1949 OTT'S SILVER ASH PERFECTOS CIGAR BOX -**RARE** in Tarpon Springs, Florida For Sale

THIS xxxx RARE OTT'S FAMOUS SILVER ASH PERFECTOS CIGAR BOX IS A PERFECT ADDITION FOR ANY CIGAR COLLECTOR!
Box has finger joint corners and metal hinges. Condition is very good with minor age appropriate wear. Box construction, joints and hinges are all solid, all lettering is still very easily legible. The inside half divider piece is missing. The green U.S. Internal Revenue Cigar Stamp (Class E 50) is overprinted Series 119 indicating that this is from xxxx, based on IRS tobacco stamp issues. There is also a second "Union Made Cigars" stamp on the box. All lettering is "burned" into the wood on the box.
Top of the box reads: 10¢ Ott's Famous Silver Ash / Oldest Cigar Manufacturer on Long Island / Union Made Established xxxx / Louis Ott & Son 86-12 Jamaica Ave., Woodhaven, N.Y. Tel. Virginia 9-xxxx8 (inside of box top has identical printing). "Ott's Silver Ash Perfectos" is on the front and two side panels; back panel is blank. The bottom of the box indicates the cigars were manufactured in "Factory No. 345 / 1st District / State of New York" and were tax paid to "retail at more than 8¢ each and not more than 15¢ each."
SIZE: 10.5 inches long by approximately 4 inches wide and deep.
**WILLING TO TAKE REASONABLE OFFERS***