Michiel 2005's photos with the keyword: schoppenaas

The Ace of Spades

15 Nov 2015 1 225
Museum Meermanno-Westreenianum, of the Museum of The Book.

Dutch playing cards from 1920-1927: Ace of Spades

12 Jan 2009 310
Henkenshage Castle: www.flickr.com/photos/zoetekouw/455408920/ and more . Rechteren Castle: www.flickr.com/photos/vtveen/2948411595/ and more . The ace of hearts has a playing-cards tax stamp (of 50 cents), so it can be dated to the time the tax was in place. Playing cards were smuggled from Belgium to evade this tax, so in the end the tax was abolished. These cards were produced by the Dutch playing-cards factory "Nederland" located in Amsterdam. "Nederland" existed from 1909 to 1969. In 1969 it was taken over by Van Genechten . In 1970 it became Cartamundi .