El Ciervo N°4

“El Ciervo” No.4 Catalan style playing cards manufactured by Hija de Antonio Comas during the Spanish Civil War period, with mural crown and flag of the 2nd Republic on the ace of coins, c.1938.

Above: “El Ciervo” No.4 manufactured by Hija de Antonio Comas during the Spanish Civil War, with mural crown and flag of the 2nd Republic on the ace of coins, c.1938. The five of swords has the tax office stamp from that period (1938-39). 48 cards.

REFERENCES

Tena Fuentes, Salvador: Testimoni Històric de Naipes Comas, N.E.G.S.A, 1994

By Simon Wintle

Member since February 01, 1996

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Curator 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.