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Pinocho

Pinocho children’s playing cards published by Editorial Gráfica Flores c.1975.

1975 Argentina Pinocchio Cartoon Folklore Card Games Add to Collection

Pinocho children’s cartoon playing cards published by Editorial Gráfica Flores c.1975. See the Box

Pinocho children’s playing cards published by Editorial Gráfica Flores c.1975 Pinocho children’s playing cards published by Editorial Gráfica Flores c.1975

Above: Pinocho children’s playing cards published by Editorial Gráfica Flores c.1975. 48 cards + 2 jokers in box. Reverse: black/red cross-hatch.

Pinocho children’s playing cards published by Editorial Gráfica Flores c.1975
Pinocho children’s playing cards published by Editorial Gráfica Flores c.1975
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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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