These packs were later branded as "Naipe Estrella 180" which was printed on the box, and with different formal reverse patterns. The courts are loosely based on Fournier's classic designs with the exception of the cavaliers.



Above: Naipe Estrella 180, 1999.

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.