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Naipes Porteño by C. Della Penna S.A.C.I., Buenos Aires, c.1960

Published July 03, 1996 Updated March 20, 2022

Naipes PORTEÑO Spanish-suited playing cards manufactured by C. Della Penna S.A.C.I., Buenos Aires, c.1955-60.

Argentina Della Penna Porteño

Naipes PORTEÑO by C. Della Penna S.A.C.I., Buenos Aires, c.1955-60

Naipes Porteño was one of Della Penna's leading brands of Spanish-suited playing cards, alongside Naipes Inca. It was produced in successive editions until the company was taken over in 1978. Over the years the logo on the four of cups changed. In this example, clouds have been added above the Palacio del Congreso logo on the four of cups. The cards are presented in a cardboard box, not just a paper wrapper as in earlier editions.

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Naipes PORTEÑO Spanish-suited playing cards manufactured by C. Della Penna S.A.C.I., Buenos Aires, c.1955-60

Above: cards and box from standard edition of Naipes Porteño by C. Della Penna S.A.C.I., dating from c.1955-60. The four of cups shows the "Marianne" tax stamp and the "Palacio del Congreso" logo with clouds added. In later editions this logo was replaced with a view of Buenos Aires port. The design of the court cards is a simplified version of the Spanish Catalan pattern which has become the typical design found in Argentina. The little bunches of grapes on the five of swords is only found on Della Penna's cards. However, the same ace of coins is used as in Naipes Inca.

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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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