Peru
Playing cards have been travelling from Spain to South American colonies ever since Christopher Columbus.
Peruvian Playing Cards
Playing cards have been travelling from Spain to South American colonies ever since Christopher Columbus.

Vargas Girls
‘Vargas Girls’ paintings by Alberto Vargas in a deck of cards published by Creative Playing Card Co Missouri.

Cefacidal
“Cefacidal” / Mead Johnson medical humour advertising playing cards, c.1975.

Vistas de Lima
Souvenir of Peru playing cards made by Standard Playing Card Co., Chicago, c.1910

Naipes Tu Destino Cartomancy Cards
“Naipes Tu Destino” Cartomancy Cards from Peru will ease any stress in your interpersonal relationships c.1975.

Amos del Universo
“Amos del Universo” card game published by Litografía Goicochea Hnos, S.A., Lima, Peru, c.1980.

Líneas de Nazca
“Líneas de Nazca” souvenir playing cards, Peru, c.2008.

Leopardo 777 made in Japan for Peru
Leopardo 777 playing cards manufactured in Japan for the Estanco de Naipes del Peru, 1960s.

Bosco by A.S.S. for the Estanco de Naipes del Peru
‘Bosco’ Playing Cards manufactured by A.S.S. for the Estanco de Naipes del Peru, 1930s.

Fabrica de Cigarrillos Roldan y Cia, Lima, Peru
The design of the figures is very agile with excellent colour harmony and execution.

9: Standard English Cards From Latin America: Mexico, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela
A continuation of the survey of designs used in Central and South America.

Inka Culture
Inka Culture playing cards, Peru, c.2000, promoting alpaca and cotton.

Calendario Inka
“Calendario Inka” playing cards published by Power Casinos, Lima, Peru, c.2004.

Litográfica del Perú
Litográfica del Perú S.A. were manufacturers of playing cards in Peru sometime around the decades of the 1970s and/or 1980s.

Pepsamar advertising playing cards
Anglo-American style advertising playing cards made in Peru by Litográfica del Perú, c.1975, for Sydney Ross S.A. / Winthrop Pepsamar indigestion remedy.

Festal advertising playing cards
Festal advertising playing cards for Hoechst Peruana S.A.

Peru Rail
Peru Rail souvenir cards "exploring the land of the Incas" published by Peru Rail, Cusco, c.2005.

Vistas del Perú, c.1920s
Vistas del Perú souvenir deck, made in USA and imported by Edw. E. Muecke, Lima, Peru, c.1920s.

Fenno, Peru
Fenno souvenir playing cards, made in Peru.

Ramses II tarot
Ramses II Tarot deck was published c.1975 in conjunction with a Peruvian occult or esoteric magazine.

Cigarette Cards and other ephemera
Cigarette Cards, Trade Cards, Miniature Playing Cards and other ephemera.

Cards for export to Peru by Heraclio Fournier
'El Caballo' brand (No.5P) playing-cards manufactured in Spain by Heraclio Fournier S.A. especially for the Estanco de Naipes del Perú, c.1960.

Latin American Playing Cards
Playing cards had been introduced to the Americas with explorers such as Columbus or Cortés, whose fellow countrymen were keen gamblers. Cards were imported from Spain since the 16th century. Local production usually imitated Spanish cards.

Cusco Inca Souvenir
Pre-Incas & Incas Souvenir Playing Cards, Cusco, Peru, 2000.

Litografía Fabbri, Lima, Peru, c.1900-20
Litografía Fabbri, Lima, Peru, c.1900-20, printers of cigarette insert cards for tobacco companies.

Inka-Dynasty
'Inka-Dynasty' playing cards are based on historic 16th century designs by the Peruvian chronicler Felipe Guamán Poma de Ayala, and printed by Power Casinos, Lima, Peru, c.2004.

OBD Playing Cards made in Peru
Spanish-suited playing cards printed by OBD, S.A., Lima, Peru, 1976.

Animals Quartet printed for Cigarrillos El Figaro, Peru
Animals Quartet game printed for Cigarrillos El Figaro, Peru, early 1900s.

Laboratorios Magma, S.A.
Publicity playing cards manufactured for Laboratorios Magma, S.A., Lima, Peru, c.1990.

Estanco de Naipes del Perú
In October 1888 the Republic of Peru Congress passed Law no.26 establishing taxes on playing cards, whether imported or locally produced, according to the quality of the cards.

Naipe Peruano
Peruvian costumes playing cards.

Disney playing cards from Peru
Disney playing cards from Peru.

Biermans for the Estanco de Naipes del Peru
Standard Genoese pattern with French indices made by Biermans for Cigarrillo Holiday and the Estanco de Naipes del Perú.

Playing Cards manufactured by The US Playing Card Co for the Estanco de Naipes del Peru
Playing cards manufactured by The US Playing Card Co for the Estanco de Naipes del Peru, 1920s - 1950s.

Toyo playing cards No.88 for Peru
Toyo playing cards No.88 manufactured in China for the “Estanco de Naipes del Perú”, 1950s.

Peruvian Football playing cards
Football playing cards made in Peru.

Piatnik & Sons for the“Estanco de Naipes del Perú”
Playing Cards made by Piatnik & Sons for the“Estanco de Naipes del Perú”, c.1960.

16th century cards discovered in Peru
Fragments of playing cards and 2 dice were unearthed in a 16th century rubbish tip adjacent to a Spanish house in the lower Rimac Valley in Peru, providing evidence of games played by early Spanish settlers.

Roldan Tobacco Cards, Peru
Tobacco cards with miniature playing cards inset into top corners, printed by Litografía y Tipografía Fabbri Hermanos, for Roldan y Cia Tobacco, Lima, c.1895.

El Reloj card game by Imprenta Lecaros
“El Reloj” card game by Imprenta Lecaros, Lima, Peru, c.1920.

Silver Cards from Peru
The example of Spanish-suited silver cards shown here is grotesquely embellished and enamelled. It came from a former Spanish Viceroy in Peru and is dated 1745.

Peruvian Souvenir Playing Cards
Assorted scenes from Peruvian landscape, architecture and culture published by Jan Mer S.A.C., c.2000.

Naipes y Casinos Industria Peruana
Naipes Tipo Español “Naipes y Casinos” Industria Peruana.

Pavias Playing Cards made in Peru
Pavias playing cards made in Peru, c.1990.

Cigarrillos Compadre, Peru, early 1900s
Spanish-suited playing cards for Cigarrillos Compadre, Peru, early 1900s

Peruvian Playing Cards
Playing cards have been travelling from Spain to South American colonies ever since Christopher Columbus.

Coca~Cola themed pack for Ripley department store, Peru
Coca-Cola themed deck produced for Ripley Department Store, Peru, anonymous manufacturer, c.2000.

Spanish-suited deck for the Estanco de Naipes del Perú
Spanish-suited playing cards printed for the Estanco de Naipes del Perú.
