Just Something I Picked Up

[jesseboston81]

What a great find! I find it especially interesting that the commonly referenced online Cuban cigar "encyclopedia" doesn't mention the churchill vitola--not only is your find great, it might also be a new discovery! I wonder if MRN mentions this vitola.

Also, based on my limited knowledge, the box appears to be pre-revolution (1960): in the second picture you can see the very top part of the double-ovaled "MADE IN HAVANA-CUBA" stamp. This stamp was not used after the revolution.

[T.G]

Nice find.

Originally Posted by jesseboston81

What a great find! I find it especially interesting that the commonly referenced online Cuban cigar "encyclopedia" doesn't mention the churchill vitola--not only is your find great, it might also be a new discovery! I wonder if MRN mentions this vitola.

Of course it doesn't. It's an encyclopedia of post-revolution cigars, this cigar no longer existed by then.

Originally Posted by jesseboston81

Also, based on my limited knowledge, the box appears to be pre-revolution (1960): in the second picture you can see the very top part of the double-ovaled "MADE IN HAVANA-CUBA" stamp. This stamp was not used after the revolution.

That and the burned in class G tax marking places it probably between 1959 and 1962 according to the info on Tony Hyman's page:

http://www.nationalcigarmuseum.com/D...ban_Boxes.html

[IBQTEE1]

Originally Posted by T.G

Nice find.



Of course it doesn't. It's an encyclopedia of post-revolution cigars, this cigar no longer existed by then.




That and the burned in class G tax marking places it probably between 1959 and 1962 according to the info on Tony Hyman's page:

http://www.nationalcigarmuseum.com/D...ban_Boxes.html

Very cool info. Thank you. I was talking to Hootie about it and he thought it was pre-embargo.

[N2 GOLD]

WAAAAAY kool...

[T.G]

Originally Posted by IBQTEE1

Very cool info. Thank you. I was talking to Hootie about it and he thought it was pre-embargo.

Hootie definitely knows his stuff.


I'm looking more at the box and what really impresses me is that it still has the original cedar shield that went on top of the cigars. Five decades and it was never damaged, lost or separated from the rest of the box.