Beautiful old Box: Castañeda Palmas Finas

[El Presidente]

 

[Baccy]

So why can't I find brands like this on ccw?

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[Habana Mike]

21 minutes ago, Baccy said:

So why can't I find brands like this on ccw?

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They're pre-revolution and CCW, like MRN's book, is focused on post revolution production for the most part.

[bdw1984]

Funny how clearly the workers in the field appear in the old seals

[Habana Mike]

57 minutes ago, bdw1984 said:

Funny how clearly the workers in the field appear in the old seals

Back when the dies were fresh. Used the same ones for years so more and more farmers got worn off!

Many use the farmer count to gauge age.

[ATGroom]

3 hours ago, Baccy said:

So why can't I find brands like this on ccw?

There is some info in the old catalogues https://www.cubancigarwebsite.com/image/listall/catalogues

I do have some plans to expand the coverage of pre-rev stuff but it's always going to be a fraction as complete as the post rev as so much information is lost.

[Baccy]

26 minutes ago, ATGroom said:

There is some info in the old catalogues https://www.cubancigarwebsite.com/image/listall/catalogues

I do have some plans to expand the coverage of pre-rev stuff but it's always going to be a fraction as complete as the post rev as so much information is lost.

Thanks, and I wasn't taking a dig at the site(i love it) I was genuinely curious as to why some really old brands weren't there but this makes sense now...

[Ryan]

7 hours ago, Baccy said:

Thanks, and I wasn't taking a dig at the site(i love it) I was genuinely curious as to why some really old brands weren't there but this makes sense now...

Since the Revolution there have been about 45-50 brands, current and discontinued.

I've seen a list from Cuba of about 4,500 pre-revolution Cuban cigar brands, from about 1825 - 1960. Many don't even have the owners names listed.

Information other than the names for many if not most of them, I don't think would be possible to find now.

Much of the information would be out there, but the range of sources would be enormous.