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I have an empty cigar box my uncle gave me back in the late 1950's. Don't know how to post pic so here is info on box:

LA PRIMADORA
HABANA
20th CENTURY
EXTRA CLARO
CARDBOARD BOX
Bottom writing:
TP 221 FLA
G " The ordinary price of the cigars herein contained is intended by the manufacturer to be more thatn 20 cents each.

50 cigars

SEAL:Oval box seal with LA PRIMADORA written across it in script.

Any help with determining if this is pre-embargo would be helpful.

Thanks
 
Posts: 41 | Registered: March 09, 2005Reply With QuoteEdit or Delete MessageReport This Post
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The embargo started in '62, so if you got it in the late '50s, it doubtless preembargo. Whether or not it's prerevolution (revolution was in '59) is another question, and one that I'm not qualified to answer.

The folks at www.gotham-cigar-museum.com could probably help out.
 
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Yeah nobody knows more about old cigars than they do.They got a bunch of cool stuff to sell also.


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It seems that this would be a cigar rolled in Florida (probably Tampa) with Cuban tobacco. A common practice in those days.


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