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1950s RITMEESTER CORONA DE LUXE SINGLES
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The information below was provided by Jose at Backyard Cigars: Backyard Cigars
Ritmeester cigars was owned by the Van Schuppen family established 1887. They manufactured in 5 factories in the Netherlands by the 1960’s.
They were popular in Canada as well as Australia, they entered the Australian market in 1964. They did well for a Dutch cigar company and were held in high regard.
During the 1950’s and 1960’s when many cigar companies were turning to homogenized leaf and machine rolling Ritmeester prided themselves on hand rolling and use of all natural tobacco.
In 1967 Johnny Hopkins had an article published in the Calgary Herald where it is talked about how Ritmeester is till practicing the dying art of the hand rolled cigar.
It is mentioned in this article that all Dutch cigars are made using only Indonesian tobacco.
In 1970 the Gallaher Co buys control of Ritmeester and by 1976 Gallaher is recruiting salesmen & saleswomen to develop sales for the Ritmeester brand.
The Ultimate Cigar Book by Richard Carleton Hacker mentions Ritmeester as being from Holland and one of the world’s premier Dutch type cigar using 100 percent tobacco.
The book also states Jochem Van Schuppen started manufacturing cigars in 1887 and introduced the Ritmeester brand in 1915. They are considered “Dry cigars” meaning they were kept at lower RH. In another book “ Hidden like Anne Frank: 14 True stories of survival written by Marcel Prins & Peter Henk Steenhuis Ritmeester cigars are mentioned because the Van Schuppens were actually hiding Jewish citizens from the Nazis. Employees for the Van Schuppen family aided in keeping families safe and hidden as well. The Van Schuppen family founders are Jochem & Marinus Van Schuppen and the first factory was started in Veenendaal. Today the company continues to produce and market cigars under The Dannemann Group as of 1989. George Dannemann is Brazilian and had a cigar factory in Brazil where Mata Fina flourished. Todays Ritmeester cigars lean heavily on Brazilian tobacco.
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The information below was provided by Jose at Backyard Cigars: Backyard Cigars
Ritmeester cigars was owned by the Van Schuppen family established 1887. They manufactured in 5 factories in the Netherlands by the 1960’s.
They were popular in Canada as well as Australia, they entered the Australian market in 1964. They did well for a Dutch cigar company and were held in high regard.
During the 1950’s and 1960’s when many cigar companies were turning to homogenized leaf and machine rolling Ritmeester prided themselves on hand rolling and use of all natural tobacco.
In 1967 Johnny Hopkins had an article published in the Calgary Herald where it is talked about how Ritmeester is till practicing the dying art of the hand rolled cigar.
It is mentioned in this article that all Dutch cigars are made using only Indonesian tobacco.
In 1970 the Gallaher Co buys control of Ritmeester and by 1976 Gallaher is recruiting salesmen & saleswomen to develop sales for the Ritmeester brand.
The Ultimate Cigar Book by Richard Carleton Hacker mentions Ritmeester as being from Holland and one of the world’s premier Dutch type cigar using 100 percent tobacco.
The book also states Jochem Van Schuppen started manufacturing cigars in 1887 and introduced the Ritmeester brand in 1915. They are considered “Dry cigars” meaning they were kept at lower RH. In another book “ Hidden like Anne Frank: 14 True stories of survival written by Marcel Prins & Peter Henk Steenhuis Ritmeester cigars are mentioned because the Van Schuppens were actually hiding Jewish citizens from the Nazis. Employees for the Van Schuppen family aided in keeping families safe and hidden as well. The Van Schuppen family founders are Jochem & Marinus Van Schuppen and the first factory was started in Veenendaal. Today the company continues to produce and market cigars under The Dannemann Group as of 1989. George Dannemann is Brazilian and had a cigar factory in Brazil where Mata Fina flourished. Todays Ritmeester cigars lean heavily on Brazilian tobacco.
