For wiser heads and better eyes...

[Frofro]

Greetings All

I recently purchased a box of Partagas 898 in Gibraltar. There is a stamp of some kind on the outer cardboard packaging, but it is too faint for me to decipher, and I couldn’t be certain as to what it meant if I could see it properly. I've attached an image of the stamp and I was wondering if anyone would be good enough to decipher it for me?

From what I have been able to gather from the excellent www.cubancigarwebsite.com, the box/packaging sports the 1994-2004 box seal and the 1962-1999 warranty seal, which perhaps narrows things down a little.

Any advice would be most welcome, thanks a lot.

[Ophidion]

U _ _ _ UUE

[tmac77]

I would like to buy a vowel

[rckymtn22]

UOCCUUE ?

[CaptainQuintero]

I'd put a penny on feb 1999

UGC CCUE

[Michel1968]

I'd put a penny on feb 1999

UGC CCUE

That's what I make of it as well...

[AverageJoe83]

I'd put a penny on feb 1999

UGC CCUE

Thats what it looks like to me!

[canadianbeaver]

Somehow the last three letters look like UUE to me but I don't think there is such a thing

UGCCUUE

[jazzbass]

Wow thats a tough one.... I dragged the pic onto my desktop, loaded it into ical and then tried to manipulate by darkening, and increasing the contrast.. Not a lot of luck.... I think the comments above mine are probably close.

[Munts]

I'd put a penny on feb 1999

UGC CCUE

+1

[BonVivant]

UGCC DDE

UGCC - 0599

DDE - Camajuani factory in Villa Clara province

[Ophidion]

Jumanji factory?

[mk05]

Captain Quintero asked the same question in suspect cigar forum...

[randomhero1090]

UGCC DDE

UGCC - 0599

DDE - Camajuani factory in Villa Clara province

Looks like D's at the end.

[BonVivant]

Jumanji factory?

Robin Williams must be the owner

http://www.groseducationalmedia.ca/cayosmsite/csm4.html

[Frofro]

Well, many thanks for the wiser heads and better eyes...it would seem that I've picked up some '99 898s. That's not bad - I accidentally picked up some '99 Bolivar Coronas earlier this year as well, although the box code was a damn sight easier to read!

[El Presidente]

Looks like the tiles I pick up when I play scrabble

[laficion]

When do you have the time to play scrabbles Rob ?