Here's an Antique Cigarette Tin from The Macdonald Tobacco Company on Montreal, Quebec, 'BLENDS, THEY'RE HONEYED, and it's in Excellent Condition! This tobacciana container is from W.C MacDonald Incorporated of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and displays a 2/3 complete RARE 50 Cigarette Tobacco CDN Tariff Stamp. Colours are deep, graphics are crisp, handling wear is minimal. Working hinge, clean inside and out. Made in Canada.
DID YOU KNOW? The Macdonald Tobacco Company was founded in 1858 by William Christopher Macdonald and his brother Augustine. While the use of tobacco products was growing in popularity, the American Civil War afforded the fledgling company an opportunity that brought enormous financial success leading to Macdonald Brothers, emerging the preeminent tobacco company in the field in Canada. Since the northern U.S. faced a tobacco shortage due to the Civil War conflict (tobacco growers were located in the south), MacDonald Tobacco, a Canadian company, bought tobacco leaf from the Southern United States and transported it via ocean cargo vessels to Montreal. MacDonald Tobacco further processed it into a finished product, then selling to the northern U.S. tobacco-starved market.
