Dunhill International, Inc. - Specimen Stock Certificate - Cigarette Company Incorporated in 1923
Inv# SE3852 Specimen Stock
Specimen Stock printed by Columbian Bank Note Company. Available in Dark Gray or Orange. Please specify color. Dunhill is a Westminster, London-based cigarette brand owned and manufactured by Dunhill and British American Tobacco. The brand name commemorates the English tobacconist, entrepreneur and inventor Alfred Dunhill. In the United Kingdom, Dunhill is registered and manufactured in Westminster, City of Westminster, London.
Dunhill was founded in London on 10 March 1907 when tobacconist and inventor Alfred Dunhill opened a small tobacconist's shop on Duke Street in the St James's area. He offered tobacco blends tailored for the individual customer. Dunhill was introduced in 1908 and was called the Absorbal. It was designed to counter any perceived health risk and had a "world first - a cotton wool filter tip. Its slogan was the "Hygienic Cigarette". Dunhill cigarettes had a royal warrant from 1927 until 1995.
In 1939 the brand was introduced in the United States by Philip Morris USA who leased the marketing rights for the U.S. and in 1962, "Dunhill International" was introduced. Read more at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunhill_(cigarette)
Stock and Bond Specimens are made and usually retained by a printer as a record of the contract with a client, generally with manuscript contract notes such as the quantity printed. Specimens are sometimes produced for use by the printing company's sales team as examples of the firm’s products. These are usually marked "Specimen" and have no serial numbers.
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