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Probably you also know that it designates the factory and date of production. Cuban box codes cigars for dummies cigar smoker tutorials. You already noticed that every box of cuban cigars has a strange stamp on the bottom. A cigar box is a box container for cigar packaging. The author concentrates mostly on non cuban cigars. Beautiful original labels used in the cigar boxes, all labels are from cuban cigar factories prior to 1959. Letterology covers typography, hand lettering, books, ephemera and other topics. Commemorative issues may have a special band or a second band.
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Gold medals from various exhibitions as well as his personal signature adorn each box. Herman upmann was a german banker who loved cuban cigars so much that he moved to havana in 1844. In the early 1920s his bank closed but his cigar making lives on. Get the best deals on cuban cigar box when you shop the largest online selection at.
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