Mexico
MEXICO shares a long tradition with Spain in the field of playing cards. The Estanco de Naipes (playing-card monopoly) was established in 1576.
9: Standard English Cards From Latin America: Mexico, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela
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by Ken Lodge
A continuation of the survey of designs used in Central and South America.
Acapulco Souvenir
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by Simon Wintle
Acapulco Souvenir playing cards designed and printed by Foliproa S.A., Mexico.
Advertising Playing-Cards by La Cubana, S.A, Mexico c.1960
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by Simon Wintle
Advertising Playing-Cards by La Cubana, S.A. (Fabrica de Naipes El Aguila), Mexico, c.1960.
Aeronaves de Mexico
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by Simon Wintle
Special pack for Aeronaves de Mexico S.A., designed by Ramón Valdiosera Berman, mid-1960s.
Anonymous Mexican Playing Cards c.1825
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by Simon Wintle
Anonymous Mexican playing cards, finely engraved and coloured on good card stock, first quarter of the 1800s.
As Vencedores
Two colourful Mexican packs by an anonymous manufacturer titled “As Vencedores” on the ace of coins, designed in the Mexican style, based on the Spanish ‘Castilian’ pattern.
Baraja Cuauhtémoc
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by Simon Wintle
Baraja Cuauhtémoc published by Treviño Narro, Monterrey, Mexico Original artwork by P. X. Santaella featuring Aztec and other important pre-Columbian cultures.
Baraja Hispanoamericana
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by Simon Wintle
“Baraja Hispanoamericana” published by Asescoin, with artwork by Ortuño, illustrates memorable people from the discovery, colonisation and subsequent liberation of Hispanic America
Baraja Taurina Toranzo
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by Simon Wintle
Baraja Taurina Mexicana Toranzo with paintings by Antonio Navarrete, 2003
Bartolo Borrego, Mexico
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by Simon Wintle
40-card Spanish-suited woodblock and stencil pack made in Mexico by Bartolo Borrego, 1836.
Bridge advertising playing cards by La Cubana
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by Simon Wintle
Bridge advertising playing cards for Morganite Carbon, manufactured by La Cubana, S.A., Tulipan 108, Mexico 4, D.F., c.1980s.
Cards from an anonymous Mexican pack c.1835
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by Simon Wintle
Cards from a Mexican pack c.1835; maker unknown
El Aguila
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by Simon Wintle
Naipes ‘El Aguila’ with flamboyantly dressed court figures made in Mexico by La Cubana S.A., c.1975.
El Ferrocarril
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by Simon Wintle
Naipe El Ferrocarril made by La Cubana, S.A. (Fabrica de Naipes El Aguila), Mexico, c.1960
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