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.
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
Tops and Tails
‘Sports Tops and Tails’ No.290 manufactured by Ferd Piatnik & Sons, Vienna, c.1950s.
Express 2nd Edition
Pepys “Express” card game 2nd edition c.1955.
Ataque
“Ataque”, a card game simulating football manufactured in Buenos Aires by Vigor S.R.L., 1958.
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).
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
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.
Królewskie
‘Królewskie’ playing cards with Slavic style courts, printed by KZWP-Trefl, 2002.
Starościanka
“Starościanka” playing cards manufactured by KZWP-Trefl (Poland).
Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley playing cards published by The United States Playing Card Company, c.2002.
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
Wüst “Encyclopedic Tarot”
“Encyclopedic Tarot” by C. L. Wüst with “bourgeois” views of life on the Trumps.
Jest Jokers
Peter Wood’s “Jest Jokers” comprising 54 different Joker designs made into a full pack of cards.
Cine Manual + Periquito
“Cine Manual” by Antonio Vercher Coll (1900-1934) and published by Reclamos Cimadevilla, Valencia, c.1927.
Naipes “El Castillo”
Hand-drawn designs by Inmaculada Gabaldón with suits based on traditional Spanish ones, published by Naipes de la Cigüeña, 1991.
Star Wars Episode 1
“STAR WARS Episode 1” playing cards printed by U.S. Playing Card Co., c.1999
Baraja Literaria
“Baraja Literaria” Spanish pack with cartoons by Serafín, published by Asescoin and manufactured by Naipes Comas, 2002.
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.
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.
Gumppenberg of Milan
Fine playing cards made by Gumppenberg of Milan evoking the style of antiquity, c.1830
Quickie Wheelchairs
Uncut sheet of ‘Quickie’ Wheelchairs Quartet card game, made in Poland 2004
Vandenborre Tarot
Belgian Tarot published by François-Jean Vandenborre, Brussels (1762-1803)
Apache Playing Cards
Apache Indian Playing Cards made on rawhide, first recorded 1875.
Poker N°40
Hijos de Heraclio Fournier’s “Poker N°40” c.1940.
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.
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.
Naipes Samsó N°2-S
Naipes Samsó published by N.E.G.S.A. (Barcelona) c.1965.
Descubridores y Colonizadores de America
“Baraja Histórica” (Descubridores y Colonizadores de America) manufactured by Heraclio Fournier S.A., 1952 designed by Ricardo Summers “Serny”
Baraja Cartomántica Chocolates Nelia
Some examples of playing cards made in Catalonia from the collection of Iris Mundus, Barcelona.
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.
Bartlett Ackermann Transformation
Pictorial playing cards published by C. Bartlett, New York, 1833.
Globe Card Company
“Globe Playing Cards” patented on Oct. 6, 1874 by I. N. Richardson.
Wiggins Teape “Hi-Speed” playing cards
Wiggins Teape “Hi-Speed” playing cards manufactured by Waddingtons, c.1970.
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.
Creature Comfort
Creature Comfort playing cards designed by Don Moyer, 2017.