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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;krispy, post: 809688, member: 19065&quot;]Guys! That&#039;s some great stuff as usual per the CT crowd. :thumb:</p><p><br /></p><p>And since we&#039;re sharing... I&#039;ve never been a smoker but I&#039;ve always admired old cigar boxes for their colorful and sometimes embossed lithographic designs as well as their printed Internal Revenue tax seals/stamps (whatever may remain of them) still in place after cancellation. </p><p><br /></p><p>I especially like the weathered old boxes you can find in estate sales or antiques shops and such. I like the deteriorating labels as they are, with so much character.</p><p><br /></p><p>I know there&#039;s a whole world of tobacco paraphernalia collectors out there but I&#039;ve never looked into it, and no I don&#039;t keep my coins in the old boxes. </p><p><br /></p><p>Here are a few quick shots of some of mine with a close up or two of the tax stamps:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i776.photobucket.com/albums/yy46/kcttck/CIGAR%20BOXES/DSCF6142sm.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i776.photobucket.com/albums/yy46/kcttck/CIGAR%20BOXES/DSCF6143sm.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i776.photobucket.com/albums/yy46/kcttck/CIGAR%20BOXES/DSCF6144sm.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i776.photobucket.com/albums/yy46/kcttck/CIGAR%20BOXES/DSCF6146sm.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i776.photobucket.com/albums/yy46/kcttck/CIGAR%20BOXES/DSCF6147sm.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i776.photobucket.com/albums/yy46/kcttck/CIGAR%20BOXES/DSCF6148sm.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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