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1947 SELECCION SUPERIOR PUERTO RICO CORONITAS SINGLES
$30.00THIS LISTING IS FOR SINGLES FROM A RECENTLY OPENED BOX OF 1947 HAND MADE IN PUERTO RICO CIGARS. DATED FROM THE BLUE TAX STAMP AS SHOWN AND BOX DATA RESEARCHED BY BACKYARDCIGARS.COM. THEY ARE PUERTO RICO / CUBAN SHORT FILLED WITH EITHER A JAVA WRAPPER AND A JAVA OR CUBAN BINDER.
American West Indian trading Co.
The pioneer American firm in the leaf tobacco trade in Puerto Rico, is that of Levi, Blumenstiel & Co., who became established in that country in 1894.
Incorporated in 1898. The company pack and grow leaf tobacco, making a specialty of Porto Rican tobacco product, and also manufacture cigars, cigarettes and tobacco.
Annual output at its height 25 million.
1947 WEBSTER CINCO PERFECTO CLEAR HAVANA SINGLES
$50.00These Perfectos were made between 1945 to 1947. They are hand made with Havana long filler, a binder from Puerto Rico and a shade grown broadleaf wrapper. Dating was done by the logo style of the band and the 10 cent price. The price increased to 11 cents in 1947 as determined by dated magazine ads. These were in stores immediately following WWII,
1948 LA INVICTA JAMAICAN PETIT CORONA SINGLES
$45.00These hand made Jamaicans were in a sealed box until I opened them on 9/20/23. They are perfectly preserved and smell like cedar and spice. They were part of a large collection and I will be posting others soon. Very rare and won't last long!
1948 LA UNA COUNTRY CLUB PERFECTO HAVANA SINGLES
$50.00THESE CIGARS WERE HAND MADE IN TAMPA FROM IMPORTED CUBAN TOBACCO AND WERE IN A SEALED TIN UNTIL OPENED FOR INSPECTION RECENTLY. THE DATE OF RELEASE OF 5-17-48 IS SHOWN ON THE TAX STAMP (BLUE LABEL).
1949 SOLITA PERFECTO HAVANA SINGLES
$45.00THESE CIGARS WERE MADE IN 1949 AT THE PENN CIGAR FACTORY IN JOHNSTOWN PA. THEY CONTAIN CUBAN TOBACCO AND MOST LIKELY ARE A PORTO RICO BLEND. THESE PERFECTOS ARE REALLY GOOD EXAMPLES OF PREMBARGO CIGARS. THE LINK BELOW SHOWS THE PENN FACTORY MACHINES IN ACTION AND THE SOLITA BOX AT THE END.
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1950’s GERMAN DIE LEICHTE KONIGIN (THE LIGHT QUEEN) SINGLES
$15.00This box is late 1940's to early 50's and they are hand made. This box was sealed until opened in 2020 for inspection. They were purchased from a German collector in Hamburg.
1950’s GERMAN MEISTERSTUCK SUPERFINOS HAVANA SINGLES
$35.00This box is late 1940's to early 50's and they are hand made with a Havana blend. This box was sealed until opened in 2020 for inspection. They were purchased from a German collector in Hamburg.
1950’s TAMPA NEEDLES HAVANA CIGARILLOS SINGLES
$15.00Hand rolled, Havana filled and wrapped in a cigarillo shape.
1950’s TAMPA NUGGET TIP CIGARILLOS 5 PACK
$40.00These cigarillos were made by the HAVATAMPA cigar company. Story goes; HAVATAMPA did not advertise that the cigars they made had Havana tobacco simply because they contained less than the required 20% of Havana. Instead they used the name of the company to imply the content. Dating was done by the lack of zipcode on the package.
1950s DON ERNESTO PETIT BOUQUET SINGLES
$40.00La Rica Hoja, which translates to "The Rich Leaf", was founded in 1925 by Don Ernesto Gonzalez Perez, and was later passed down to his son, Don Ernesto Gonzalez, now 93 years old and still supervising the company’s cigar production. Don Ernesto himself is also the Master Blender responsible for creating the blends. The Gonzalez family owns their own tobacco plantation on the island of La Palma, which is one of seven Canary Islands, and is well known for the quality of their leaf. After Don Ernesto opted to continue the family business taught to him by his father, he was joined by his son-in-law, Don Miquel Perez Hernandez, who was exiled from Cuba where his family owned their owned the Finca El Purial plantation and El Surco cigar factory. Don Ernesto cigars have long been a favorite of cigar aficionados in Spain, Germany, and France and until recently, were not available in the United States.
1950s EARL MARSHAL FILTER TIP SINGLES
$15.00S. Frieders and Sons used tobacco from Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Florida and Central America. They eventually established their headquarters in Philadelphia, and in the late '40s, they produced cigars in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, then a hotbed for cigar manufacturing. At its peak, in the early 1950s, S. Frieder and Sons produced about 100 million cigars annually. These Earl Marshal Filter Tip cigars are individually packaged.
1950s GERMAN SILVER ARROW ZIGARILLOS SEALED PACK OF 10
$125.00THE GERMAN NAME SILBER PFEIL TRANSLATES TO SILVER ARROW. THESE PRISTINE BOXES ARE PART OF A LARGER GERMAN COLLECTION AND POSSIBLY CONTAIN CUBAN AND OR A BRASILIAN/SUMATRA BLEND AS MOST OF THE CIGARS OF THAT REGION HAD AT THAT TIME. THESE BOXES WERE DATED BY THE CURRENCY ON THE SEAL (PF) AND THE PERIOD OF THE COLLECTION WHICH RANGED FROM 1938 TO 1950s. ONE PHOTO SHOWS THEM IN THE ORIGINAL OUTER BOX ALTHOUGH THIS LISTING IS FOR A SINGLE PACK OF 10.
1950s RITMEESTER CORONA DE LUXE SINGLES
$35.00The 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.