Willem II
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Company info
The William II cigar factory was founded in 1916 by Harry Kersten in Valkenswaard, the Netherlands. The company expanded and had 4 additional factories in the 1970s. In 1977 it became part of the Consolidated Cigar Company and through a number of sales it became part of Scandinavian Tobacco Group in 2011. The production is now located in Houthalen, Belgium.
The company has produced number of cigar bonds, including one with a heraldic theme, see below, issued in 1964. This series consists of 225 small bonds with Dutch, Belgian and European arms.
In total 11 bonds have been re-issued with corrected or new arms.
Bond issued
1886. Nederland
1887. Amsterdam
1888. Groningen (provincie)
1889. Groningen
1890. Delfzijl
1891. Wildervank
1892. Friesland
1893. Bolsward
1894. Dokkum
1895. Franeker
1896. Harlingen
1897. Haskerland
1898. Heerenveen
1899. Hindeloopen
1900. Smallingerland
1901. Sneek
1902. Stavoren
1903. Drenthe
1904. Emmen
1905. Meppel
1906. Smilde
1907. Overijssel
1908. Zwolle
1909. Almelo
1910. Enschede
1911. Giethoorn
1912. Hengelo (Overijssel)
1913. Kampen
1914. Oldenzaal
1915. Staphorst
1916. Steenwijk
1917. IJsselmuiden
1918. Gelderland
1919. Aalten
1920. Doesburg
1921. Doetinchem
1922. Geldermalsen
1923. Nijkerk
1924. Nijmegen
1925. Rheden
1926. Tiel
1927. Voorst
1928. Winterswijk
1929. Zaltbommel
1930. Zevenaar
1931. Zutphen
1932. Utrecht
1933. Amersfoort
1934. IJsselstein
1935. Loosdrecht
1936. Vreeswijk
1937. Wijk bij Duurstede
1938. Zeist
1939. Noord-Holland
1940. Haarlem
1941. Aalsmeer
1942. Alkmaar
1943. Bergen (N.H.)
1944. Bloemendaal
1945. Edam
1946. Heemstede
1947. Heiloo
1948. Den Helder
1949. Hilversum
1950. Hoorn
1951. Krommenie
1952. Laren
1953. Nieuweramstel
1954. Marken
1955. Medemblik
1956. Purmerend
1957. Wormerveer
1958. Zuid-Holland
1959. 's Gravenhage
1960. Alblasserdam
1961. Alphen aan den Rijn
1962. Barendrecht
1963. Boskoop
1964. Brielle
1965. Dordrecht
1966. Gorinchem
1967. Gouda
1968. Hillegom
1969. Katwijk
1970. Leerdam
1971. Leiden
1972. Maassluis
1973. Monster
1974. Pijnacker
1975. Rotterdam
1976. Sassenheim
1977. Schoonhoven
1978. Vianen
1979. Vlaardingen
1980. Waddinxveen
1981. Wassenaar
1982. Zeeland (provincie)
1983. Middelburg
1984. Aardenburg
1985. Breskens
1986. Goes
1987. Hulst
1988. Yerseke
1989. Sluis
1990. Vlissingen
1991. Zierikzee
1992. Noord Brabant
1993. 's Hertogenbosch
1994. Best
1995. Boxtel
1996. Breda
1997. Budel
1999. Eindhoven
2000. Geldrop
2001. Grave
2002. Helmond
2003. Oisterwijk
2004. Oss
2005. Reusel
2006. Roosendaal
2007. Someren
2008. Steenbergen
2009. Tilburg
2010. Uden
2011. Valkenswaard
2012. Waalwijk
2013. Zevenbergen
2014. Limburg
2015. Maastricht
2016. Echt
2017. Heerlen
2018. Kerkrade
2019. Roermond
2020. Sittard
2021. Vaals
2022. Valkenburg (Li)
2023. Venlo
2024. Weert
2025. België
2026. Brussel
2027. Antwerpen
2028. Berchem
2029. Blankenberge
2030. Brugge
2031. Charleroi
2032. Dendermonde
2033. Deurne
2034. Diest
2035. Diksmuide
2036. Dinant
2037. Eupen
2038. Geel
2039. Gent
2040. Hasselt
2041. Heverlee
2042. Kortrijk
2043. Leuven
2044. Lier
2045. Limburg (België)
2046. Luik
2047. Mechelen
2048. Mol
2049. Namen
2050. Nieuwpoort
2051. Sint-Niklaas
2052. Roeselare
2053. Seraing
2054. Tervuren
2055. Tienen
2056. Tongeren
2057. Turnhout
2058. Visé
2059. Luxembourg
2060. Clervaux
2061. Dudelingen
2063. Echternach
2064. Redingen
2065. Vianden
2066. Wiltz
2067. Denemarken
2068. Kopenhagen
2069. Esbjerg
2070. Fredericia
2071. Frederikshavn
2072. Skagen
2073. Finland
2074. Helsinki
2075. Hanko
2076. Kristuna
2077. Vaasa
2078. Faröer
2079. Groenland
2080. IJsland
2081. Reykjavík
2082. Riga
2083. Noorwegen
2084. Oslo
2085. Ålesund
2086. Hammerfest
2087. Haugesund
2088. Lillehammer
2089. Narvik
2090. Tønsberg
2091. Tromsø
2092. Zweden
2093. Stockholm
2094. Huskvarna
2095. Karlstad
2096. Kristianstad
2097. Luleå
2098. Malmö
2099. Nyköping
2100. Uppsala