mikie Posted July 24, 2018 Share #26 Posted July 24, 2018 Last one: That thing is seriously cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted July 25, 2018 Share #27 Posted July 25, 2018 Cant have a smoke with out a light... http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/index.php?/topic/277676-lightm-upthe-zippo/ http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/index.php?/topic/240888-zippo-black-crackle-lighter/?hl=zippo&do=findComment&comment=1922609 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pararaftanr2 Posted July 25, 2018 Share #28 Posted July 25, 2018 That thing is seriously cool! Agreed Mikie. After many years of looking for one, it turned up on a table at a local militaria show in the recent past, and at the right price too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikie Posted July 25, 2018 Share #29 Posted July 25, 2018 Cant have a smoke with out a light... http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/index.php?/topic/277676-lightm-upthe-zippo/ http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/index.php?/topic/240888-zippo-black-crackle-lighter/?hl=zippo&do=findComment&comment=1922609 Well that takes me down memory lane. Dad had an old Zippo he kept in his sock drawer along with a small caliber automatic, some mercury dimes and a couple of insignia from his unit. He only took it out and used it once in a while, and his lighting his cigar with it seemed almost ceremonial. No idea why. But when I opened those links to the Zippos yesterday, I caught a whiff of the distinctive smell of the fluid. Last time I saw it was probably late 70's. Strange what can trigger old memories. Mikie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted July 25, 2018 Share #30 Posted July 25, 2018 Well that takes me down memory lane. Dad had an old Zippo he kept in his sock drawer along with a small caliber automatic, some mercury dimes and a couple of insignia from his unit. He only took it out and used it once in a while, and his lighting his cigar with it seemed almost ceremonial. No idea why. But when I opened those links to the Zippos yesterday, I caught a whiff of the distinctive smell of the fluid. Last time I saw it was probably late 70's. Strange what can trigger old memories. Mikie Good memories Mikie.Thanks for adding it here.Will post the lighter here as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerry_k Posted July 26, 2018 Share #31 Posted July 26, 2018 Keeping with the scheme here, but expanding slightly, you have a wartime pack of Raleighs with the "Free of Tax" stamp displayed in a cast and machined aluminum ashtray representing the USS Ticonderoga. A limited number of these were made by the Newport News Ship Building & Dry Dock Company and, in addition to being given to dignitaries at the ship's launching, were used aboard ship in the Officer's Wardroom and various state rooms. The Naval aviation specific cigarette case is nicely enameled in Navy blue and has a beautiful machine turned finish on the interior, holding 14 Camel cigarettes. The ashtray, and associated documents, were part of a grouping from a veteran who served on the ship during WW2. Regards, Paul Paul as always - killer set. That is a true inspiration to see this kind of vision here, great! Here is my package of Lucky Strike "Free of Tax" example with USN matches. Cheers, Jerry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted July 26, 2018 Share #32 Posted July 26, 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdogchristy90 Posted July 26, 2018 Share #33 Posted July 26, 2018 My pack of lucky strikes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dogsbody Posted July 26, 2018 Author Share #34 Posted July 26, 2018 Thanks everyone for adding to this thread! Paul, that is an amazing ashtray! Never knew such things existed. I don't know much about this next pack of cigarettes other than that I read somewhere that these were handed out by Canadian troops during the liberation of Holland. Maybe some forum members from Canada can shed some light on this pack of cigarettes. Rene Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
everforward Posted July 26, 2018 Share #35 Posted July 26, 2018 Thanks everyone for adding to this thread! Paul, that is an amazing ashtray! Never knew such things existed. I don't know much about this next pack of cigarettes other than that I read somewhere that these were handed out by Canadian troops during the liberation of Holland. Maybe some forum members from Canada can shed some light on this pack of cigarettes. SAM_3701a.jpg SAM_3702a.jpg SAM_3703a.jpg Rene Being from Virginia, I think that's a pretty cool pack of cigarettes..! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iron bender Posted July 27, 2018 Share #36 Posted July 27, 2018 A farmer I worked with in Abernathy, Texas, named LA Johnson was in the Korean War. Drove a diamond-T that he'd turned into a gin-pole. He had two big boxed cases of Old Golds he carried around the entire time he was there. Said he never could trade them off. He said they burned like cordite and GI's wouldn't touch them over the other smokes available Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dogsbody Posted August 7, 2018 Author Share #37 Posted August 7, 2018 Hi everyone, here are two new unopened additions: the (cordite burning ) Old Gold ones are from a K-rat. The Velvet tobacco has a series 114 tax label which should date it to 1944. Rene Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
everforward Posted August 7, 2018 Share #38 Posted August 7, 2018 Cool. Velvet is all I ever saw my granddad smoke, and 98% of the time in a pipe.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FortJohn Posted August 12, 2018 Share #39 Posted August 12, 2018 Here is most of what I have. The cartons are full WW2 manufacture. I had two more cartons of Raleigh but sold them....Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FortJohn Posted August 12, 2018 Share #40 Posted August 12, 2018 pic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FortJohn Posted August 12, 2018 Share #41 Posted August 12, 2018 I forgot. Years ago I had a amish working on my barn. He told me he went in the building looking for lumber and seen the cigarettes and opened a pack of SunShine and smoked one. He hid the rest of the pack up in the rafters of the barn,pulled it down and gave it to me. I was a bit upset to say the least. It had been an unopened carton...Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
everforward Posted August 13, 2018 Share #42 Posted August 13, 2018 Great stuff..! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobgee Posted August 13, 2018 Share #43 Posted August 13, 2018 Here's another one with a 'civilian' Tax label. The Tax label has some additional stamping (Q-5) on it. SAM_3691a.jpg SAM_3692a.jpg SAM_3693a.jpg SAM_3694a.jpg Rene Great thread! I'm an old Lucky smoker who quit over 45 years ago - TG! I am reminded of a story told by the father of a friend who was in the 7th Inf Division. He told us about trading smokes for about anything in the Philippines but the natives who always call out "No Raleighs" They wouldn't take them - reason unknown! bobgee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dogsbody Posted August 17, 2018 Author Share #44 Posted August 17, 2018 Thanks for adding the pictures, Greg. That's a nice collection! Thanks Bobgee for the story. So now we have the like cordite burning Old Golds and the not too popular (in the Philippines at least) 'No Raleighs', hahaha. Rene Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dogsbody Posted September 15, 2018 Author Share #45 Posted September 15, 2018 Hello all, the following pic shows a pack of Luckies from 1940 (tax label series 110, silver foil inner wrapper). When I aquired the package it was empty but otherwise in quite reasonable condition. For this picture I added some modern non filter cigarettes. The ashtray is a PX store example. The matchbox is a quite well known example, I think. Rene Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrisianCollector Posted September 30, 2018 Share #46 Posted September 30, 2018 To keep things going, here's of pack of Old Gold with the Free of Tax label. SAM_3695a.jpg SAM_3696a.jpg SAM_3698a.jpg SAM_3700a.jpg Rene Nice pack of Old Gold cigarettes. I've got a similar pack with the same free of tax stamp but with another message printed on the back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M43maniac Posted October 24, 2018 Share #47 Posted October 24, 2018 Hello, Can you guys say if this package is ww2? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jumpin Jack Posted October 25, 2018 Share #48 Posted October 25, 2018 Here is my small contribution to the subject. Top left to right: Survival container with wooden matches, field lighter made by Bowers Mfg. Co., field produced lighter--remove round and it's ready to go, pack of Chelsea cigarettes in plastic container, Zippo lighter with owner initials scratched in, GI lighter with crackle finsih, Bottom row left to right: book of matches for damp climates, pack of ration cigarettes, original box for Ronson lighter that is to the right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
everforward Posted October 25, 2018 Share #49 Posted October 25, 2018 Hello, Can you guys say if this package is ww2? Thanks My .02: I'm thinking they are a post-war US Export to Great Britain...foil on the wrapper would indicate a post-WW2 manufacture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M43maniac Posted October 25, 2018 Share #50 Posted October 25, 2018 What do you mean with wrapper foil? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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