Vintage cigars tin "Village" by cigar manufacturer Champ Clark

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Vintage cigars tin "Village" by cigar manufacturer Champ Clark

• Manufacturer: Champ, Clark & ​​Lugano Sigarenfabrieken N.V.
• Manufacturing date: 1950 - 1960

Description
Vintage cigar tin with a scalloped design from the cigar manufacturer Champ Clark. The tin is fitted with a separate lid. The tin box has a seamed longitudinal seam on one of the rounded corners.

The decoration of this tin consists of a vanilla-yellow background with some rural panoramas in orange and brown on the sides. The lid has a wide orange rim. On the lid is a multi-coloured depiction including an inn, a farm cart with a horse and various characters, including some children. On the back of the lid the text: 6 MB container made in England.

At the bottom of this tin is the original sticker with text: "Village" 25 cigars of 25 ct. Price F 5.50 CHAMP CLARK No 1542

Condition
This cigar tin is in good vintage condition with traces of use and age-related traces of wear. Photos are part of the description.

Size

• Height: 5.5 cm.
• Length: 17.5 cm.
• Width: 12 cm.

Champ Clark cigars factory
The cigar factory, Champ Clark & Lugano Sig.fabr. Was located in Nieuwe Pekela at 2-3 Albatrosstraat. v / h R.H. Koning & Zn. From the former workforce it is Chr. Male choir "Albatros" was created, which continues to be very successful to this day. The name of the male choir comes from the name of the factory "Albatros". In 1946, after the Second World War, it was municipal ruled that the municipality that was divided into neighborhoods would be given street names. It was decided to assign the street name Albatrosstraat to the part where the Albatros cigar factory was situated. When R.H. King became an N.V., the brands "Champ Clark" and "Lugano" were used for the name of the N.V. The cigar factory no longer exists, the former director's house is now a pension for the elderly, but the name Champ Clark has remained.

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