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These original boxes were labelled with the H. Upmann name and contained other manufacturers' cigars, most likely as an advertisement for the operation, until the Upmanns bought their own cigar factory in 1844: the famous H. Upmann Factory, now known as the José Martí Factory, in Havana.
Hermann Dietrich Upmann (1 May 1816 in Bielefeld-Altstadt, Germany – 29 January 1894 Bremen, Germany) was a banker, merchant and cigar manufacturer in Cuba, creator of the H. Upmann 1844 brand. At 23 years old he embarked for the New World in 1839 to work for an import/export company, The Gravenhorst & Co.
A double guillotine-style cutter, used for cutting the tip of a cigar, next to a hand-rolled H. Upmann Coronas Major cigar. The "Made in Cuba" label (see Cuban cigar) is visible on the lower tube. Most machine-made cigars have pre-formed holes in one end or a wood or plastic tip for drawing in the smoke.
J. Frankau continued as sole distributor of the H. Upmann brand in the UK, while John Hunter Morris and Elkan Co. Ltd. was the sole distributor of Montecristo in Britain. In 1963, these firms merged to become "Hunters & Frankau", which today is the sole importer and distributor of all Cuban cigars in the UK.
Bongani Cigars; distributed by Boutique Stogies Ltd in the USA The first fully-African cigar brand, made in Mozambique using African tobacco. "Bongani" means "Be Grateful" in the Zulu language. [11] [12] Cabaiguan: owned by Tatuaje Cigars, Inc. in consultation with Jaime Garcia, the son of José "Pepin" Garcia Cain Oliva Cigar Co.
Cuban cigar brands and brand names are among the most recognized and prestigious in the world. [19] Among them are Cohiba, Montecristo, Partagás, H. Upmann, La Gloria Cubana, Hoyo de Monterrey, Punch, and Romeo y Julieta. Due to an embargo on the import of Cuban cigars by the United States in 1960, difficulties with maintaining the integrity ...
Perdomo went into the cigar industry as a young man, serving his apprenticeship for Cuesta y Cia in the early 1930s. [1] Silvio left that company's employ in 1937 to go to work for H. Upmann, where he remained until 1945. [1] In 1945, Silvio Perdomo left H. Upmann to go to work in a managerial position at Partagas, where he stayed until 1959. [1]
Stephen Mitchell & Son was a Scottish tobacco manufacturing company, established in Linlithgow in 1723. [1] Stephen Mitchell, its founder, is regarded as one of the earliest and the most significant player in Scottish tobacco production.