Does it pass the Pub Test? Vintage Quintero

[El Presidente]

Let's run this one past the FOH sleuths!

What can you tell us 

 

 

[JohnS]

That absolutely looks like genuine Quintero pre-Revolution (i.e pre-1960/61) box. Quintero was around pre-revolution (established 1924) and yes, boxes were stamped in this era with a note such as 'claro' to indicate the general wrapper shade of the cigars. The Coronas Selectas, a Coronas-sized cigar with the same dimensions as a Montecristo No.3, was discontinued in the early-1990s. I can't vouchsafe for the cigars that would be in that box though.

[99call]

17 minutes ago, JohnS said:

pre-Revolution (i.e pre-1960/61

Surely this box is late 60s early 70s? no? am I missing something?

[JohnS]

4 minutes ago, 99call said:

Surely this box is late 60s early 70s? no? am I missing something?

Sorry, yes...the Hecho En Cuba stamp was post-Revolution until around the mid-1980s. A Made in Havana-Cuba Stamp was pre-Revolution.

[99call]

5 minutes ago, JohnS said:

Sorry, yes...the Hecho En Cuba stamp was post-Revolution until around the mid-1980s. A Made in Havana-Cuba Stamp was pre-Revolution.

Thank god for the CCW,  No matter how many times I've checked stuff,  I always have to go back and double check every time,   It's the overlapping that I can never get.  I would be lost without them. 

I wonder what the "7" meant?  I had some 1920's stuff not so long ago, that had similar random single numbers and single letters on.   didn't seem to correlate to anything

[teamrandr]

Somewhere between late 67 and late 72.  I smoked a 70's Quintero panatela and it was very good.  This box looks to be sealed.  Hopefully it was stored well.  

[JohnS]

6 hours ago, 99call said:

Thank god for the CCW,  No matter how many times I've checked stuff,  I always have to go back and double check every time,   It's the overlapping that I can never get.  I would be lost without them. 

I wonder what the "7" meant?  I had some 1920's stuff not so long ago, that had similar random single numbers and single letters on.   didn't seem to correlate to anything

The "7"? I have to admit I've no clue myself. May need to call in @ATGroom on that one! ?

[ATGroom]

As others have said, stamp is late '67 to 72. Looks fairly worn, so I would say on the later side of this range. It was originally sold in Spain, as indicated by the Spanish tax seal.

I have nothing to offer on the "7", unfortunately.

I have seen all kinds of numbers, letters and various other codes stamped on the bottom of old boxes. Many old boxes have signatures on the bottom, which I think denotes a quality control inspection by the importer. The meanings of the codes, unfortunately, are mostly lost to history.... although not all. Some years ago Simon Chase was able to give me a year and month of import from a 1970s box based on a four digit pencil written number on the base and H&F's records.

Just thinking about the "7" logically, it is too short to be any serious kind of batch number or import number, and I don't think anyone would be silly enough to put a 7/10 type grade on the box.

Maybe it was inspected by inspector number 7?

[Ken Gargett]

i could tell you in less than a second whether it was genuine or fake. 

quite simply, no one on the planet is so stupid as to make fake quinteros. ergo...

[CaptainQuintero]

Piss off I'm only 33! 

[Benz1209]

9 hours ago, JohnS said:

That absolutely looks like genuine Quintero pre-Revolution (i.e pre-1960/61) box. Quintero was around pre-revolution (established 1924) and yes, boxes were stamped in this era with a note such as 'claro' to indicate the general wrapper shade of the cigars. The Coronas Selectas, a Coronas-sized cigar with the same dimensions as a Montecristo No.3, was discontinued in the early-1990s. I can't vouchsafe for the cigars that would be in that box though.

The condition of the box is decent so i assume its probably been tucked away in some humidor or other sort of shelf for 50/60 years.

[Meklown]

1 hour ago, Ken Gargett said:

quite simply, no one on the planet is so stupid as to ---------

I have often found that people's level of stupidity constantly surprise me ..

[Ken Gargett]

7 minutes ago, Meklown said:

I have often found that people's level of stupidity constantly surprise me ..

fair point but even so????