Estudio Negrin PIRELLI, c.1960
Estudio Negrin playing cards made by Orestes A. Cappellano, S.R.L., for PIRELLI, c.1960
This example has no manufacturer's details printed anywhere on the box or cards, apart from Edicion “Estudio Negrin” and Fabricante Orestes A. Cappellano on the Ace of Hearts. The Ace of Spades is plain, and the jokers and box have been specially customised for Pirelli.
Pirelli playing cards c.1960
Above: 1 Peso orange tax band, used on home-manufactured Anglo-American decks (1944-64), as in this example. In conjunction with the "Marianne" tax stamp on the Ace of Hearts, the date can be estimated at around 1960.
Links to other Argentine manufacturers: Adans S.A. • Anonymous Political Pack • Anonymous manufacturers • Arco Iris • Argenar • Asociart • Bahía Graf • Bedaumine • Berger • Cappellano • Casa Escasany • Chemmes, E. A. • Cia General de Fósforos • Fabril Financiera • Clark's • Mario Colombo • Cromy • Della Penna • Difusora • Domicelj • Editorial Gráfica Flores • Editorial Kier • Editorial Perfil • Flaiban & Camilloni • Flaiban • Fourvel • Franco, E. P. • Gandarillas • Girbau • Gráfica S.A. • Gráfica 2001 • Holmberg • Impresores S.C.A. • Joker S.A. • Juegos Victoria • Kolorit • La Banca • La Primitiva • Ministerio de Salud • Nascal • Obsequios Empresarios Argentinos • Paisanito • Partido Peronista • Industrias Gráficas Pesout • Quercia y Possi • Justo Rodero • Offset Sacerdoti • J.F. Sánchez • Schmid Argentina • Solano García • Taller 4 • Vigor • Virgo S.C.A. • Zecat
Left: box from another pack advertising Fernet Branca from around the same period.