Estudio Negrin PIRELLI, c.1960

Published August 04, 2003 Updated June 24, 2022

Estudio Negrin playing cards for PIRELLI, made by Orestes A. Cappellano S.R.L., Buenos Aires, Argentina, c.1960.

1960 Argentina Cappellano Vel Cap Advertising Pirelli

Estudio Negrin playing cards made by Orestes A. Cappellano, S.R.L., for PIRELLI, c.1960

This example has no manufacturer's details printed anywhere on the box or cards, apart from Edicion “Estudio Negrin” and Fabricante Orestes A. Cappellano on the Ace of Hearts. The Ace of Spades is plain, and the jokers and box have been specially customised for Pirelli.

Estudio Negrin playing cards made by Orestes A. Cappellano, S.R.L., for PIRELLI, c.1960

Pirelli playing cards c.1960

Estudio Negrin playing cards made by Orestes A. Cappellano, S.R.L., for PIRELLI, c.1960

Above: from the "Marianne" tax stamp on the Ace of Hearts the date can be estimated at around 1960.


Left: box from another pack advertising Fernet Branca from around the same period.

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