Help!.....Anyone?

[NCRadioMan]

There is a lady in town having an estate auction and she brought some old pipes and baccy by the shop for us to look at. In the end she gave me a pound tin of Bertram Balkan Legation from Bertram "The Nation's Pipe Maker" in Washington, DC. Of course, no longer there but I am interested if anyone knows anything about Bertram. Apparently, they were very popular with dignitaries visiting the US because they made a pipe for Stalin, MacAurther and more. The gentleman had dozens of Bertram pipes.

FWIW, the tin is awesome but the baccy is very, very dry but smells devine!

Here is a pic of some stuff she had. The one I have is one of the red pound tins.

http://www.renestingresources.com/Re...tions_.html#12

There was also baccy (aromatics) from The Tobacco House Ltd. in Richmond, VA. It was in near perfect condition. The latest we could date anything was from the mid 80's.