Tobacco carton labels

[Joe_G.]

Originally Posted by renoch01

The ones for sure is cross cut. High grade. Between the acts non sports these have 10 cent stamps and may the Omar, Hassan, Murad, Egyptian luxury the others are after the fact but cool. . I screwed up and missed the Allen & Ginter Dixie unopened pack.

Would this be the A&G Dixie pack? I recently picked this up although it was already opened with 10 old Chesterfield cigarettes inside (not the original cigarettes).

Also, minor point, but the stamp with "10" on it is a tax stamp to show taxes were paid for sale of 10 cigarettes, not suggesting the pack is 10 cents. These tax stamps can help date the pack . . . The "Series of 1879" tax stamp was used from 1879 to 1883, the "Series of 1883" tax stamp was used from 1883 to 1893, and so on.

[renoch01]

Thanks Joe for the information and yes that pack or one like it was at his sale that I meant to buy but missed when picking out what I wanted....if you got that from Kansas City then it was from Joes collection....

[Mdmtx]

Thanks for all the great information in this thread. Some of you possess such great knowledge. Always fun to learn new things!

[renoch01]

Joe here are some of the older packs that I will be selling the 1898 Jefferson & the 1910 Queen Bess are full unopened packs. The rest are empties from 1901 to 1910 according to Joes labels but cool as hell

[canjond]

Joe - sorry but I'm the bidder who pushed you up in the Dixie (had I known it was you, I wouldn't have bid). I actually picked up the seller's unopened pack of Motor cigarettes.

[Joe_G.]

Hey Jon, looks like three of us had similar interest, I'm happy with the pack and price albeit more than I figured it would go for. Never a problem when bidding against each other, can't go wrong when everyone bids what it is worth to each.

[1880nonsports]

the flattened cartons appear to be 100% real without them in hand. They don't hold much value. There are some tangential BB related packs and such but far removed from those that actually could have held cards. The earliest packs he's shown aren't of much demand to most collectors.
As the OP has now come to realize - many of his 1930's - 1950's unopened material that he listed on the 'Bay has attracted solid attention. In fact - although I only collect pre-1920 stuff - I have a sideline of unopened major brand packs and tins collection 30's - 50's - but found quite a few packs he listed that tickled my graphic/subject genes and so I bid. Well I only ended up with 4 of the ones listed so far of the 20 or so I bid on - heavily outbid on Olympics, planes, trains, and automobiles :-). Happy to see a few more people taking interest in this form of ephemera. Competition is at times the seed of further discovery.
I did take notice of an early pack shown above that raised some questions - but I've learned to look and think again before broaching the subject publically.