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ORIGINAL TOBACCO PACKETS – 19TH CENTURY AND EARLY 20TH CENTURY PACKETS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION:  This is a very nice selection of original retail sized packets of American tobacco fresh from a very old collection.  The packets are in very good collectible condition, several of them retaining the original tobacco, and many of them with the original tax stamps still affixed.   

Where I have been able to determine the dating of these packets either through research, the content or style of the labeling, or from the date on the surviving tax stamp, I have provided that information in the description.  If the packet is sealed or if it still contains the original tobacco, that information is also indicated.   

Each of the packets is listed separately with accompanying descriptions and photographs. 

 

NO. 1  QUEEN OF THE VALLEY FINE CUT CHEWING TOBACCO: This brand was available in this style packet at least as early as the American Civil War.  This is a full packet with an excellent wrapper and the original tobacco is intact.  Measuring 3 ½” long, 2” wide and 1” thick, the wrapper was originally glued shut and while the flaps have been carefully lifted, the glue spots are still present.  The tobacco is still in its original shaped plug.  A very scarce packet from the Civil War and Indian War era.  $150

 

NO. 2  GEORGE WASHINGTON GREATEST AMERICAN CUT PLUG:  A very popular brand in the early 1900’s, this packet was manufactured by the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., and bears a tax stamp dated 1910.  The packet, measuring 4 ½” long, 3 ¼” wide and 1” thick, has been opened, the tobacco was consumed, and the bag was returned to full shape with a filler.  The pouch is in excellent condition, retains bright colors, still retains the original closing cord, and much of the original tax stamp remains and is legible.  $15

 

 

NO. 3  OJIBWA BRAND SCOTTEN DILLON COMPANY:   Dating from the 1920’s, this sealed packet is in excellent condition, and containing the original tobacco.   Measuring  4 ½” long, 3” wide, and 1” thick, the paper packet is full form with no tears or other damage and fully legible, bright printing.  $40

 

 

NO. 4  W.T. BLACKWELL DURHAM SMOKING TOBACCO:  One of the classics, the W.T. Blackwell Company factory was built in 1874 and this brand was one of the predecessors of the Bull Durham brand.  This bag is still sealed with the blue tax label which has no printing, the bag still retains the original tobacco, the label is complete front and back and the bag still retains its original packet of rolling papers.  Measuring 3 ½” high, 2” wide and ¾” thick, this bag is in excellent condition.   SOLD

 

 

NO. 5  DUKE’S MIXTURE, LIGGET MYERS:  This bag is still sealed with the complete blue tax label dated 1910, the bag still retains the original tobacco, the label is complete front and back and the string tag is still present.  Measuring 3” high, 2” wide and 1” thick, this bag is in excellent condition.   $45

 

 

NO. 6  SEAL OF NORTH CAROLINA, MARBURG BROS.:  This bag has been opened, the tobacco consumed, and it has a filler.  The bag is full form with the original pull strings and enough of the tax stamp survives to read that it is dated 1891.  Marburg Bros. was formed in 1865 when their father turned over the business to them, and they remained in business until the company was sold in May of 1891 the American Tobacco Company. 

The bag is in very good condition and the labeling printed on both the front and back of the bag is legible.  A nice early production bag.  $25

 

 

NO. 7  LAREDO BURLEY CUT PLUG, SCOTTEN DILLON COMPANY:  This is an empty bag restored to shape with a filler.  This style of bag was available in the 1930’s.  Complete with the original cloth tape closure.  $10  

 

 

NO. 8  PLOW BOY CHEWING AND SMOKING TOBACCO:  This is a sealed packet with the full cellophane wrapper intact, as are the contents.  The tax stamp is intact and present without any date.  Manufactured by the Spaulding & Merrick Company, successor to the Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co.  A very nice, colorful packet.  $25

 

 

NO. 9  MAYO’S CUT PLUG TOBACCO FOR SMOKING AND CHEWING:  This is a cloth bag which has been opened, the contents consumed, and it has been restored to shape with a filler.  The tax stamp is for the most part present, and it is dated 1910.  Compete with the original closure cloth tape.  $15

 

 

NO. 10  BUFFALO SMOKING TOBACCO, LIGGET MYERS:  This bag is still sealed with the blue tax stamp series 104, which is not date canceled.  The bag still retains the original tobacco, the label is present, but shows the loss of one corner, and the string tag is still present.  Measuring 3 ½” high, 2” wide and 1” thick, this bag is in very good condition.  One of the less common brands.  SOLD

 
 
 
 
 

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