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My Vintage Tampa Cigar Label Collection








This is a work in progress.
Updated: September 18, 2008

If you have Tampa Cigar Labels that I do not have listed on this site, that you think I might be interested in, please shoot me an email at: ramification65@hotmail.com

I am also interested in any insights into the labels that I have shown, or any resources available to shed further light on the brand names of cigars hand rolled or machine made in Tampa between 1887 and 1970.  
Please sign my guest book.

The following are interesting links that you should check out:


**see below the following links for my Tampa Cigar Label Collection**



SAVE TAMPA'S HISTORIC CIGAR FACTORIES
 

Tampa Cigar History


 


Visit: Cigar City Magazine




The Cleveland-Tampa
cigar "connection"




Visit My "Tampa Cigar Bands collection" Album



and... My "other cigar label collection" album...




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Album by ramification65. 1 - 744 of 744 Total. 26810 Visits.
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Thanks for sharing your wonderful collection! It must have taken years to assemble.
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Ken, Thu, 27 Nov 2008 6:11PM
I have an old cigar box from my father. Titled, " Corona Specials" on the side. Across the top is Famous-Specials, on the front of the box is, 5 Cents Famous Specials 5 cents. the box held 100 cigars.
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c, Thu, 6 Nov 2008 7:56PM
I have a K-Z cigaritos brown metal cedar line box that belonged to my friends grandparents.  It has a small lock and printed on the bottom is "Factory No. 61. Coll. Dist. Fla. 100 followed by a law notice.
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John Zakutny, Wed, 15 Oct 2008 11:53AM
I love your collection!  What you have assembled is very important because we are in danger of losing that history.
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Rick Bella, Thu, 18 Sep 2008 10:47PM
Very nice side !!!!

Helps me to find some USA cigar brands

Greating from Belgium
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Poppe Paul, Thu, 10 Jul 2008 2:11AM
As a fifth generation Tampa girl, I have really enjoyed your website. Keep up the fantastic work!
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Krissy Howes, Sat, 16 Feb 2008 9:21PM
i have a cigar box that saids hand made by edna russell,i got the box from edna russell herself but of course she has been dead for a long time anyway the seal on the box says.is like the 1 u have but is a little different in the middle it saids mascotte beside the seal has jno m. henderson..if u interstad i can send u more information it.
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sandra ashby, Sun, 3 Feb 2008 8:45PM
nice site
keep up the good work
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instone,inc | instoneinc.com, Sat, 25 Aug 2007 3:31PM
Thank you for posting these images.  Great collection!
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Y. M. Balbin, Tampa, FL, Sat, 14 Jul 2007 5:05PM
this is a very well-organized site and I think that it can help many other collectors
I live in Europe (the Netherlands) and there many people collect on the printernumbers or from a special village .On my other website I try to help also other collectors with showing labels (not all for sale)
http://www.xs4all.nl/~zandent/sigarendomein/
it is not completed yet
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Diny van der Zanden | http://www.xs4all.nl/~zandent/cigarlabel/, Tue, 12 Jun 2007 1:28PM
Bob - Thank you for including a link to Cigar City Magazine. You have a very nice collection of cigar labels. It is wonderful meeting people like you who are interested in the very rich history of Tampa - Once known as "The Cigar Capital of the World."

Best of luck in hunting down those labels.
 - 
Marilyn Figueredo | cigarcitymagazine.com, Fri, 13 Apr 2007 5:39AM
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1861 -- inner -- Cleveland (Tampa)
J.C. Newman, Cleveland/Tampa

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1861 -- outer -- Cleveland/Tampa

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A and A -- 4x4 outer -- Tampa --

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A V C -- box end -- Tampa --

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A V C -- inner -- tampa --

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A. Santaella & Co. cigar factory -- post card -- Tampa --
circa. 1910

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A. Santaella & Co. cigar factory -- post card 2 -- Tampa --
circa. 1915

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Abelina -- 4x3 outer -- Tampa --

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Above the Average - 2 for 5 cents -- inner box lid -- Tampa --

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Above the Average -- inner -- Tampa --

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Above the Average (2) -- inner (box) -- Tampa --

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Above the Average (2) -- cover (box) -- Tampa --jpg

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Adam & Eve -- inner -- tampa --

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Admiration - light tips -- inner -- Tampa --

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Admiration - mayfair -- 3x6 box front -- Tampa --

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Admiration - mayfair -- 3x6 outer slide box top -- Tampa --

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Admiration - gems -- 4 x 2.5 outer box lid -- Tampa --

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Admiration -- inner -- Tampa
Very popular cigar produced by The Ybor City and West Tampa based  Regensburg Cigar Company. (circa. 1919)

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Adrian Block -- box end -- Tampa --

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Adrian Block -- inner box lid -- Tampa --
Gallo & Baer

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Adrian Block -- outer box lid -- Tampa --

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Aero -- inner box lid -- Tampa

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Aero -- outer box lid -- Tampa

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Affecionada -- 4x4 outer -- Tampa

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Affecionada -- inner -- Tampa
Villizon Cigar Company, of Tampa, produced cigars for Faber, Coe & Gregg, Inc. headquartered in New York City.

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Alazan -- 4x4-- outer -- tampa

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Alazan -- inner -- tampa

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Alcazar -- coversheet -- Cleveland/Tampa --

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Alcazar -- inner -- Cleveland (Tampa)
In 1898 the Kindling Cigar Co. of Milwaukee named this cigar after a prize-wining racehorse. M&N (Mendelsohn & Newman) of Cleveland-- and eventually Tampa, aquired the brand during the depression.

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Alexander Humbolt -- can back -- Tampa --

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Alexander Humbolt -- can front -- Tampa --

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Alpha -- 4x4 outer -- Tampa --

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Alpha (2) -- 4x4 outer -- Tampa --

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Alvarez y Rogers -- inner -- Tampa --

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American Cigar Company -- post card -- Tampa --
This post card has a stamp cancel date of 1906. The physical structure of this factory, built by Vicente Ybor, still stands today in Ybor City: pic 1 and pic 2

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American, The -- inner -- Tampa --
E. Regensburg & Sons Cigar Company

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Americus -- inner --Tampa --

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Amor y Zelo -- 4x4 outer -- Tampa --

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Amor y Zelo -- inner -- Tampa --
Perfecto Garcia y Hermanos

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Antonio Arango  -- inner -- Tampa --

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Antonio Arango -- inner proof -- Tampa --

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Antonio Arango gold label -- 2x5 box end -- Tampa --

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Antonio y Cleopatra - grenadiers -- inner -- Tampa --

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Arango y Arango -- inner box lid -- Tampa

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Arango y Arango -- outer box lid -- Tampa
Tax paid on the cigars in this uniquely shaped box on 5/28/47.

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Armada -- 4x4 outer -- Tampa --

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Armada -- cover sheet -- Tampa --

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Armas Del Mundo -- inner -- Tampa --
Villazon & Company

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Army Navy Country Club -- inner box lid -- Tampa --
Seal of the City of Tampa, Fla.
Factory No. 1 Collection District State of Florida


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Aromas De Cuba -- 4x4 outer -- Tampa --

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Arturo Fuente - inner -- Tampa --

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Arturo Fuente -- 4x4 inner -- Tampa --
Contemporary label for Arturo Fuente Cigar made in the Dominican Republic.

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Arturo Fuente & Co. -- 2x3 nail tag -- Tampa --

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Arturo Fuente & Co. -- cover sheet -- Tampa --

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Bacchante -- inner -- Tampa --

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Baffin -- 4x4 outer -- Tampa --

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Bances -- box lid cover -- Tampa --
Bances Cigar Company
Seal of the City of Tampa
TP 102 Tampa, Florida
Class G


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Bances -- inner box lid -- Tampa

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Baron de Kalb -- cover sheet -- Tampa --

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Bazarte -- inner -- Tampa --

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Belinda -- 4x4 outer -- Cuba - Tampa --
Francisco Hernandez

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Belinda -- cover sheet -- Tampa --

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Benson and Hedges - English Coronas -- inner -- Tampa --
Made by Villazon in the 1950's

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Benson & Hedges -- outer-inner box lid -- Tampa --
T P - 102  TAMPA, FLA
CLASS G


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Bering - blue label -- inner -- Tampa --

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Bering - champions -- inner -- Tampa --

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Bering - Junior -- inner box lid -- Tampa --

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Bering - Junior -- outer box lid -- Tampa --
circa. 1945

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Bering - season's greetings -- cover sheet -- Tampa --

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Bering -- cover sheet -- Tampa --

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Bering -- inner (1) -- Tampa --

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Bering-- 2x5 box end -- Tampa --

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Bertene Garcia -- inner -- Tampa --

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Brick House -- 4x2 box end -- Cleveland/J.C. Newman

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Brick House -- inner -- Cleveland/Tampa --
M&N Cigar Company (Cleveland/Tampa)

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Buffalo Athletic Club -- inner box lid --Tampa --
Morgan Cigar Company

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Buffalo Athletic Club -- outer box lid -- Tampa --
Morgan Cigar Company
Factory No. 6
Customs Bonded Manuf. Warehouse
CLASS SIX


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Bulldog -- inner -- Tampa
(Purchased in frame. Yellowing is due to scan through glass.)
Villazon & Company


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Bustillo Bros. & Diaz - B. B. D. -- inner box lid -- Tampa  --

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C.H.S. - 10 cents -- inner box lid -- Tampa --
Valentine Maestro Antuono Company

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Calixto Lopez -- inner -- Tampa --

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Camacho - Nacionales -- inner -- Tampa --

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Cameo -- inner-- tampa

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Captain Alvarez -- 4x4 outer-- tampa

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Captain Alvarez -- inner-- tampa

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Captain Alvarez --oval-- 2x2-- tampa

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Carl Upmann - cabinet -- 2.5 x 5 box end -- Tampa --

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Carmelo -- 4x4 outer -- Tampa --
The Carmelo brand cigar was manufactured by the Enrique Henriquez cigar factory in West Tampa from 1919 until 1930.

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Carmelo -- inner  (back) -- Tampa --
The impression left on the back of the inner cigar box label from the stone lithography printing process, producing a stunning raised effect in the label's front artwork.  The Enrique Henriquez cigar factory, West Tampa.

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Carmelo -- inner -- Tampa --
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The Enrique Henriquez cigar factory, West Tampa.


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Carmelo -- inner box lid -- Tampa --
Mirabal Seriel Cigar Company

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Casa Cuba -- 3x4 outer -- Tampa --

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Castano -- inner -- Tampa --

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Castillo -- inner -- Tampa --
B.C. & Ca. Company

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Centrilla -- inner -- tampa --
The Antonio Company

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Centropolis -- inner -- Tampa-KeyWest --
A. Santaella & Co.

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Cervantes -- 4x4 outer -- Tampa --
L. Sanchez and Co.

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Cervantes -- inner -- Tampa --
L. Sanchez and Co.

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Champ Clark - Season's Greetings -- 1x5 nail tag -- Tampa --
Star Thompson Tobacco Company

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Champ Clark -- 2x9 outer -- Tampa --

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Champ Clark -- 4.5 x 19 can label -- Tampa --

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Champ Clark -- 4x4 outer -- Tampa --
Star Thompson Tobacco Company

Named for James Beauchamp "Champ" Clark (1850 - 1921)


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Champ Clark -- cover sheet -- Tampa --
Star Thompson Tobacco Company

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Champ Clark -- inner -- Tampa --

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Champ Clark Nationals -- 2x3  nail tag -- Tampa --
Star Thompson Tobacco Company

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Champ Clark Nationals -- cover sheet-- Tampa --
Star Thompson Tobacco Company

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Champ Clark, Little -- 2x4 -- Tampa --
Garcia Cigar Company

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Champ Clark, Little -- box end -- Tampa --
Garcia Cigar Company

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Champ Clark, Little -- inner box lid -- Tampa --
Garcia Cigar Company
Factory No. 157


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Champ Clark, Little -- outer box lid -- Tampa --

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Charles B. Perkins - C.B.P. -- inner box lid -- Tampa --
Seal of the City of Tampa
Factory No. 4 Collection District, State of Florida.


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Charles B. Perkins - C.B.P. -- outer box lid -- Tampa --
Printed directly on Spanish Cedar box.

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Charles the Great - panetelas de luxe -- 5x7 inner-outer box lid -- Tampa --

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Charles the Great -- 4x4 outer (2) -- Tampa --

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Charles the Great -- 4x4 outer -- Tampa --

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Charles the Great -- inner -- Tampa --

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Charles the Great -- inner box lid -- Tampa --

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Charles The Great -- outer box lid -- Tampa --

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Cherry Circle -- inner box lid -- Tampa --
Circa. 1932
Seal of the City of Tampa, FLA.
Factory No. 182
Collection District of Florida
50


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Cigar Manufacturers Association -- box stamp  -- Tampa --

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City of Tampa -- inner -- Tampa
The Edwards Cigar Company

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Cleora -- 2x2 nail tag -- Tampa --
F. Garcia & Bros.

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Cleora -- 4x4 outer -- Tampa --

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Clipper -- 4x4 outer -- Tampa --

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Colonel Clay - don't bite just lite -- inner -- Tampa --

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Colonel Clay -- 4x4 outer -- Tampa --

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Corina - don't bite just lite -- inner -- Tampa --

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Corina -- 4x4 outer -- Tampa --

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Corina -- cover sheet -- Tampa --
Jose Escalante & Company

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Corral De Luxe -- 2.5x4.5 box end -- Tampa --

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Corral De Luxe -- inner -- Tampa --

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Corral-Wodiska's C-W -- inner -- Tampa --

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Cosmopolitan Club -- inner -- tampa

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Count Pontchartrain -- inner-outer cedar box lid -- Tampa --
Marcelino Perez & Company
Seal of the City of Tampa, Florida
Factory No. 22
Customs bonded manuf'g
warehouse, class six


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Cu-Rey -- inner -- Tampa --

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Cuesta-Rey  - tip-rey 10 cents -- inner -- Tampa--

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Cuesta-Rey  -- 1x2 outer medal ribbon-- Tampa --

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Cuesta-Rey  -- 3x4 oval seal -- Tampa --

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Cuesta-Rey - acw coronas -- inner -- Tampa --

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Cuesta-Rey - imperial corona -- inner -- Tampa --

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Cuesta-Rey - 3x5 lindberg mystery picture premium - Tampa --

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Cuesta-Rey - Little Cuestas -- can label -- Tampa --
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Cuesta-Rey - Little Cuestas 5 cent  -- inner box lid -- Tampa --
Tax paid stamp:  May 23, 1932