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On all wrappers shown the duty is 3 pence.

The wrapper below shows a penalty of £20 for re-use and a penalty of £5 for non-cancellation. In addition, it shows a penalty of £20 for selling cards without a licence.
This wrapper was in use from 1862 to 1875. Afterwards a similar wrapper without the penalty legend for selling without a licence was used.

de la Rue & Co. 110 Bunhill Row, London 1865 - 1875

The mentioned wrapper without the penalty legend for selling without a licence is shown below. This is for second-hand cards sold by Mudie & Sons.
(scanned by John Thorpe)

Mudie & Sons 15, Coventry Street, W. Opposite the Haymarket. 1875 - 1883

The wrappers below show a penalty of £20 for re-use and a penalty of £5 for non-cancellation. Such wrappers were in use from 1883 to c. 1952. The smaller wrappers were used for patience packs.
Thos. de la Rue & Co. Ltd. 110 Bunhill Row, London 1930 - 1940	Thos. de la Rue & Co. Ltd. 110 Bunhill Row, London 1930 - 1940
C. Goodall & Son Ltd. Camden Town London NW c. 1930	John Waddington Ltd. Leeds and London. c. 1940
Universal Playing Card Co. Ltd. Leeds and London c. 1950	Mardon, Son & Hall Bristol c. 1930
Mudie & Sons 15 Coventry Street, London, W. c. 1920	Porterprint Limited Leeds 9 c. 1950
anonymous c. 1935	de la Rue Stationers Limited London c. 1950
Thos. de la Rue & Co. Ltd. 110, Bunhill Row, E.C.1 c. 1930	Thos. de la Rue & Co. Ltd. London, E.C. c. 1940
John Waddington Limited Licensed Playing Card Manufacturers Leeds & London c. 1940	Chas. Goodall & Son Ltd. 110, Bunhill Row, E.C.1 c. 1925
Mardon, Son & Hall Bristol c. 1935 (The pasted green dot indicates the colour of the card backs)
On the following wrappers the penalty for non-cancellation has risen to £20. They were in use from c. 1952 to c. 1955.
Thomas de la Rue & Co. Ltd. London England 1952 - 1955	John Waddington & Co. Ltd. Leeds and London. 1954
Alf Cooke Limited (Universal Playing Card Company) Leeds and London 1952 - 1955	Porterprint Ltd. Leeds, 9 c. 1958
John Waddington Limited Licensed Playing Card Manufacturers Leeds & London c. 1954
No penalty is shown on the following wrappers. They were in use c. 1955 to 1960
de la Rue Stationers Limited London c. 1957 - 1960	Alf Cooke Limited (Universal Playing Card Company) Leeds and London 1956 - 1960
John Waddington Ltd. Leeds and London c. 1956	John Waddington & Co. Ltd. Leeds and London c. 1958
Finally there were wrappers for imported cards. The small one was for patience packs.
1883 - c. 1950	1896 - c. 1950
c. 1950 - 1960