WWPCM04505
"DeLaRue"
(UK)
standard deck since 1852

I. Decks without indices backs01
update 01.03.2024
backs02
update 01.03.2024
1852-1862 1862 1863-1870s 1880s-1890s 1890s c.1900 wrapper4

1. WWPCM04505/01:  edition 1852-1862
(ace for export)

spade heart diamond club
ace
king king king king
queen queen queen queen
jack jack jack jack
7 10 3

2. WWPCM04505/02:  edition 1858-1962

spade heart diamond club
king
queen

3. WWPCM04505/03: edition 1863-65

spade heart diamond club
king king

4. WWPCM04505/04: edition 1865-1870s
dimension 64x94 mm

spade heart diamond club
ace ace ace ace
king king king king
queen queen queen queen
jack jack jack jack
10 7 4 6

5. WWPCM04505/05: edition 1865-1875

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

WWPCM04505/05B: edition 1869
(Fournier 206 - data is wrong)

spade heart diamond club
ace ace ace ace
king king king king
queen queen queen queen
jack jack jack jack
10 9 8 7

WWPCM04505/05B2: r177

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

WWPCM04505/05C: r209

spade heart diamond club
jack king queen

WWPCM04505/05D: r211

spade heart diamond club
ace ace ace ace
king king king king
queen queen queen queen
jack jack jack jack
10 9 8 7

6. WWPCM04505/06: edition 1880s-1890s
dimension 64x94 mm.

spade heart diamond club
king king king king
queen queen
jack
8 10

7. WWPCM04505/07: edition c.1890-c.1900

spade heart diamond club
ace
king
queen
jack
II. Decks with indices
Backs: unknown
year:
 001
06.05.2013
002
10.08.2014
003
01.03.2023
XIXc
31.12.2023
Godall
03.03.2007
 1900s
30.03.2023
 1910s
06.10.2023
 1920s
10.02.2023
 1930s
18.09.2012
 1940s
30.07.2020
 1950s
25.07.2018
1960s
Backs of  Sea Companies: Companies
25.02.2019
d04327sA3 1877-c.1950 ?-c.1950 c.1930-1957 d04327sA7 d04505a01
1957-1960 1960-1965 1965-69
head with white collar

 

 

brand
"The Empire Card Co."
 
1890s 1900s
box1 box2 standard wrapper: wrapper1 wrapper2 wrapper3

8. WWPCM04505/08: edition 1880
designs with indices incorporated into the suits patented by W.Warren de la Rue and W.Thomas Shaw in 1877.

box
spade heart diamond club
ace
king king king king
queen queen queen queen
jack jack jack jack
3 7

WWPCM04505/08B: 

box
spade heart diamond club
ace ace ace ace
king king king king
queen queen queen queen
jack jack jack jack
9 3

9. WWPCM04505/09: edition c.1887-1900

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

WWPCM04505/09B: 2-colours 

spadeheartdiamondclub
queen king jack

10. WWPCM04505/10: edition 1890s, small indices

spade heart diamond club
ace//ace ace ace ace
king//king king king king
queen queen queen queen
jack jack jack jack//jack
7 7 7 7

11. WWPCM04505/11: edition c.1900

spade heart diamond club
ace ace ace ace
king king king king
queen//queen queen queen queen
jack jack jack jack
7 7 7 7

12. WWPCM04505/12: edition c.1900-1910s

spade heart diamond club
ace ace ace ace
king king king king
queen queen queen queen
jack jack jack jack
7 7 7 7

WWPCM04505/12B: edition c.1905

spadeheartdiamondclub
ace ace ace ace
king king king king
queen queen queen queen
jack jack jack jack
7 7 7 7

13. WWPCM04505/13: edition 1910s-1920s

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

14. WWPCM04505/14: deck "Limerick", 1900
with inscription taken from the book published by Paul Elder&Co., San Francisco

spade heart diamond club
queen

15. WWPCM04505/15: transformation deck, 1867-1869
courts are standard, pips are transformations

spade heart diamond club
4