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Blue, Benson & Hedges box of cigarettes. Floral pattern on exterior and gold lettering on interior. Some fading of lettering. Six cigarettes inside.
cigarette boxes
packaging
cardboard
Box, Cigarette
Rays/BY APPOINTMENT TO/HIS MAJESTY THE KING/BENSON & HEDGES/LONDON NEW YORK AND MONTREAL (embossed)
BY APPOINTMENT TO HIS MAJESTY THE KING/THE CIGARETTES CONTAINED HERIIN ARE/GUARANTEED TO BE OF THE HIGHEST/GRADE TURKISH LEAF EXCLUSIVELY./BENSON & HEDGES/435 FIFTH AVENUE/NEW YORK CITY/LONDON PALM BEACH NEWPORT MONTREAL/PACKED IN BOXES OF 10, 50, AND 100
Original To Stephen Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),
Benson & Hedges
1/2 x 3 1/2 x 2 15/16 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation
2006.44.970
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