Naipes Triunfo, c.1965

Naipes TRIUNFO, c.1965

Above: the design of the logo and details printed on the Four of Cups changes over the years. In earlier examples there is a second telephone number.

Spanish-suited playing cards by Cappellano, S.A., publishers and playing card manufacturers, Florencio Varela 542, Buenos Aires, Argentina, c.1965

Cappellano's business activities are described as ‘Industrial, Comercial, Inmobiliaria’ on the Four of Cups, and the address is given as Fcio Varela 542, Villa Martellí, Buenos Aires and the telephone number is T.E. 740-8767. The second telephone number is missing, presumably due to a change in the business. At the same time, the outlines of some of the card designs have been re-drawn.

TRIUNFO playing cards c.1965

Above: TRIUNFO playing cards c.1965, blue or brown backs.

Above: 5 Pesos brown tax band of the type used on home-manufactured, Spanish-suited decks during the period 1965-67. In conjunction with the "Marianne" tax stamp on the Four of Cups, the date can be estimated to around 1965-67.

By Simon Wintle

Member since February 01, 1996

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Curator 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.