Simon Wintle
- Spain • 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.
Naipes de Poker Naipynt
Naipes “Naipynt” are a departure from Fourvel's usual Side Car brand, with a new ‘Clown Joker’ design, although the motorcycle motif is still visible in the centre of the Ace of Spades.
Naipes Domador by Cía General Fabril Financiera S.A., c.1960
Naipes Domador Spanish-suited playing cards manufactured by Cía General Fabril Financiera S.A., c.1960
Naipes El Heraldo (1930-1977)
Naipes El Heraldo (1930-1977).
Naipes El Heraldo, Cádiz
“El Heraldo” brand by Segundo de Olea Aguilera, Cadiz.
Naipes Estrella Antigua
Naipes Estrella Antigua, La Cubana, S.A. (Fabrica de Naipes El Aguila), Mexico, c.1960.
Naipes Estrella Nueva
Naipes Estrella Nueva, La Cubana, S.A. (Fabrica de Naipes El Aguila), Mexico, c.1960
Naipes Finos — No.304 Spanish Pack
Spanische Spielkarten "Naipes Finos" No.304, manufactured by B. Dondorf designed by the catalan artist Apel-les Mestres, Barcelona, 1902.
Naipes Finos No.21
Naipes Finos No.21 "Hispano Americana", in the Castilian style, by Juan Roura, Barcelona, c.1940.
Naipes Goliat
Naipes Goliat, La Cubana, S.A. (Fabrica de Naipes El Aguila), Mexico, c.1960
Naipes Heraldo, later style
Naipes Heraldo, later style, c.1978.
Naipes Hispasa
Naipes ‘Hispasa’, produced in El Salvador by Cartotecnica Centroamericana, S.A., c.2002
Naipes Inca by C. Della Penna & Cía, Buenos Aires, c.1930
The edition on this page shows the company name as C. Della Penna & Cía, along with an early version of the company logo in black & white only. In later editions it is coloured.
Naipes Inca by C. Della Penna S.A., Buenos Aires, c.1930-78
Naipes Inca was one of Della Penna's leading brands of Spanish-suited playing cards, and was produced in successive editions until the company was taken over in 1978.
Naipes Inca by C. Della Penna, c.1970
Naipes Inca by C. Della Penna S.A. with advertising for Laprida stationers, c.1970.
Naipes No. 71 Los Leones
Naipes No. 71 Los Leones by The United States Playing Card Co., c.1900.
Naipes Ombú
Naipes Ombú by C. Della Penna S.A., Buenos Aires, c.1950.
Naipes para Ferias
Naipes para Ferias, La Cubana, S.A. (Fabrica de Naipes El Aguila), Mexico, c.1942 & c.1960.
Naipes Payador
The logo on the four of cups on Naipes Payador shows a man playing a guitar beneath the legend "Payador".
Naipes Poker Profesional
Naipes Poker Profesional, La Cubana, S.A. (Fabrica de Naipes El Aguila), Mexico, c.1960.
Naipes Porteño by C. Della Penna S.A.C.I., Buenos Aires, c.1960
Naipes PORTEÑO Spanish-suited playing cards manufactured by C. Della Penna S.A.C.I., Buenos Aires, c.1955-60.
Naipes Porteño by C. Della Penna S.A.C.I., c.1950
Naipes Porteño Spanish-suited playing cards manufactured by C. Della Penna S.A.C.I., Buenos Aires, c.1950.
Naipes Porteño by C. Della Penna S.A.C.I., c.1960-70
Naipes PORTEÑO Spanish-suited playing cards manufactured by C. Della Penna S.A.C.I., Buenos Aires, c.1960-70.
Naipes Side Car Tipo Español
Naipes Side Car Tipo Español.
Naipes Siluv, Valparaiso, Chile, 1931
Naipes Siluv, Valparaiso, Chile, 1931
Naipes Sonia
Spanish-suited playing cards manufactured in Chile by Imprenta y Litografía Universo S.A., Valparaiso, Chile.
Naipes tamaño Mignon, La Cubana, S.A.
Naipes tamaño Mignon, La Cubana, S.A. (Fabrica de Naipes El Aguila), Mexico, c.1960.
Naipes Tatú
Naipes Tatú, M.C. de Casabó S.A., Montevideo, c.1956
Naipes Tiburón - Flaiban y Camilloni
Flaiban y Camilloni, c.1936, Naipes Tiburón, Tela de Araña.
Naipes TRIUNFO by Orestes A Cappellano, c.1940-55
Naipes TRIUNFO Spanish-suited playing cards by Orestes A. Cappellano, publishers and playing card manufacturers, Sarmiento 1537, Buenos Aires, Argentina, c.1940-55.
Naipes Triunfo for Fernet Branca
Naipes TRIUNFO Spanish-suited playing cards for Fernet Branca by Cappellano, S.A., publishers and playing card manufacturers, Florencio Varela 542, Buenos Aires, Argentina, c.1955-60.
Naipes Triunfo, c.1965
Spanish-suited playing cards by Cappellano, S.A., Florencio Varela 542, Buenos Aires, Argentina, c.1965.
Naipes Vencedor
Naipes Vencedor, manufactured in Paraguay by La Vencedora S.A, c.1985
Naipes Victoria Gaucho-themed pack, c.1975
Naipes Victoria Spanish-suited, gaucho-themed pack celebrates the culture and traditions of the gauchos.
Naipes y Casinos Industria Peruana
Naipes Tipo Español “Naipes y Casinos” Industria Peruana.
Nascal S.R.L., Buenos Aires, 1960-80
Nascal S.R.L., Buenos Aires, 1960-80.
Nascal S.R.L., Buenos Aires, 1960-80
Nascal S.R.L., Paisandu 760, Buenos Aires c.1960-80, manufacturers of plastic playing cards.
Native Indian Hand-made Cards made on rawhide
Native Indian hand-made cards made on rawhide.
Navío Extra
Naipes Navío Extra, La Cubana, S.A. (Fabrica de Naipes El Aguila), Mexico, c.1960
Naypes Finos made in Belgium
Belgian manufacturers were competing against Spanish makers. Features of the traditional Spanish designs, including many well-known brands, were imitated or plagiarised.
O. Gibert, Paris c.1840-60
Gibert was a master card-maker whose fashionable playing cards were of a very high standard.
OBD Playing Cards made in Peru
Spanish-suited playing cards printed by OBD, S.A., Lima, Peru, 1976.
Owen Jones (1809-1874)
Owen Jones (1809-1874) was a Welsh architect and interior designer who designed the backs of playing cards for Thomas de la Rue.
Pachimon Playing Cards
Quirky Pachimon playing cards from 1970s Japan, featuring unique monsters and aliens, given away with Kewpie mayonnaise.
Panama playing cards
Not a lot of playing cards have been produced in Panama, only a couple of locally-produced tourist souvenir packs.
Paraguayan Playing Cards
Playing Cards in Paraguay
Pavias Playing Cards made in Peru
Pavias playing cards made in Peru, c.1990.
Peruvian Football playing cards
Football playing cards made in Peru.
Peruvian Playing Cards
Playing cards have been travelling from Spain to South American colonies ever since Christopher Columbus.
Peruvian Souvenir Playing Cards
Assorted scenes from Peruvian landscape, architecture and culture published by Jan Mer S.A.C., c.2000.
Peter Flötner, c.1545
Seven cards from a satirical pack produced by Peter Flötner of Nuremberg, c.1545. The suit symbols are acorns, leaves, bells and hearts. The block-cutter and publisher was Franz Christoph Zell.
Phelippe Ayet, 1574
49 assorted cards were found hidden in the lintel of a doorway, in an old building in Toledo, during demolition, and are now preserved in the the Museo de Santa Cruz de Toledo.