Question About Boeing's Earth Day 2013 Deck

[dkrouskop]

I recently found a deck of Boeing Earth Day 2013 cards for 50 cents at a Goodwill store near me, but noticed it contains only one Joker. The cards are in immaculate condition, and the tuck case only has some minor wear and tear on the edges. I know it's highly unusual for a deck to have an odd number of cards, so I was wondering - is this deck missing a Joker, or did Boeing only include one, in the name of conservation? Any collectors out there familiar with these cards?

[Don Boyer]

I recently found a deck of Boeing Earth Day 2013 cards for 50 cents at a Goodwill store near me, but noticed it contains only one Joker. The cards are in immaculate condition, and the tuck case only has some minor wear and tear on the edges. I know it's highly unusual for a deck to have an odd number of cards, so I was wondering - is this deck missing a Joker, or did Boeing only include one, in the name of conservation? Any collectors out there familiar with these cards?

I'm completely unfamiliar with the deck, but it's not entirely unheard of for a deck to have an odd number of cards.  It really depends on the printer and the printing press that's at their disposal, as well as the wants and needs of the customer ordering the print job.  For example, it's not unheard of for a company to use one or more of the "extra" card slots in a print run to make card-sized handouts of some kind, such as info sheets or business cards.  I know of companies that make deck sheets in 9x6 configurations (giving you 54 cards to a deck) as well as the USPC standard 8x7 configuration (giving you 56 cards).  While I've never seen a 5x11, I can't imagine that it's utterly impossible and that no press out there can make such a sheet.

BTW: are the cards poker-sized or bridge-sized?  Both are about 3.5" tall, but poker cards are about 2.5" wide while bridge cards are a bit more narrow at only about 2.25".  (Some printers, especially in Europe and Asia, use metric measurement standards and/or ISO 216 standardized sheets instead of English measures, resulting in slight size variations.)

[dkrouskop]

Thanks for the feedback, Don! They're poker-sized.