Peru Rail
Peru Rail souvenir cards "exploring the land of the Incas" published by Peru Rail, Cusco, c.2005.
Peru Rail souvenir playing cards
Peru Rail souvenir playing cards "exploring the land of the Incas", with impressive photographs of the Inca ruins at Macchu Picchu, published by Power Casinos for Peru Rail, Cusco. www.perurail.com►
Above: Peru Rail souvenir playing cards "exploring the land of the Incas" published by Peru Rail, Estación Wanchaq, Av. Pachacútec s/n, Cusco. 52 cards + 2 jokers in box. The cards are slightly large-sized [74 x 105 mms] and the same images of Machu Picchu are repeated in each suit. The cards appear to have been produced by Power Casinos© whose logo appears on one of the box flaps.
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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