High Resolution JPEG Picture of This is the Ace of Spades from the Victoria Diamond Jubilee Portrait pack of playing cards, published by The Empire Card Company of London in 1897 to celebrate the Diamond Jubiless of Queen Victoria. The Empire Card Company was an offshoot of Thomas de la Rue, lasting for only a few years around the mid-1890s. This card was supplied by Intercol London. This is a standard pack of playing cards, 90mm x 63mm in size, published with no Joker so totalling 52 in number. The reverse / back design (link below) shows a portrait of Queen Victoria, with crown and veil in a maroon oval, with red Tudor roses in the corners. The text reads: Victoria Regina Imperatrix (Victoria Queen Empress) / Sixty Years Reign / 1897 More cards from this 1897 pack, including the back design: . [526233049] stock photo
