Suffragette
c. 1915 "VOTES FOR WOMEN" Playing Cards Complete Deck of 52 Cards, Plus Joker with the Original Box Rarity
c. 1915 "VOTES FOR WOMEN" PLAYING CARDS by the Women's Political Union, Image of a Suffragette holding a Scale of Justice at center, Original Playing Card Revenue Stamp on the box, Card Deck is Choice Very Fine / Box is Fine.
Rare full deck of "VOTES FOR WOMEN" PLAYING CARDS. Women's Political Union. This is a very rare fully complete lightly used deck with fifty-two cards, plus the Joker. The back of the cards are printed in yellow and black with "VOTES FOR WOMEN" in yellow and black on all the backs of each card. The Ace of spades has "Votes For Women" in a banner below a trumpet playing Woman shown within the central Spade. The Joker has the same design as on the backs with "VOTES FOR WOMEN" surrounding at center. The faces of the cards are printed in red and black while the King, Queen and Jokers are in full color. The box shows wear and soiling from use, having some edge tape reinforcements including on a fine central tear, flap is complete.
These were issued by Harriet Stanton Blatch's Women's Political Union or WPU. Florey (page 113) notes: "Votes for women playing cards were especially popular among woman suffrage supporters. and at least three organizations issued decks on the theme in various designs and colors." He notes that these cards came in green and yellow and although he says that these are the "most common" of the cards that were issued, we have rarely seen a set on the market,
KEYWORDS:
Suffragette , Woman's Vote