Unfamiliar markings on box please chime in

[HumidorJuan]

Hey everyone. You’re looking at a box of upmann HCs.  Anyone familiar with having check marks and x’s on the bottom of a box?  I compared it to another box of HCs with the same box code, and the wood used is lighter and the box code on this one has a lighter, thinner font.   Not really suspecting they’re fake. Just curious. 

[TheGipper]

Flippant answer: One check mark plus one "x" mark means these boxes contain contain medio tiempo leaf.  Probably Behikes that they didn't have packaging ready for.  You lucky dog!

Paranoid answer: Wait til you discover the weird pencil markings often on the top vertical edges of boxes (under the lid).  These are all NSA/CIA/FBI codes for tracking your activity.

Serious answer: It's fairly common.  Nobody knows what it means.  It probably means nothing.  Or somebody counted some boxes in a warehouse somewhere.

[NSXCIGAR]

Nothing to worry about. Seen odd pencil marks many times. 

[El Presidente]

All good. they love pencil marks in the factories. I see it all the time. 

[nKostyan]

Often meet this. Honestly, I thought Rob was doing it

[HumidorJuan]

Thanks everyone, I figured as much. The light coloured wood and a different look to the box code threw me off. 

[NSXCIGAR]

1 hour ago, HumidorJuan said:

Thanks everyone, I figured as much. The light coloured wood and a different look to the box code threw me off. 

Wood color can vary but the code font looks fine to me. Sometimes the stamp is low on ink or they have a 90 year old woman with a bad wrist doing the stamping and it's not as delineated.

Some of the early 2000s stampings would have blown your mind. Not lined up, odd fonts, parts of letters missing, entire letters missing, barely legible. 

All good as everyone pointed out above. 

[Chris P. Bacon]

I always find it humorous when Rob writes the number 8, three equal signs, and an uppercase d on the bottom of a box.


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