Deportistas Guipuzcoanos
Guipuzcoa’s best athletes of the twentieth century, playing cards sponsored by El Diario Vasco and Euskaltel, manufactured by Heraclio Fournier, 1999.
Guipuzcoa’s best athletes of the twentieth century, cartoon playing cards published by “El Diario Vasco” and sponsored by Euskaltel, manufactured by Heraclio Fournier, 1999. Many of these athletes may no longer be active today but this pack pays homage to their memory. The cartoons are signed by an unknown artist with the initials “Oi”.
Above: Guipuzcoa’s best athletes of the twentieth century, playing cards sponsored by El Diario Vasco and Euskaltel, manufactured by Heraclio Fournier, 1999. A full biography of each sports personality can be found here
By Simon Wintle
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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