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[simwells]

Managed to find this vintage Punch Churchill Tubos recently. Not sure how old but must be a few years going by the band.

Think that band was discontinued in 08 but I think tubed Churchill’s had already been discontinued then


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[mcdee]

Wow! Looks like it’s in amazing condition


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It certainly is and still has a very nice aroma.

[Good Stick]

Wow! Looks like it’s in amazing condition


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[mcdee]

Managed to find this vintage Punch Churchill Tubos recently. Not sure how old but must be a few years going by the band.

[Manning]

Looking good

[Simon Bolivar]

Quite dark colouration on the cellophane wrapper.

Great find McDee, may I be so bold to suggest we trey a pair to celebrate my birthday?

[Stevieboy]

Thanks for the detective work Steve.

Haha.... That's if I'm right.
I think my memory serves me though....

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[mcdee]

In think the format is
A/BB/C = 1/-8/0

A is the month it was released from the bond
BB is the month which in your case -8 means August
C is the final number in the year of release which in your case is 0 which makes it 1990

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Thanks for the detective work Steve.

[Stevieboy]

In think the format is
A/BB/C = 1/-8/0

A is the month it was released from the bond
BB is the month which in your case -8 means August
C is the final number in the year of release which in your case is 0 which makes it 1990

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[mcdee]

Thanks Steve, that's really interesting. The older box codes are much harder to decipher than the current ones.

[Stevieboy]

I might be misremembering!
I think the 80 means Aug 1990.
The 1 had something to do with when released from the bonded warehouse.
I'll see if I can find the article that Simon Chase wrote years ago which was great for deciphering H&F codes and old boxes

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[Stevieboy]

Nice find Neil.
Its weird that there's a Jan 1980 stamp on the bottom. In the UK, H&F used to stamp boxes when they released them into the shops IIRC. (In the 50s-70s they'd write coded dates in pencil)

Looking on CCW, the brand is listed as having been re-introduced in 1989..... But why have a 1980 stamp? I guess I'm wrong about the stamp but it's a bit odd!?!?

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[ha_banos]

Enjoy! You have become quite the hunter recently!

[mcdee]

Quite dark colouration on the cellophane wrapper.

[mcdee]

Discovered these recently as well: La Corona Petit Coronas. Not sure of their exact age but I believe they would've been rolled some time between 1989-99.