Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-09-18
A CIGAR BOX'S STAMPS.
THEY GIVE IMPORTATION REGARD
INC THE CIGAR INSIDE.

BrTtudS ana Labels Nhat Most of INC
CoIored Posters Mean Home Brands.
The interior wrappine.s and Autographs
tellahout the cigar when the box isnpened,
hat more can he told about it from s,ae
outside II requires somewhat clesr oh
srrvatinl 20 n,,s;. AL the marks on cigar
nnx Oa boN Of imported ,1gars. for in
stnntp. there j.. branded tbe mimic Of the
nanufaciurcr T., Is usually the name
at some factor, and the place where the
fa,Gorv j. TIE name of Tie factory gives
mn iulicatir, ubcui it's lucatan The brand
't'amlm 1ral dc Tahaco ,lel Filipinasr
shows .,nms,akablr where the cigars that
Npr put IN THAI hoN were made. unless
sbs ui7lud slSa counterfeit II Is seldom
tnat counterfeit brands are found on i'm
ported oi-:Hre as the rapport stamp is
guarantee that The cigar has gone through
the gli.,um house This stanr, Is put on
first Each ct he Havana factories has
lis stamp ,ir Garcia, the CLAY, The Caro-
tina, az whatever it may Ilc on the lid of
the box II may lie Ind ufterwarl by the
revrntie stamp and Autographs, bat the
first rhin4 done is tn brand hal name on.
The lIHyana ei.nrs frequently have
stamped on them also "lialMnl." with the
spanish abhreriation signatngthe qua.
lty of tobacco or the size This IL put on
when the boxes are sorted out to be flllel,
the stamp Of the factory is pat on them in
the first place This stamp also is not
branded like the factory stamp, but is put
on with II stencil The name of the fac
tory can not he taken off without planning
INTO the lid, but the brand of the quality
and color can.
Before the cigars are put in the hoX is fur
cher branded with the color, "caro, '''coIor
adoclarO. colorado. colorado maduro,"
'm8duro, or us known to Americans. very
mild. mild, medium, fairly strong and
strong These are not enough grades to
mark the various distinctions in color and
strength, but they are generally approx
mated Some brands of colorado claro CT
CARS are milder than the claro cigars of
other brands, but the mildest ones are nj
ways put into the claro boxes. There has
been some change in the strictnesS of
marking in recent years caused by the
fact that the American trade prefers
colorado claro and claro to the maduro
and colorado maturo
When the box has been marked in this
way it is filled and the liual tacks nrp put
IN The uiluufGcturer usually then pastes
come advertisements on it in order that
me nos may MOI ne opened ana other cigars
substituted without MS beng evident to
the purchaser manufacturers nave labels
which they paste over the seams, which
contain advertisements anu notices OF va
ious l;lndS II thp manu!actnrer has taken
prizes III ANY lh'eFhatloiliI eNlllhitioh lac
smiles OF the medals VIII probably he
touud on the labels sually there Is a
picture OF the factory WITH ne firm name,
coat-othrnS ana other designs In this
shape the box Is really 10 he sent here.
II arrives with tense OF thousands OF other
boxes and If examined by an inspector
lie pnsteS over 1t the import stamp SO that
the box cannot DC opened without destroy
ing the stamp The import stamp certiIies
TO the ntmbero OF cigars IN the box and that
the tax is paid Besides that there are
blank spaces on the stamp which the in
Spector fills out with stencil
When filled mp the stamp shows not only
that the cigars went through the custom
house, but the steamer ~ which they came,
the port 1T which hey We're entered, the
date on which they were received and
stamped, ana the name Of the Inspector
who stamped them AIS IS nm unlHiling
certificate of the length of time the cigar
has been in the country The stamps are
finely made, in order to prevent counter
felt, there is more tracery and vgnette
work than ON the ordinary revenue stamp
When the import stamp has been pasted
on the box the Internal revenue stamp is
put on before the cigars can be sold fhc
internal revenue stamp IS Il cheaper affair
on bluishgreen paper II is canccled at
thr same time thai It is PIT on, and witha
stamp which, il it were plain, might show
The date bat this stamping Is done much
more hastily ana does not ana IN the his
tory of the cigar.
y cigar boN with I'M internal reyenus
stamp on it and no import stamp does not
once iii 50,0W times contain imported
cigars, Struggled or Otherwise, Some of
the fictitious smugglrr7 who 90 around
among downtown offices and peddle cigars
which they say are imported produce them
IN hn&Gs with only the internal revenue
stamp on Smuggled cigars have no
STAMPS Whatever Any cigars that 20
through the custom house have the import
ed stamp and the Internal reveune stamp
both
y cigar which has only an internal rev
enuc stamp has been stamped ut some do
nestle factory If II was smuEgled it was
taken To a factory To be stamped which
would he foolishness and waste of money
on the part Of the smuggler, and besides
he would run great deal of risk, ms the
internal revenue officer who stamped the
boz could readily tell, if he was an expert
IN his business, the difference between the
b,,,.,. ,,s,,,l l. tbn Itavnnu tro;ln und tbe
80, ,,',,,i T., ti,, ,ia,,csti,. t.,lo Tparo
"oN'9 ,''t'' -, Wy n ~. ~ ,t'i,,,. ii.t
are uc''UIs ia the way % l"cN'hE' H1uo
graphing ana branding WiicI snow uh'hlA
takubly, unless they are very cleverIy coun
forfeited