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Circa 1955 Pack of Linette Playing Cards from Thomas De La Rue Playing Card Company

I usually don't open sealed packs of vintage cards but the shrinkwrap on these Thomas De La Rue Linette Playing Cards was tattered and looked to have incurred slight moisture exposure. Plus the box has one flap torn off and and and... I'll eventually use them for a cartomancy reading when the spirit hits me.

The obverse is a generic blue pattern of varying geometric shapes and filigree.

According to the World of Playing Cards site the colored joker shown below appeared around 1955. Which is when the Ace of Spades for the De La Rue brand also changed from the one shown above to a slightly altered version before undergoing another modernization.

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