Hello Marteau’s lovers…
There is something that I am not sure to understand about the deck 21 posted here :
http://www.tarotforum.net/showthread...&page=10&pp=10
Quote:
Originally Posted by thinbuddha
Deck 21 […]
No stamps on cards.
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(So if understand well, there is no stamp on the ace of coins.)
And later :
Quote:
Originally Posted by thinbuddha
Deck 21 […]
"Made in France" stamp on front of box.
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(I suppose that it is the straight text-line that we can see on the photo you have posted. Could you please post a scan of this stamp ?)
Here is now my conclusions :
These informations feel strange to me, because the "made in France" stamp is not a tax stamp, and tax stamps were in use on ace of coins until 1945. So without any tax stamp, this deck should be post 1945. But it seems impossible to me, due to its very old look.
I have a theory about it :
this deck was made (from 1930 to 1945) to be sold outside France, so the tax stamp had not to be printed. Instead of it Grimaud used to print a "Made in france" stamp on the box. According to this theory, the deck 21 could be a very early one, maybe a 2nd or 3rd edition…
What do you think about it…
It could help, if someone here knew if french card games had to be tax-stamped even when they were produced for other countries ?
Thinbuddah, could you also tell us in which country did you find this deck ?
Have a nice day