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Cubatabaco prices spain 1978

4 April 2017 Old Cigar Items Leave a comment

Cuban cigars price list in Spain – April 1978

Old Cubatobaco price list of Cuban cigars available in Spain in 1978. Some of them make us dream : Cifuentes, La Escepcion, Partagas, Upmann, Maria Guerrero, Montecristo, just have a look.

Cubatabaco : Abbreviation of Empresa Cubana del Tabaco, is the Cuban tobacco company. It was created in 1962 after the nationalization of the Cuban tobacco industry by the socialist government of Fidel Castro.

She managed all the production and distribution of Cuban tobacco products both locally and internationally until 1994. On that date the company Habanos S.A. was created to export cigars and cigarettes all over the world.

In 2001 the production decame the responsibility of a new entity called Tabacuba.

Cubatabaco currently owns the names of Cuban cigars brands.

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Antiques

Cuban Glass top box PITA Hermanos

16 October 2016 Old Cigar Items 2 Comments

Cuban Glass top box PITA Hermanos

Pre-1950’s cuban glass top box for 25 cigars from Fabrica PITA Hermanos – “Especiales para el Almacen de Viveres – LA REINA”

Dimensions (L / W / H) : 19cm (7,48″) / 13cm (5,12″) / 9cm (3,54″), probably for 25 Cazadores.

I personally like cuban glass top box, used from 30’s to 50’s. Seen often for CAZADORES or BREVAS from different brands (PARTAGAS, J.L.PIEDRA, LA ESCEPTION, or as this boxwith less known brands).

Cuban Glass top box PITA Hnos - Front side

Cuban Glass top box PITA Hnos - Back side

La Reina Glass Top Box - Fabrica PITA Hnos - Side

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Maria Guerrero Favoritas en Cedro – 1968

31 January 2016 Old Cigar Items

Maria Guerrero Favoritas en Cedro – 1968

The brand

Maria Guerrero is a Cuban brand created in 1930* by José Rodriguez Fernández “Don Pepin” (owner of the Roméo Y Julieta factory). Its name is a tribute to a famous Spanish actress.

Maria Guerrero has become a sister brand to Roméo Y Julieta. At the time of the revolution, the brand had 25 vitolas**.

According to a 1969 catalog there were at least 9 references, 8 in 1971, and only 2 (machine made) in 1976, including the Favoritas in Cedro. The brand still appears in a price list from 1981 but no longer in the Cubataco catalog from 1983.

* Source : The Great Habano Factory.
** Source : An Illustrated Encylopaedia of Post Revolution Havana Cigars.

Favoritas en Cedro

These Maria Guerrero were made shortly before the 60s and discontinued in the early 80s.

The Favoritas en Cedro is a machine-made Petit Corona 40 x 125 (4.9″) individually wrapped in a cedar leaf and presented in a “dress box” of 25 cigars. Packaging similar to that seen on Coronitas en Cedro or Cedros de Luxe at Roméo Y Julieta.