A Scarce Original `The New Standard` Headline Billboard Sheet; 'John Lennon Shot Dead' c.1980 sub-Curios Many decks such as this

Many decks such as this one were published in Paris though the game of tarot was not widely accepted in England until the 1870s when a number of English occultists had begun taking an interest in the tarot

Circumference: 5

writer and cartoonist

earning the Distinguished Flying Cross

Verso we can partly make out a framers stamp

A Scarce Original `The New Standard` Headline Billboard Sheet; 'John Lennon Shot Dead' c.1980 sub-Curios Many decks such as thisOrigin: British Period: Late Twentieth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: 1980 Height: 28 inches Width: 16. 5 inches Framed: 33. 75 x 22. 25 inches Condition: B Having originally been displayed at a news stand or kiosk from the day after John Lennon`s death on Monday 8th December 1980, the dramatic headline flyer simply reading John Lennon Shot Dead in capital bold text over the mid blue bannered logo of The New Standard news group. The sheet has been