Lot 983

Description

USA, Panama Souvenir Playing Cards Inaugural Edition, issued by United States Playing Card Company, issued in 1908, 1910, 1915, 1923 and 1926, this is the 1915 issue which coincided with the San Francisco Panama-Pacific International Exposition of 1915, gold edged and features a map card after completion of the Canal and each card depicts a different scene during the construction of the Canal and others from Panama, together with an explanation brochure describing the scene on each card, stored in a slide-in holder. Some wear to the card holder, otherwise very fine.