Pat
1st.....Here is exactly what I said in the 1st post in this thread...
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Pat....do notice that I stated....
"Such a cigarette carton"
This particular carton which Jeremy posted in his thread some years ago contained COUPON cigarettes manufactured in 1913 - 1919. And, if cards were enclosed in this type of carton,
they would have been either T213-2 or T213-3.
This we know for sure, since the LIGGETT & MYERS TOBACCO CO. logo is printed on it.
The ATC divesture (circa June 1911) resulted in the following manner
LIGGETT & MYERS was given about 28 per cent of the cigarette market:
Coupon
Piedmont
Fatima
American Beauty
Home Run
Imperiales
King Bee
Fatima (the only 15 Turkish blend
and the cheap straight domestic brands.
P. LORILLARD received 15 per cent of the nation's business:
Helmar
Egyptian Deities
Turkish Trophies
Murad
Mogul
and all straight Turkish brands
AMERICAN TOBACCO CO. retained 37 per cent of the market:
Sweet Caporal
Hassan
Mecca
Pall Mall, its expensive all-Turkish brand, named for a fashionable London street in the 18th century where "pall-mall" (a precursor to croquet) was played.
R. J. REYNOLDS received no cigarette line but was awarded 20 per cent of the plug trade.
2nd....." and can you answer the question of where the 1910 date for the type 1 comes from."
Approx 10 years ago, Louisiana Newspaper clippings (1909 or 1910) were posted in a Net54 thread introducing the new ATC tobacco brand, COUPON.
TED Z
T206 Reference
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