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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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1985 Topo Gigio

Topo Gigio

Topo Gigio card game by Joker S.A., Argentina, c.1985.

A. D. Willis

A. D. Willis, playing card manufacturer, Wanganui, New Zealand

1955 Tops and Tails

Tops and Tails

‘Sports Tops and Tails’ No.290 manufactured by Ferd Piatnik & Sons, Vienna, c.1950s.

1955 Express 2nd Edition

Express 2nd Edition

Pepys “Express” card game 2nd edition c.1955.

1958 Ataque

Ataque

“Ataque”, a card game simulating football manufactured in Buenos Aires by Vigor S.R.L., 1958.

1997 McDonald’s Playing Cards

McDonald’s Playing Cards

McDonald’s playing cards by the United States Playing Card Co., Cincinnati, c.1997

Vasa Dynasty

The House of Vasa was the royal house of Sweden 1523–1654 and subsequent rulers have emphasized their Vasa descent through a female line

Flinders playing cards

Flinders playing cards manufactured by Hudson Industries Pty Ltd (Australia).

2003 Baraja Hispanoamericana

Baraja Hispanoamericana

“Baraja Hispanoamericana” published by Asescoin, with artwork by Ortuño, illustrates memorable people from the discovery, colonisation and subsequent liberation of Hispanic America

Turkey

Artex A/30 brand for Turkey, 1980s.

Ordnance Recognition

Ordnance Recognition Playing Cards cards designed to help people at risk from unexploded bombs

2002 Baraja Charra Ernesto Icaza

Baraja Charra Ernesto Icaza

“Baraja Charra” with paintings by Ernesto Icaza, 2002.

Cult Movie Cards

Paul Willoughby has cleverly captured the quintessence from 54 classic cult movies into a pack of playing cards. How many can you identify?

The Lumberjacks

2nd edition of Lumberjacks designed by Vadim Smolenskiy and manufactured by U.S.P.C.C.

2002 Królewskie

Królewskie

‘Królewskie’ playing cards with Slavic style courts, printed by KZWP-Trefl, 2002.

1979 Starościanka

Starościanka

“Starościanka” playing cards manufactured by KZWP-Trefl (Poland).

2002 Elvis Presley

Elvis Presley

Elvis Presley playing cards published by The United States Playing Card Company, c.2002.

1966 Rhineland Pattern by KZWP

Rhineland Pattern by KZWP

Rhineland pattern by KZWP.

ARRCO

ARRCO Playing Card Co., Chicago, c.1935 - 1987, when acquired by USPCC.

Comic Families

“Comic Families” card game from Australia, c.1940s

1890 Wüst “Encyclopedic Tarot”

Wüst “Encyclopedic Tarot”

“Encyclopedic Tarot” by C. L. Wüst with “bourgeois” views of life on the Trumps.

2000 Jest Jokers

Jest Jokers

Peter Wood’s “Jest Jokers” comprising 54 different Joker designs made into a full pack of cards.

1927 Cine Manual + Periquito

Cine Manual + Periquito

“Cine Manual” by Antonio Vercher Coll (1900-1934) and published by Reclamos Cimadevilla, Valencia, c.1927.

1991 Naipes “El Castillo”

Naipes “El Castillo”

Hand-drawn designs by Inmaculada Gabaldón with suits based on traditional Spanish ones, published by Naipes de la Cigüeña, 1991.

1999 Star Wars Episode 1

Star Wars Episode 1

“STAR WARS Episode 1” playing cards printed by U.S. Playing Card Co., c.1999

2002 Baraja Literaria

Baraja Literaria

“Baraja Literaria” Spanish pack with cartoons by Serafín, published by Asescoin and manufactured by Naipes Comas, 2002.

2006 Creciendo Seguros

Creciendo Seguros

‘Creciendo Seguros’ road safety awareness playing cards from Argentina, 2006.

Veto

‘Veto’ is a Polish CCG game. Players compete for power and influence. The game is set in 17th century.

2003 Disney Collectible Cards

Disney Collectible Cards

Disney collectable cards showing scenes from Disney animated movies, printed in Poland by KZWP-Trefl, 2003.

Rufford Playing Cards

Rufford playing cards is one of several brand names used by Boots for their stationery department, and probably the most popular.

1830 Gumppenberg of Milan

Gumppenberg of Milan

Fine playing cards made by Gumppenberg of Milan evoking the style of antiquity, c.1830

2004 Quickie Wheelchairs

Quickie Wheelchairs

Uncut sheet of ‘Quickie’ Wheelchairs Quartet card game, made in Poland 2004

1780 Vandenborre Tarot

Vandenborre Tarot

Belgian Tarot published by François-Jean Vandenborre, Brussels (1762-1803)

1875 Apache Playing Cards

Apache Playing Cards

Apache Indian Playing Cards made on rawhide, first recorded 1875.

1940 Poker N°40

Poker N°40

Hijos de Heraclio Fournier’s “Poker N°40” c.1940.

2004 Klipp Klapp Karten

Klipp Klapp Karten

“Klipp Klapp Karten” printed by KZWP-Trefl (Poland) for Kindermuseum Oelde (Germany) in 2004

El Jokey by Piatnik, 1990s

‘El Jokey’ Spanish-suited pack by Piatnik & Sons, Vienna, 1990s

Kon-Vex Playing Cards

Waddington’s introduced a series of unusual shapes in the early 1950s.

1938 El Ciervo N°4

El Ciervo N°4

“El Ciervo” No.4 manufactured by Hija de Antonio Comas during the Spanish Civil War, with mural crown and flag of the 2nd Republic on the ace of coins, c.1938.

Gilbert & Sullivan Cards

“Gilbert & Sullivan” hand-made Savoy Operas pack designed and created by Rex Pitts.

1965 Naipes Samsó N°2-S

Naipes Samsó N°2-S

Naipes Samsó published by N.E.G.S.A. (Barcelona) c.1965.

1952 Descubridores y Colonizadores de America

Descubridores y Colonizadores de America

“Baraja Histórica” (Descubridores y Colonizadores de America) manufactured by Heraclio Fournier S.A., 1952 designed by Ricardo Summers “Serny”

1932 Baraja Cartomántica Chocolates Nelia

Baraja Cartomántica Chocolates Nelia

Some examples of playing cards made in Catalonia from the collection of Iris Mundus, Barcelona.

1926 Artistas del Cine

Artistas del Cine

Advertising pack designed by J. Passos and first printed by Cromografía Irández, Barcelona, c.1926. Re-printed in 1995.

Xilografías de Mallorca

Spanish National pattern re-printed from original woodblocks which are preserved in the monastery at Valdemosa, Mallorca, c.1960.

1833 Bartlett Ackermann Transformation

Bartlett Ackermann Transformation

Pictorial playing cards published by C. Bartlett, New York, 1833.

1874 Globe Card Company

Globe Card Company

“Globe Playing Cards” patented on Oct. 6, 1874 by I. N. Richardson.

1970 Wiggins Teape “Hi-Speed” playing cards

Wiggins Teape “Hi-Speed” playing cards

Wiggins Teape “Hi-Speed” playing cards manufactured by Waddingtons, c.1970.

1830 Torras y Sanmartí

Torras y Sanmartí

Torras y Sanmartí y Cía, Barcelona, 1830.

Catalan Playing Cards

With a distinct history stretching back to the early middle ages, many Catalans think of themselves as a separate nation from the rest of Spain.

2017 Creature Comfort

Creature Comfort

Creature Comfort playing cards designed by Don Moyer, 2017.