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Heraldic Cigar Bands

Cigar bands, or imitation cigar bands, have been a collector's item for over a century. They have been (and are) mainly popular in Spain, Belgium and Holland, less in other countries. Thousands of series of cigar bands have been issued, only a small number with heraldic themes.

Cigar box labels

Some examples of heraldic cigar box labels.

University of Cambridge
Flor de Antilla
Gelderland
Habanera
Hamburg
Patricio
Philadelphia
Swan

Series by country

Belgium

Brakman - Belgian provinces and capitals
Bogaert - Coats of arms of royal dynasties
Caraïbe - Coats of arms of the Royal Belgian Navy and Belgian town arms
Dante - European arms
Edo del Monte - European arms
Guido Gezelle Belgian town arms
Guido Gezelle Town arms of Noord-Brabant
Hofmeester - Heraldic symbols
Janssens - Belgian provinces
Jubilé - Belgian municipalities
Jubilé - Belgian guilds
Jubilé - French regions
Rokende Jan - US State seals (2 series)
Senator - Belgian towns and provinces (2 series)
Sibaver - Belgian provinces
Stompkop - Belgian towns
Stompkop - Belgian provinces and capitals
Van der Elst - arms of the Belgian Army
Van der Elst - arms of the Belgian Navy
TAF - European countries
TAF - Arms of cities in Luxembourg
Verellen/Vieil Anvers/Oud Antwerpen - arms of ruling families or persons

Individual bands

Merksem 1957

Germany

VEB Dingelstädt - Coats of arms of German cities
VEB Leisnig - Coats of arms of German cities
VEB Mühlhausen - Coats of arms of German cities
VEB Nordhausen - Coats of arms of German cities
Weisser Hirsch - Coats of arms of German cities

The Netherlands

Abonné - Dutch provincial arms
Abonné - City arms
Abonné - Regional arms
Abonné - Belgian arms
Albert Heijn - Dutch provincial arms
Don Pedro - Heraldiek
Drido - Militaire Heraldiek
La Finca Tropical - Heraldry
P. Houts - Belgian municipalities
Hudson - Dutch, Belgian and European arms
Marie Antoinette - European arms
Melior - Arms of Dutch and Belgian cities
Melior - Arms of Belgian municipalities
Murillo - German cities
Murillo - European countries
Murillo - Olympic games
Murillo - Latin American countries
Newa - Arms of Dutch municipalities
Royal Flush - Ecclesiastical heraldry (1)
Royal Flush - Ecclesiastical heraldry (2)
Royal Flush - European countries
Royal Flush - Swiss cantons
Smoker - American countries (3 series)
Spanera - Spanish arms (2 series)
Washington - Heraldry
Willem II - Heraldry

Unmarked series

Individual bands

Spain

Series

Alvaro Spanish provincial arms
Alvaro Spanish family arms
Capote - Spanish Provinces
Esmeralda - Spanish Provinces
Flor Fina - National coats of arms
M. Lopez - Arms of the Canary Islands
M. Lopez - Spanish city arms
La Paz - American arms
La Paz - Spanish arms
La Reforma - Escudos de America
La Reforma - National coats of arms
La Reforma - Spanish nobility
La Rico Hoja - Arms of Spanish cities
Tagoro - Arms of popes
Tagoro - Spanish Provinces
Tagoro - Avila del Rey

Individual bands

Castilla-León

This page is part of: Heraldic collector's items catalogue

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+Cigar bands, or imitation cigar bands, have been a collector's item for over a century. They have been (and are) mainly popular in Spain, Belgium and Holland, less in other countries. Thousands of series of cigar bands have been issued, only a small number with heraldic themes.
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-Cigar bonds, or imitation cigar bonds, have been a collctor's item for over a century. They have been (and are) mainly popular in Spain, Belgium and Holland, less in other countries. Thousands of series of cigar bonds have been issued, only a small number with heraldic themes.
+==Cigar box labels==
+Some examples of heraldic cigar box labels.
+<gallery perrow=0>
+file:Cambridge.cig.jpg|[[University of Cambridge]]
+file:Florantilla.cig.jpg|Flor de Antilla
+file:Gelderland.cig.jpg|[[Gelderland]]
+File:Habanera.cig.jpg|Habanera
+file:Hamburg.cig.jpg|[[Hamburg]]
+file:Patricio.cig.jpg|Patricio
+file:Philadelphia.cig.jpg|[[Philadelphia]]
+file:Swan.cig.jpg|Swan
+</gallery>
 ==Series by country==
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 ===Belgium===
 <gallery perrow=0>
+File:14.bra.jpg|[[Brakman]] - Belgian provinces and capitals
 File:lippe.bog.jpg|[[Bogaert]] - Coats of arms of royal dynasties
-File:mechelen.car.jpg|[[Caraïbe]] - Coats of arms of the Royal Belgian Navy
+File:mechelen.car.jpg|[[Caraïbe]] - Coats of arms of the Royal Belgian Navy and Belgian town arms
 File:bremen.dan.jpg|[[Dante]] - European arms
 File:mechelen.edo.jpg|[[Edo del Monte]] - European arms
 File:brugge.gg1.jpg|[[Guido-Gazelle Belgium|Guido Gezelle Belgian town arms]]
-File:eindhoven.gg2.jpg|[[Guido-Gazelle Brabant|Guido Gezelle Town arms of Noord Brabant]]
+File:eindhoven.gg2.jpg|[[Guido-Gazelle Brabant|Guido Gezelle Town arms of Noord-Brabant]]
+File:13.hof.jpg|[[Hofmeester]] - Heraldic symbols
+File:brussel.jan.jpg|[[Janssens (cigar bands)|Janssens]] - Belgian provinces
 File:ieper.jub.jpg|[[Jubilé]] - Belgian municipalities
 File:14.jub.jpg|[[Jubilé]] - Belgian guilds
 File:touraine.jub.jpg|[[Jubilé]] - French regions
+File:ohio.rj.jpg|[[Rokende Jan]] - US State seals (2 series)
+File:aalst.sen.jpg|[[Senator]] - Belgian towns and provinces (2 series)
+File:liege.sib.jpg|[[Sibaver]] - Belgian provinces
 File:anderlecht.sto.jpg|[[Stompkop]] - Belgian towns
 File:limburg.sto.jpg|[[Stompkop]] - Belgian provinces and capitals
 File:army03.vde.jpg|[[Van der Elst]] - arms of the Belgian Army
 File:navy01.vde.jpg|[[Van der Elst]] - arms of the Belgian Navy
-File:10.ver.jpg|[[Verellen]] - arms of ruling families or persons
+File:iceland.taf.jpg|[[TAF]] - European countries
+File:vianden.taf.jpg|[[TAF]] - Arms of cities in Luxembourg
+File:10.ver.jpg|[[Verellen|Verellen/Vieil Anvers/Oud Antwerpen]] - arms of ruling families or persons
+</gallery>
+====Individual bands ====
+<gallery widths=250px heights=200px perrow=0>
+File:merksem.cib.jpg|[[Merksem]] 1957
 </gallery>
 ===Germany===
 <gallery perrow=0>
-File:erfurt.whi.jpg|[[Weisser Hirsch]] - Coats of arms of German cities
 File:erfurt.zd.jpg|[[VEB Dingelstädt]] - Coats of arms of German cities
+File:Leisnig.zl.jpg|[[VEB Leisnig]] - Coats of arms of German cities
 File:Muhlhausen.zm.jpg|[[VEB Mühlhausen]] - Coats of arms of German cities
 File:gotha.zn.jpg|[[VEB Nordhausen]] - Coats of arms of German cities
+File:erfurt.whi.jpg|[[Weisser Hirsch]] - Coats of arms of German cities
 </gallery>
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 File:ecuador.mur.jpg|[[Murillo]] - Latin American countries
 File:jisp.newa.jpg|[[Newa]] - Arms of Dutch municipalities
-File:ohio.rj.jpg|[[Rokende Jan]] - US State seals
 File:23.rfl.jpg|[[Royal Flush]] - Ecclesiastical heraldry (1)
 File:shea.rfl.jpg|[[Royal Flush]] - Ecclesiastical heraldry (2)
 File:belgium.rfl.jpg|[[Royal Flush]] - European countries
 File:geneve.rfl.jpg|[[Royal Flush]] - Swiss cantons
+File:barbados.smo.jpg|[[Smoker cigar bands|Smoker]] - American countries (3 series)
+File:5.span.jpg|[[Spanera]] - Spanish arms (2 series)
 File:ottweiler.was.jpg|[[Washington (bonds)|Washington]] - Heraldry
 File:2080.wi2.jpg|[[Willem II]] - Heraldry
+</gallery>
+====Unmarked series====
+<gallery perrow=0>
+File:norway.unm.jpg|[[Unmarked cigar bands|European countries]]
+File:iceland.un5.jpg|[[Unmarked cigar bands|European countries]]
+File:001.unm.jpg|[[Unmarked cigar bands|Heraldic shield divisions]]
+File:vermont.unm.jpg|[[Unmarked cigar bands|US States]]
+</gallery>
+====Individual bands====
+<gallery perrow=0>
+File:deventer.nlb.jpg|[[Deventer]]
+File:dordrecht.nlb.jpg|[[Dordrecht]]
+File:velsen.nlb.jpg|[[Velsen]]  (?)
 </gallery>
 ===Spain===
+====Series====
 <gallery perrow=0>
 File:cuenca.alv.jpg|[[Alvaro provinces|Alvaro Spanish provincial arms]]
 File:cuevas.alv.jpg|[[Alvaro family arms|Alvaro Spanish family arms]]
-File:cuenca.cap.jpg|[[Capote]] - Spanish provincial arms
+File:cuenca.cap.jpg|[[Capote]] - Spanish Provinces
+File:valencia.esm.jpg|[[Esmeralda]] - Spanish Provinces
 File:17.ffi.jpg|[[Flor Fina]] - National coats of arms
 File:tenerife.mlo.jpg|[[M. Lopez]] - Arms of the Canary Islands
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 File:jamaica.cana.jpg|[[La Reforma]] - National coats of arms
 File:juan1.tca.jpg|[[La Reforma]] - Spanish nobility
+File:4.ric.jpg|La [[Rico Hoja]] - Arms of Spanish cities
 File:pio9.tag.jpg|[[Tagoro]] - Arms of popes
+File:baleares.tag.jpg|[[Tagoro]] - Spanish Provinces
+File:avila86blue.tag.jpg|[[Tagoro]] - Avila del Rey
 </gallery>
+====Individual bands====
+<gallery perrow=0>
+File:spain.esb.jpg|Castilla-León
+</gallery>
+{{collect}}
+{{media}}
+[[Category:Heraldic collector's items]]