Packaged Correctly?

[BriarsAndBottles]

Hello Tobacco Historians. Did they have plastic wrap in the first half of the last century, and also shouldn’t this have the tax “tape” or seal? Auction #18490 [Charlie Blackwood] | TinBids.com - https://tinbids.com/auction/18490/

It just seems a little off to me.

 

[TheIronMonkey]

It looks like someone put some Scotch tape on there.

 

[AJL67]

It looks like someone put some Scotch tape on there.

Agreed

Also plastic wrap has been around for 90 years.

 

[BriarsAndBottles]

Thanks gents. Half the mystery solved. I have one very old tin from the the 50’s and there’s a blue tape seal on there with tax/revenue jargon. When were those applied?

 

[TheIronMonkey]

This is a Velvet tin from maybe the 1920s with a blue paper seal.