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Vintage cigar tin "Uiltje" Metro - La Bolsa, kampen
SKU: 1576Vintage cigar tin "Uiltje" Metro - La Bolsa, kampen.
- Manufacturer: N.V. La Bolsa
- Manufacturing date: 1910 - 1950
Cigar tin of the brand Uiltje, made by NV Sigarenfabriek 'La Bolsa' in Kampen.
Description
Rectangular tin with slightly rounded corners and a hinged lid, equipped with needle hinge. The decoration of this tin consists of a light yellow surface with green details. The sides are decorated with a division across the entire tin in green with alternating between them; an owl, cubes and a heraldic weapon. Long seam on the back, 1/5 of the box. The lid shows the well-known logo with owlet in an oval medallion. Text on lid; Metro, Uiltje.
Inside lid in black and white with owlet and text: Marca Fina. Gran fabrica the tabacos puros.
Text on side of the lid; Uiltje Metro. 50 cigars made in Holland.
Condition
This tin is in a good vintage condition with age-related traces of use and wear.
Dimensions
- Height: 6.7 cm.
- Length: 23.6 cm.
- Width: 11.8 cm.
Uiltje (cigar)
Uiltje was a Dutch cigar brand
The brand was fed until 1965 by the Kamper cigar factory La Bolsa On 1 July 1963, La Bolsa was merged with Philips Tobacco, the Martinez cigars producer. Due to increasing mechanization and the decrease in the use of cigars, the Philips group decided in 1965 to close its least profitable factory, at that time it was the Kampen cigar factory N.V. La Bolsa.
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