862, but was forbidden by Imperor.
But there is the same deck in the Victoria&Albert Museum (London).
From Catalogue:  2 decks printed in  1885, dimension 44x61 mm,
backs decorated with a star trellis in red and blue respectively.

back from other edition, dimension 44x61 mm.

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1. WWPCM00127/01: Images from book of Alexander Perelman

spade	heart	diamond	club
ace	ace	ace	ace
king	king	king	king
queen	queen	queen	queen
jack	jack	jack	jack

2. WWPCM00127/02: deck reprinted by CPP in 1997 as "Souvenir playing cards"
dimension 50x80 mm.

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spade	heart	diamond	club
ace	ace	ace	ace
king	king	king	king
queen	queen	queen	queen
jack	jack	jack	jack

WWPCM00127/02B: full reprint by E.Grigorenko
printed by "MAK", 2011; dimension 57x89 mm

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