Cigarros PUNCH 1910 Almendares

[Roland 49]

Jon, you have shown from your collection a magnificent Punch brand cigarette box I have never seen before, and I collect cigarette boxes and tobacco labels. The "Punch" Factory was founded in 1840 by Manuel López, and in the beginning they put their products on the British market, at that time the humorous character "Mr. Punch" was in fashion and they decided that this character would illustrate their labels. Now I show a "Punch" label from the Tobacco trademark registration of 1850, and two tobacco rings, one with the photo of King George V, and the other with two presidents including the United States.

[Roland 49]

" Cigarros Punch 1910 " Almendares cards

[ghostmarcelle]

Here's one with the original backing

[Roland 49]

Matt Goebel, you have shown the best card of Gervasio González that I have seen, also glued to their original cardboard as they came inside the cigarette boxes, it is also seen that from the original printer's sheet they were cut with scissors in an irregular way as shown see in the upper left part, it has a part of the card next to it, now I show from my Specialized Catalog Volume 1, part of one of the Cigars "Punch" pages where I give the explanation, there is the photo of your card and another photo top left.

[Roland 49]

" Cigarros Punch " 16 cards scan

[Roland 49]

Original photo of Gervasio González that was used for the collection "Cigarros Punch 1910"