I am interested in getting more information on this undocumented (as far as I can tell) souvenir set of playing cards depicting scenes of Italy.
I have only one single from this set and canvassing other souvenir collectors and Tom and Judy Dawson, I found one other from Bob Heubel. I was able to find a third image online bringing a sum total of three cards, all pictured below.
Has anyone else seen this as a complete set or does anyone own any singles?
The design is very similar to USPCC decks from the early 1900s like the S28 Hawaiian, and the SX17 Paris Exposition. All three have a similar layout with a statue surrounded by a gold filigree border.
That's where the similarities end, however. The Italy cards have a different pip and number design than the USPCC decks and the text being in a straight line and outside of the oval is out of character of any USPCC souvenir that I am aware of. Finally, the gold filigree border details are slightly different on the Italy cards vs. S28 and SX17 which are very similar.
Thanks for looking - and please share if you can help us solve this mystery!
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