Vintage La Palina Senators Cigar Tin Case with hinged top (5-1/2" x 3-1/2")

Description

Vintage La Palina Senators Cigar Tin Case
Cover is hinged. Fragments of a tax stamp on the left-front of the tin box.
Exact wording on tin:
Cover:
LA PALINA  /  mild  /CIGAR  /  made good ;
The words LA PALINA on the edges of the cover
Front:
SENATORS
Right-side:
MILD
Back:
LA PALINA  /  THE QUALITY CIGAR
Left-side:
C  /  THE CIGARS HERE IN CONTAINED WERE MANUFACTURED TO RETAIL AT MORE THAN 8 “CENTS” EACH AND NOT MORE THAN 15 “CENTS” EACH AND ARE SO TAX PAID
Bottom:
FACTORY NO. 23,  12THDIST. PA.  /  NOTICE: The manufacturers of the cigars herein contained have complied with all requirements of the law.  Every person is cautioned not to use either this box for cigars again, or stamp thereon again, nor to remove the contents of this box without destroying said stamp, under the penalties provided by law in such cases.  /  FACTORY NO. 23    12THDIST.PA  /  IO  /  CONGRESS CIGAR CO.  /  PHIDELPHIA MAKERS  U.S.A.
Gold paint with other painted graphics;
Length:   5” ;    Width:    3 ½”  ;    Height:  1 ¼” ;
Scratches all around;  right-side of cover dented;  several dents in cover;  some corrosion on inside.  Right-lower corner of cover shows a ¼” split.  Small daub of what looks like paint on the “d” of the word “mild”; All reflective of the age of this tin.
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#190