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Published December 16, 2011 Updated November 09, 2023

Aeronaves de Mexico

Special pack for Aeronaves de Mexico S.A., designed by Ramón Valdiosera Berman, mid-1960s.

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detail from special pack for Aeronaves de Mexico S.A., designed by Ramón Valdiosera Berman, mid-1960s

Aeronaves de Mexico

Baraja Mexicana, 1960s

The images below show details from an uncut sheet of playing cards specially designed by Ramón Valdiosera Berman for Aeronaves de Mexico S.A., mid-1960s. The design of the cards features a single pip symbol at the top of each illustration with the numerical value indicated inside.

Special pack for Aeronaves de Mexico S.A., designed by Ramón Valdiosera Berman, mid-1960s

Above & Below: details from an uncut sheet of a special pack for Aeronaves de Mexico S.A., designed by Ramón Valdiosera Berman, mid-1960s. All the cards feature Aztec people and artefacts which are part of Mexican traditional culture.

Special pack for Aeronaves de Mexico S.A. designed by Ramón Valdiosera Berman, mid-1960s Back design from pack for Aeronaves de Mexico S.A., designed by Ramón Valdiosera Berman, mid-1960s
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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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