Vintage Benson and Hedges Cairo Cigarettes Tin Box Old Bond St. London

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Up for bid is a empty tin of vintage Benson and Hedges Cairo cigarettes.
In 1883 The company applied for trademarks for Cairo Citadel cigarettes. The Cairo Citadel cigarettes were introduced for the Prince of Wales, who had toured Egypt and brought back Egyptian tobacco
The Egyptian cigarette industry, during the period between the 1880s and the end of the First World War, was a major export industry that influenced global fashion. It was notable as a rare example of the global periphery setting trends in the global center in a period when the predominant direction of cultural influence was the reverse, and also as one of the earliest producers of globally traded manufactured finished goods outside the West.