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I don't recall ever seeing the standard RWS printed in Belgium, only Switzerland - then China and Italy. If there is a version printed in Belgium, it will be news to me. Hopefully someone will know.
Unless there is damage to the cards, they read as good as new.Llynn said:I managed to win a [Rider] Waddington's edition and also one of the later editions (the LWB mentions the Traveller's Tarot). The boxes are battered but the Waddington set looks as if it has not been used for reading very much - if at all.
I do readings with my Riders every day, shuffling them normally...Llynn said:A question came to mind, Does a person read with these cards and maybe risk damage to, or loss of, one or more cards, or would it be better to try and keep them safe for future collectors or for posterity?
This is great. So the earliest modern printings seem to have Waddington's mentioned on the box (1970-71?). The Fitzroy Square address seems to have been good through 1975 - but still with no copyright on cards. I think this accords with the USGames cards where the copyright doesn't appear until 1975-76. AGMueller was printing the cards for both Rider & USGames so they probably all came from the same batches - except the Waddington's-box cards which are somewhat superior.catbaloo said:Right edge of box says Rider & Co 3 Fitzrov Square London W1. .... Oh and there is an advert for "The Definitive Tarot" by Bill Butler which was published in 1975 so puts this deck around that time or shortly afterwards.
Plaid back and not laminated of course.