Stamp from Latvia

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Playing-Card Tax Stamps from Latvia

I am not sure what the purpose of these stamps (or similar ones) on some Latvian cards is, but it has definitely to do with the Red Cross organisation. The text suggests that a tax was raised for charitable purposes.

This is a stamp in use c. 1920.
The text is 'SPELU KARTIS' (playing-cards), and the abbreviation 'LP SR S K', which stands for 'Latvijas PSR Sarkanais Krusts', which should mean something like 'Latvian Red Cross'.
(scanned by Sasha Sukhorukov)

This is a stamp presumably also in use c. 1920.
The text is 'LATVIJAS SARKANAIS KRUSTS' ('Latvian Red Cross', as before), and 'SPELU KARTIS' (playing-cards).

This is a stamp in use c. 1930.
The text is 'SPELU KARTIS' (playing-cards), and the abbreviation 'L S K', for 'Latvijas Sarkanais Krusts', which again should mean 'Latvian Red Cross'.
(scanned by Sasha Sukhorukov)

This is an imprint that was on the same pack as the stamp above. Here you have the text 'LATVIJAS SARKANAIS KRUSTS' for the abbreviation 'L S K'.
(scanned by Sasha Sukhorukov)

This is another stamp that I cannot date.
The text is 'LATVIJAS SARKANAIS KRUSTS' ('Latvian Red Cross') and 'SPELU KARTES' (Attention: with an 'E' in 'KARTES'!).
(scanned by Thierry Depaulis)

This is a stamp in use c. 1942.
The text is 'Tautas Palidziba' (National Help), 'Volkshilfe' (National Help, in German) and 'SPELU KARTIS' (playing-cards).

The stamp was on the Ace of Hearts.

	This is a stamp in use c. 1920. The text is 'SPELU KARTIS' (playing-cards), and the abbreviation 'LP SR S K', which stands for 'Latvijas PSR Sarkanais Krusts', which should mean something like 'Latvian Red Cross'. (scanned by Sasha Sukhorukov)

	This is a stamp presumably also in use c. 1920. The text is 'LATVIJAS SARKANAIS KRUSTS' ('Latvian Red Cross', as before), and 'SPELU KARTIS' (playing-cards).

	This is a stamp in use c. 1930. The text is 'SPELU KARTIS' (playing-cards), and the abbreviation 'L S K', for 'Latvijas Sarkanais Krusts', which again should mean 'Latvian Red Cross'. (scanned by Sasha Sukhorukov)

	This is an imprint that was on the same pack as the stamp above. Here you have the text 'LATVIJAS SARKANAIS KRUSTS' for the abbreviation 'L S K'. (scanned by Sasha Sukhorukov)

	This is another stamp that I cannot date. The text is 'LATVIJAS SARKANAIS KRUSTS' ('Latvian Red Cross') and 'SPELU KARTES' (Attention: with an 'E' in 'KARTES'!). (scanned by Thierry Depaulis)

	This is a stamp in use c. 1942. The text is 'Tautas Palidziba' (National Help), 'Volkshilfe' (National Help, in German) and 'SPELU KARTIS' (playing-cards).