Cigar Humidor – The History (and Value) Of Cigar Bands For

The History (And Value) Of Cigar Bands For many cigar smokers, the small paper band encircling their stogy is just a piece of trash, to be discarded along with the shrinkwrap around the box. But for others that cigar band is a bit of history – a collectible that adds immeasurably to the romance and mystique of smoking. What is the cigar band, and how did it become so important? As is so often true when it comes to cigar s, the story begins in Cuba – early-19th-cent...

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