Lot # 95: Unopened Irby's Virginia Extra Smoking Tobacco & Coupon Cigarettes Soft Packs Collection (3)

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1. (center front) Attractive unopened soft pack of Coupon brand Mild Cigarettes.  The Surgeon General warning "Cigarette smoking may be hazardous to your health" printed on one side of the pack dates it to post-1964, however, it is the brand that is relevant here, as an outstanding display piece tangentially related to the T213 Coupon tobacco cards produced earlier in the century.

2. (right back) Package of Coupon brand mild "king size" cigarettes, likely dating to the 1950s, with a Series 110 tax stamp but no manufacturer's notice printed on the pack.  Graphics are strong and clean, though the seal seems to have loosened slightly over time, resulting in some loose product inside the package and a few holes in the clear wrapping near the bottom of the pack.

3. (left back) Despite some slight denting and a few wrinkles and minor creases near the top of this 2 7/8" x 4 1/2" x 1 1/8" box, the overall package appears virtually new, remarkably well-preserved with literally no signs of aging.  Tightly sealed with no evidence of product leaking out, the colorful illustration of Irby's factory appears on both sides.  Manufactured by the Pinkerton Tobacco company, of interest to collectors due to Pinkerton's issuing of what we know today as the T5 Pinkerton Cabinet issue, which were distributed to customers as premiums.

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