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05 Aug 2026

What am I looking at: "Isle of Cyprus" cigarettes

This is a cigarette box for 10 thin cigarettes made in London. The cigarettes were made from tobacco grown in Cyprus for the Balkan Cigarette Company Ltd. It is a light yellow box with black print.

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mmr-00026 > Isle of Cyprus cigarettes, Cardboard, 0.5 x 3 x 1.5 cm, ca. 1910 – 1920

You can see this exhibit up close, along with many others, in the 3rd-floor exhibition room of CVAR.

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