Popular Post Philski Posted August 2, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted August 2, 2016 Recently came into my possession - a copy (1967 facsimile) of the entire Army & Navy catalogue of 1907. A fascinating browse through the Amazon equivalent of the latter days of the British Empire! Only a handful of cigar pages, but might be of interest to members. Crappy iPhone pics, but happy to make more of an effort if anyone wants me to. - Quite interesting that cigars from the 1904/5 crop were offered for sale in 1907 - not a dissimilar lead time compared to today, although legend has it that cigar stores would age cigars themselves prior to being offered for sale 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corylax18 Posted August 2, 2016 Share Posted August 2, 2016 Very cool. Look at all the Por Larranagas!! Thanks for sharing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rod707 Posted August 2, 2016 Share Posted August 2, 2016 Agreed, that's pretty awesome thanks for sharing brother!Sent from my SM-N910T using Tapatalk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fugu Posted August 2, 2016 Share Posted August 2, 2016 "Members are informed that the Society has secured a large stock of the 1904 and 1905 Crops. This is considered important in view of the partial failure and poor quality of the 1906 growth." A few questions coming to mind: Interesting to see that already in those days they were critical of different crops and that such had been communicated. In particular as that had not been indicated on boxes back then. Or had it been in fact? Or did you have to rely on your supplier for that info? What do they actually mean by "crop"? Is it really harvest year? As by today's standards a cigar would never hold tobacco of a single crop. Is it 'crop', is it 'production' that is meant? Or is it the main component of a cigar? 'Growth' as opposed to 'crop' or is it being used synonymously? Interesting find, thanks for sharing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avaldes Posted August 2, 2016 Share Posted August 2, 2016 Interesting to look at how small most of those cigars are too. Hardly any are even 6 inches long. I also see that there was a cigar brand with my name on it! "La Flor de Valdes!" Even spelled correctly 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ethosan Posted August 2, 2016 Share Posted August 2, 2016 This is awesome thank you brother! I work in a tobacco shop that opened in 1862, we're all about this type of stuff. Can't wait to share with the boys. I wonder how those partagas were smoking back then 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westg Posted August 2, 2016 Share Posted August 2, 2016 Awesome ...bloody awesome I say....thankyou for posting ..picture yourself smoking a cigar in 1907......Jer...... your moustache is timeless Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Festa Posted August 2, 2016 Share Posted August 2, 2016 Love it! Brilliant post! Thanks heaps for sharing! 8 minutes ago, westg said: Awesome ...bloody awesome I say....thankyou for posting ..picture yourself smoking a cigar in 1907......Jer...... your moustache is timeless I know West! I know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PuffDaddie Posted August 2, 2016 Share Posted August 2, 2016 Great thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrGlass Posted August 3, 2016 Share Posted August 3, 2016 Look at how many came in boxes of 100! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Presidente Posted August 3, 2016 Share Posted August 3, 2016 Brilliant. A walk in history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Habana Mike Posted August 3, 2016 Share Posted August 3, 2016 Very nice, thanks for sharing!!! Would love to have had a go at some of those in their prime! Wouldn't mind seeing how they held up over 100 years too though would probably be expired for some time..... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyO Posted August 3, 2016 Share Posted August 3, 2016 I love this kind of info. Thanks for sharing. Is there a way to determine the actual price of these in USD with the exchange rates back in the day? The reason why I ask is that the Brittish pound was worth about $5 USD at that time, so I see the price schedule heavy. For example it looks like Aguila de Oro "Mil Maravillas" is 500 Pounds/100 cigars or about $25US/stick. Am I missing something? John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Habana Mike Posted August 3, 2016 Share Posted August 3, 2016 Maybe that's for 100 units (boxes)....$25/box ain't bad, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATGroom Posted August 3, 2016 Share Posted August 3, 2016 11 hours ago, Philski said: happy to make more of an effort if anyone wants me to. If you'd like to scan the Havana pages then I'll throw them up on Cuban Cigar Website for future reference. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PointFivePast Posted August 3, 2016 Share Posted August 3, 2016 Fantastic find! I found it especially interesting to see the selection of non-Cubans as well including Mexican, Phillipine, and domestically rolled cigars... even a house brand! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Festa Posted August 3, 2016 Share Posted August 3, 2016 3 hours ago, JohnnyO said: I love this kind of info. Thanks for sharing. Is there a way to determine the actual price of these in USD with the exchange rates back in the day? The reason why I ask is that the Brittish pound was worth about $5 USD at that time, so I see the price schedule heavy. For example it looks like Aguila de Oro "Mil Maravillas" is 500 Pounds/100 cigars or about $25US/stick. Am I missing something? John 2 hours ago, Habana Mike said: Maybe that's for 100 units (boxes)....$25/box ain't bad, right? Lads, if 1907, I think that is Shillings and Pence. e.g. 27/6 is 27 shillings and 6 pence. For example: the Por Larranaga Principe is 24/6 which is about £350 in today's money. So at 80 shillings the RA Invincible Finos would be around £1200. I think. Take out inflation etc, I want to go back to then. Minus the wars and stuff. But with my current salary. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gweilgi Posted August 3, 2016 Share Posted August 3, 2016 Hugely interesting, thanks! I wonder what a cigar named "Intimacy" would taste like .... #monicalewinsky? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gweilgi Posted August 3, 2016 Share Posted August 3, 2016 6 hours ago, JohnnyO said: I love this kind of info. Thanks for sharing. Is there a way to determine the actual price of these in USD with the exchange rates back in the day? The reason why I ask is that the Brittish pound was worth about $5 USD at that time, so I see the price schedule heavy. For example it looks like Aguila de Oro "Mil Maravillas" is 500 Pounds/100 cigars or about $25US/stick. Am I missing something? John Check here for a converter of historical value of the Pound Sterling: https://www.measuringworth.com/ppoweruk/ Then just convert into today's USD.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PigFish Posted August 3, 2016 Share Posted August 3, 2016 Nice share, thanks. I have a PDF somewhere of the Macy's department store catalogue when they sold cigars. I like this old cigar stuff. Nice to think you could walk into Macy's and find a humidor!!! -Piggy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy04 Posted August 4, 2016 Share Posted August 4, 2016 That is an amazing reference. I am based in Sabah, the Malaysian side of Borneo, one area of our plantation businesses occupies land that was previously owned by Darvel Bay Tobacco Plantations Ltd. Amazing to think that this land once produced cigars that were sold alongside Cubans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLB03TT Posted August 5, 2016 Share Posted August 5, 2016 So Great, thanks for sharing. As a lover of all things PL it's great to see the depth of the marca well over 100 years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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