Complete set of 24 paper cigar bands · Carlson Fable Collection

Title: Complete set of 24 paper cigar bands
Description: 1960? Complete set of 24 paper cigar bands from Verellen, Vieille Anvers in mint condition. 1 3/16" x 7/8". The bands are two shades of red, and frames for the colored illustrations are gold. The subjects are animal stories including fables. $18.55 from Andre Prenger at The Holland America Cigar Band and Label Store, Amsterdam, through Ebay, July, '99.

Since these fables came shortly before I left Omaha for a year away, they have eluded cataloguing and scanning. Now at last three years later I can offer them. The graphic work is done in such a small space that it is hard to do the subjects justice. And so I offer here actual size presentations on this page with an enlargement each. For me it is already fun to know that someone used fables as subjects on cigar bands! The best of the group are FG by Lessing (7), "Quartet" (8), "The Wolf with the Frozen Tail" (10), "Chantecleer" (16), "The Bees and the Bumblebees" (18), and TT (20). The verso has numbers, authors, and titles in Dutch and French.
Source: $18.55 from Andre Prenger at The Holland America Cigar Band and Label Store, Amsterdam, through Ebay, July, '99.
Date: 1960?
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