Ibero-American Deck, 1929
Ibero-American Deck, designed by L. Palao, 1929.
Commemorating the Discovery and Colonisation of the Americas, designed by L. Palao and printed by Viuda e Hijos de Heraclio Fournier, Vitoria, 1929





Above: Ibero-American Deck designed by L. Palao, printed by Viuda e Hijos de Heraclio Fournier, Vitoria, 1929.
Note from Peter Burnett
Fournier produced a 50th anniversary facsimile edition of this pack in 1979.

Above: 5 of swords and the accompanying leaflet from the 1979 facsimile edition - PB.

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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