Naipes Gacela
Naipes Gacela & Gacelita.
Naipes Gacela
Spanish suited playing cards made in Mexico by Productos Gacela.
Above: Spanish suited playing cards made in Mexico by Productos Gacela. 40 cards, printed on thin card, low overall quality. c.1970. The manufacturer's name can be read on the Ace and Four of Coins and the Four of Cups, but no address is given.
Above: 'Naipes Gacelita', half-sized edition of Spanish suited playing cards made in Mexico by Productos Gacela. 40 cards. c.1970. The designs are different to the full-sized edition shown above, but the back design is the same. The manufacturer's name can be read on the Four of Coins, but no address is given.
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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