Just Something I Picked Up

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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