Cigarette Sheets

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Posted By: J Hull

I posted scans of this item on the vintage card side early last year, but haven't been able to find out much more about it since then, so I thought I'd give it a try here. It's neither cards nor exactly memorabilia, but is somewhat related. Related enough not to be too frowned on here, I hope.

This is an uncut sheet of Piedmont cigarette box packaging. It's on medium stock cardboard, identical to the type used for cigarette packages. I've never seen any other sheets like this (I have two, bought together), and I'm curious whether anyone else has. Each measures approximately 17 x 33 inches. They're for Factory 240 in Pennsylvania, so they never would have been destined for T205s or T206s. And they're probably, as best I can tell, just slightly post-1911. I'm hoping someone may be able to more definitively pin down the possible timeframe. The labels are Liggett & Myers, which makes them post-1911 (I think). I'm also under the impression that late in the teens, they increased the package size from 10 to 12 cigarettes. Which if that's true would date these sheets to the early to mid teens. But I could be completely wrong.

They do look to me like the same type of slide shell box at least some T206s came from. Can any cigarette pack experts out there provide any insight?
Thanks

Jamie

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Posted By: davidcycleback

The sheet is post T206, due to the Liggett & Myers text,
but the 1914 T330-2 Piedmont baseball stamps were issued
during Liggett's time.

A general question to look into is how long Piedmont
used that style of box, as it is old-time style.

I've not seen another uncut Piedmont box sheet like this before,
so I have no doubt it's rare.

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Posted By: 1880nonsports

but similar printer's or company "stock" sheet (they would keep these in a file to refer to when making a print run). David as usual is correct about the L & M thing as it was therefore post breakup when they were apportioned the Piedmont brand (no longer "successor" notations.....).