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(Cigar History Museum) I am absolutely delighted to be able to bring this Exhibit to you, and can do so only because of the sharp eye of tobacciana dealer Pete Lingg in the Netherlands who found this treasure of a collection and made it available to me.
Cigar bags are an early invention, created to assist dealer and smoker in transactions involving 2, 3, 4 or 5 cigars. Long before cardboard 5-packs became a standard marketing-packaging tool (1910 in the U.S.; unknown date in Europe) the temporary carrying of small quantities of cigars loose in a coat or shirt pocket was an invitation to disaster as they jiggled, tumbled and abraded ... frequently damaging the wrapper. Bags could be twisted to hold cigars firm, reducing that problem. Continued
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