Naipes Fantasio
Naipes Fantasio by Vigor S.A.C. e I., c.1960.
Naipes Fantasio by Vigor S.A.C. e I., c.1960.
Naipes Fantasio was one of Vigor's brands of Anglo-American style playing cards, alongside Naipes Pokerín and Las Rosas.
Above: front and back of sealed deck of Naipes Fantasio by Vigor S.A.C e I., 1960. 52 cards + 2 jokers in box. The ace of hearts has a green 'Marianne' tax stamp and the deck has a 1 Peso orange tax band around it. The set also contains two leaflets►
Naipes Fantasio by Virgo S.C.A., c.1975
Virgo S.C.A. existed for a short while around c.1975-80. It appears that the name ‘Virgo’ was an anagram of ‘Vigor’ but was soon discontinued. It is a mystery what happened to Virgo S.C.A. but the Vigor business subsequently became known as Gráfica 2001 / Naipes La Española who are still in existence today. The court cards in this example are exact copies of Fournier. The Kings and Jacks don't all have little thin moustaches as in the earlier editions of Naipes Pokerin by Vigor. See the Box►
Above: Naipes Fantasio by Virgo S.C.A., Buenos Aires, c.1975. The address is San Pedro 5770, Buenos Aires. The Jokers show a dragon and castle with the word "fantasio" beneath. The reverse shows a gaucho and an ox cart, double-ended. The box states "cartulina importada" so supposedly the cards were printed in Argentina on the foreign cardboard.
Naipes Fantasio by Gráfica 2001 (Successors to Naipes Vigor & Virgo S.C.A.), 2004.
Above: Naipes Fantasio with 4 special aces for Teacher's Highland Cream Scotch Whisky manufactured by Gráfica 2001, 2004. 52 + 2 jokers in Box.
By Simon Wintle
Member since February 01, 1996
View ArticlesCurator 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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