A little XMas gift from me. (WARNING: Image Heavy thread)

[Puros Y Vino]

A while back I bought an old binder full of Pre-Embargo (and a few Post-Embargo) bands all nicely displayed. Below are the 20 Pages from that binder for your perusal.  Some are a bit blurry, I think the plastic sheaths the bands are sitting in caused that effect.  Otherwise, enjoy. There's some really interesting bands, a lot of one offs or private label examples too.

Bonus.  1960's/70's Spanish Distributor Pamphlet. EL_Habano-PrintReadyV2.pdf

 

[Akela3rd]

This is fascinating. When I have time tomorrow I'm going to sit down, light up a cigar and have a proper perusal. Thanks for sharing.

[zeedubbya]

Very cool thanks for sharing!  It's amazing how similar the Tomas Guitreriez (sp.) band is to the Partagas P,D,E,C bands.  

[luv2fly]

Fantastic!  Would have loved to smoke one of each!  Thanks for posting.

[Cep]

Thx for sharing

[Jimmy_jack]

The yellow "El Miguel" is a dead ringer for the current Juan Lopez. 

[SaintMickey®]

Beautiful. Almost makes you want to have them do a "re-issue" of them...but the counterfeiters would have a field day.

Love that blue Hoyo band the most and the ones with just numbers are interesting to me for some reason. 

[dicko]

very cool. thanks for posting. Love the old RA band

[garbandz]

excellent bandz, worth a lot to a collector.

Nothing in my collection like them.............

[Sean3]

Very nice sir!

[jschrader510]

also a big fan of those blue Hoyo bands. Thank you for sharing!

[saintsmokealot]

Love this stuff. Thanks for sharing.

[Puros Y Vino]

  On 12/13/2016 at 6:48 PM, SlimOne said:

Nice score! I love the corporate automotive bands.

Did they come with dates that the bands were used?

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No details.  Definitely a mix of Pre and some post embargo, like the 1971 Beisbol band. 

[El Presidente]

What a fantastic walk through history mate. Thanks for sharing 

[Squarehead]

Very nice and interesting Frank

[Ethernut]

Killer KILLER collection mate! Kudos!

[aliz388]

Royal blue bands look so good.. surprising that none of the marcas use one. Hoyo should consider switching back for one of their lines....


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[BellevilleMXZ]

Thanks for sharing, very interesting!