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| Westminster Brand - Westminster Tobacco Company Limited of London - 10 Cigarettes - Class 2. | |||||||||
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Lamasery Brand - Taiyang Tobacco Company Limited - 10 Cigarettes - Class 3. Note the unusual surcharge on the stamp. 太阳 Taiyang means "Sun" in Chinese so this is probably the name of the company and not a town name. |
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Tokyo Brand - Taiyang Tobacco Company Limited - 10 Cigarettes - Class 5. Note that the same oblong purple cancel appears on many of the stamps shown below. |
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| Football Brand - Taiyang Tobacco Company Limited - 10 Cigarettes - Class 7. | |||||||||
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| Good Crop Brand - Manchou Tobacco Co. 10 Cigarettes - Class 5 with an almost complete revenue stamp. | |||||||||
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Long Life - Manchou
Tobacco Co Ltd,. 10 Cigarettes - Class 6.
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| White Horse Brand - Sun Tobacco Co. 10 Cigarettes - Class 6 | |||||||||
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| Red Lion Brand - Tobacco Products Corporation (China). 10 Cigarettes - Class 6 | |||||||||
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| Gold Bar Brand - Chi Tung Tobacco Co Limited. 10 Cigarettes - Class 6. This manufacturer also produced cigarettes under the brand name Speed and distributers of Victory cigarettes made by T. C. Williams of Richmond, Virginia (eventually taken over by British American Tobacco). | |||||||||
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| Commander Brand - Westminster Tobacco Company Ltd,. London. 10 Cigarettes - Class 6. | |||||||||
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Gourd Cigarettes - Toa Tobacco Co Ltd,. 10 Cigarettes - Class 7 - Packets of these cigarettes have also been seen with the North China 1945 pagoda design tax paid stamp in dark blue (5th Class) |
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| Pearl Cigarettes - Fengtien Tobacco Co Ltd,. 10 Cigarettes - Class 7 - Interestingly the revenue stamp on this pack has a value of 5, whereas the packet itself clearly contained 10 cigarettes. This is the only instance that I have seen of this value. | |||||||||
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| Imported Legation Cigarettes - British American Tobacco Co Ltd,. 10 Cigarettes - Class 7 - It is interesting that imported cigarettes are rated as low class and charged accordingly. | |||||||||
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| Red Lion Brand - Tobacco Products Corporation (China). 10 Cigarettes - Tax 6f | |||||||||
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| White Horse Brand - Taiyang (Sun) Tobacco Co. 10 Cigarettes - Tax 10f | |||||||||
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| Poppy Cigarettes - Toa Tobacco Co Ltd,. 10 Cigarettes - Tax 14f - These cigarette packets have also been seen with a 17f stamp, indicating that the tax was increased at some stage. Poppy brand was also sold in Manchuria/Manchukuo as Class 7 tobacco. Toa Tobacco Co Ltd or T.T.C., also made the brands Golden Mansion, Freedom, Liberty, Revival, Building, and Tao Yuan, in thier factories at Ying-k'ou. | |||||||||
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| Tokyo Cigarettes - Taiyang Tobacco Company Limited. 10 Cigarettes - Tax 17f | |||||||||
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| Oasis Cigarettes - Manufacturer Unknown. 10 Cigarettes - Tax 21f | |||||||||
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| All Ages Cigarettes - Manufacturer Unknown. 10 Cigarettes - Tax 21f | |||||||||
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| All Ages Cigarettes - Manufacturer Unknown. 10 Cigarettes - Tax increased to 30f by Overprinted Surcharge. | |||||||||
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| Minaret Cigarettes - Manufacturer - African Cigarette Co Ltd. 10 Cigarettes - Tax probably 18f, This is a partial copy of 1939 first issue of the red tax duty paid stamps. These are rare even in this condition. | |||||||||
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| Un-translated - Manufacturer Unknown. 10 Cigarettes - Tax 24f | |||||||||
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| Football Brand - Manufacturer Tai Tang Tobacco Co Ltd, 10 Cigarettes- Kwantung Cigarette Voucher, value unknown, these may have been Government issue. | |||||||||
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Pirate Cigarettes - Manufacturers W. D.
& H. O. Wills of England, 10 Cigarettes in a wrapper, also with the Kwantung Cigarette Voucher,
this time in orange.
Good Crop Brand - Manufacturer Manchou Tobacco Co Ltd, 10 Cigarettes- Kwantung Cigarette Voucher, value unknown, these may have been Government issue. |
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| If you are interested in Chinese cigarette packets see www.kolumbus.fi/collector.kettunen this site is highly recommended. | |||||||||
