Naipes Las Rosas by Vigor S.R.L., c.1959
Naipes Las Rosas by Vigor S.R.L., c.1959.
VIGOR S.R.L. (1955-c.1975) manufactured a range of playing cards and card games, including "Chinita", "La Estrella", "Barcelonesa", "La Española", "Fantasio", "Las Rosas", "Pokerin", "Cartas Gitanas", and a Hungarian pack.
Naipes ‘Las Rosas’, by VIGOR S.R.L., c.1960. Brown or green backs, 52 cards + 2 jokers in box.
Above: aces of hearts and spades plus six court cards from Naipes 'Las Rosas' by Vigor S.R.L., c.1960. The ace of hearts has a green 'Marianne' tax stamp, which was in use at this time (until 1968). Although the tax band shown below has a 'Mercury' head, new ones with 'Marianne' heads on were being introduced around this time. Click on images to see more.
Below: 1 Peso orange tax band which is wrapped around the sealed pack, inside the box. The tax band reads "Decreto 18,235" which was in force between 1944-1964, the 1 Peso tax being applied to home-produced cards with French (Anglo-American) suit symbols.
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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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