From WOPC: Stancraft Playing Cards were a subsidiary of Brown & Bigelow / Hoyle and design features or plastic coating patents were shared between several brands such as “Stardust”, “Kent” or “Nu-Vue”. In the late 1960s Brown & Bigelow was acquired by Standard Packaging Corporation, which was in turn acquired by Saxon Industries in 1970. This information is often printed on the ace of spades and helps with dating.
This deck dates from the late 1960s and includes gilded edges.


