‘Selección Nacional de Fútbol’ Spanish-suited playing cards published in Mexico by Novelty Corp de México S.A. de C.V., 2002. Each card has a drawing of Mexican soccer players, with a football motif on the reverse. The court cards also have autographs of famous players.
Above: ‘Selección Nacional de Fútbol’ playing cards published in Mexico by Novelty Corp de México S.A. de C.V., 2002. 40 cards 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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