Naipes Triunfo, c.1970-80
Naipes TRIUNFO Spanish-suited playing cards by Cappellano, S.A., Florencio Varela 542, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1970s.
Spanish-suited playing cards by Cappellano, S.A., Florencio Varela 542, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1970s
Cappellano's business activities are described as “Industrial, Comercial, Inmobiliaria” on the Four of Cups, and the address is given as Fcio Varela 542, Villa Martellí, Buenos Aires. The telephone number is T.E. 740-8767. The words “Industria Argentina” have disappeared from between the two upper cup symbols on the Four of Cups, and there is no tax stamp as this was discontinued in 1968. Around 1975 the outlines and colour plates were re-drawn and in 48-card decks two Jokers are added which resemble those used by Luis Fourvel around this time in Naipynt decks.
TRIUNFO playing cards c.1970

Above: 40-card deck of Naipes Triunfo with advertisement for Perkins Diesel Motors on the reverse, c.1970. There is no tax stamp on the four of cups as this was discontinued in 1968, and the words "Industria Argentina" have been omitted.
TRIUNFO playing cards c.1975-80

Above: Naipes Triunfo for F.G.H. Bombas de Agua para Automoviles, c.1975-80

Above: 50-card deck of Naipes Triunfo, including 2 jokers, with advertisement for Chrysler Motors Dodge cars on the reverse, c.1975. The Harlequin Joker closely resembles that used by Luis Fourvel around this time in Naipynt decks. Click here to see another example with advertising for Abel González fashion stores, c.1975.


By Simon Wintle
Member since February 01, 1996
Founder and editor of the World of Playing Cards since 1996. He is a former committee member of the IPCS and was graphics editor of The Playing-Card journal for many years. He has lived at various times in Chile, England and Wales and is currently living in Extremadura, Spain. Simon's first limited edition pack of playing cards was a replica of a seventeenth century traditional English pack, which he produced from woodblocks and stencils.
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