1949 OTT'S SILVER ASH PERFECTOS CIGAR BOX -**RARE for sale in Tarpon Springs, Florida

$45

THIS 1949 RARE OTT'S FAMOUS SILVER ASH PERFECTOS CIGAR BOX IS A PERFECT ADDITION FOR ANY CIGAR COLLECTOR!
Box has finger joint corners and metal hinges. Condition is extremely good with small age appropriate wear. Box building, hinges and joints are all strong, all lettering is still really quickly understandable. The within half divider piece is missing. The green U.S. Internal Revenue Cigar Stamp (Class E 50) is overprinted Series 119 indicating that this is from 1949, based on IRS tobacco stamp problems. There is likewise a 2nd "Union Made Cigars" stamp on the box. All lettering is "burned" into the wood on the box.
Top of the box checks out: 10 Ott's Famous Silver Ash / Oldest Cigar Manufacturer on Long Island / Union Made Established 1866 / Louis Ott & & Son 86-12 Jamaica Ave., Woodhaven, N.Y. Tel. Virginia 9-10048 (inside of box top has identical printing). "Ott's Silver Ash Perfectos" is on the front and two side panels; back panel is blank. All-time low of the box suggests the stogies were made in "Factory No. 345 / 1st District / State of New York" and were tax paid to "retail at even more than 8 each and not more than 15 each.".
SIZE: 10.5 inches long by about 4 inches wide and deep.
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