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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.

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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).

1925 Naipes El Heraldo, Cádiz

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

1902 Naipes Finos — No.304 Spanish Pack

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.

1940 Naipes Finos No.21

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.

1970 Naipes Inca by C. Della Penna, c.1970

Naipes Inca by C. Della Penna, c.1970

Naipes Inca by C. Della Penna S.A. with advertising for Laprida stationers, c.1970.

1900 Naipes No. 71 Los Leones

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.

1960 Naipes Payador

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.

1931 Naipes Siluv, Valparaiso, Chile, 1931

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.

1960 Naipes tamaño Mignon, La Cubana, S.A.

Naipes tamaño Mignon, La Cubana, S.A.

Naipes tamaño Mignon, La Cubana, S.A. (Fabrica de Naipes El Aguila), Mexico, c.1960.

1956 Naipes Tatú

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.

1945 Naipes TRIUNFO by Orestes A Cappellano, c.1940-55

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.

1955 Naipes Triunfo for Fernet Branca

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.

1965 Naipes Triunfo, c.1965

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.

1840 O. Gibert, Paris c.1840-60

O. Gibert, Paris c.1840-60

Gibert was a master card-maker whose fashionable playing cards were of a very high standard.

1976 OBD Playing Cards made in Peru

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.

1970 Pachimon Playing Cards

Pachimon Playing Cards

Quirky Pachimon playing cards from 1970s Japan, featuring unique monsters and aliens, given away with Kewpie mayonnaise.

1980 Panama playing cards

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.

2000 Peruvian Souvenir Playing Cards

Peruvian Souvenir Playing Cards

Assorted scenes from Peruvian landscape, architecture and culture published by Jan Mer S.A.C., c.2000.

1545 Peter Flötner, c.1545

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.

1574 Phelippe Ayet, 1574

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.