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Ferro Quina Bisleri

Country Manufacturer Year Brand Source
Spain Unknown 1900's Ferro Quina Bisleri Marco Sonaglia

Long folder style booklet.
Ferro Quina Bisleri.
Maufacturer not known.
Spanish wrap around folder, advertising an Italian medicine.

Marco Sonaglia

Pan

Country Manufacturer Year Brand Source
Italy S. D. Modiano 1899 Pan Marco Sonaglia

Folder style booklet.
Pan.
S. D. Modian.
(Trieste).
To commemorate the Expo in Paris 1900. 10 cmes.
 

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Riz La clé

Country Manufacturer Year Brand Source
Austria Unknown 1910's Riz la clé Marco Sonaglia

Hardback Booklet.
Riz La clé.
Manufacturer not known.
Made in Austria.
100 Leaves - Interlaced keys.
 

Marco Sonaglia

JOB

Country Manufacturer Year Brand Source
France J. Bardou & Fils 1880's JOB Marco Sonaglia

Folder style booklet.
Several variations in design.
JOB.
J. Bardou & Fils.
(Perpignan).
Breveté d'invention non gommé - 40 Feuilles variation.

Marco Sonaglia

Papier Bardou

Country Manufacturer Year Brand Source
France J. Bardou & Fils 1880's Papier Bardou Marco Sonaglia

Hardback Booklet.
Several variations in color, format and design.
Papier Bardou.
J. Bardou & Fils.
(Perpignan).
Hardbook booklet with legion d'honneur medal.

Marco Sonaglia

Sol y Sombra

Country Manufacturer Year Brand Source
Spain J. Laporta-Valor 1904 Sol y Sombra Cesar Juan Jorda

Sol y Sombra
Long Folder style booklet.
One of a series of booklets depicting theatrical scenes.
Series 1A - No 10.
J. Laporta-Valor
(Alcoy).
 

Cesar Juan Jorda

Columna de la Plaza de Roma

Country Manufacturer Year Brand Source
Spain Vda. Juan Soler e Hijos y Comp Unknown Columna de la Plaza de Roma Cesar Juan Jorda


Block style booklet.
Columna de la Plaza de Roma(Column of the Place of Rome).
Vda. Juan Soler e Hijos y Comp.
(Alcoy).
This booklet has an illustration of the Columna de la Plaza de Roma which is a piazza at the center of the Rione of Colonna in the historic heart of Rome, Italy. It is named for the marble Column of Marcus Aurelius, which has stood there since AD 19.

Cesar Juan Jorda

Las Mil Flores

Country Manufacturer Year Brand Source
Spain Ivorra Paya y Ca 1903 Las Mil Flores Cesar Juan Jorda

Folder style booklet.
Las Mil Flores (The Thousand Flowers)
Several variations in design, format and color.
Ivorra Paya y Ca.
(Alcoy).
One of a series of covers depicting romance/floral scenes.

Fernando Campuzano

V. Blasco Ibanez

Country Manufacturer Year Brand Source
Spain Francisco Botella Unknown V. Blasco Ibanez Cesar Juan Jorda

Square booklet.
V. Blasco Ibanez.
Francisco Botella.
(Alcoy).
Square booklet depicting the Journalist, Politician and best-selling Spanish novelist, Vicente Blasco Ibanez, 1867 - 1928.

Cesar Juan Jorda

Babbuccian No 732

Country Manufacturer Year Brand Source
Turkey Athanassoula Freres Unknown Babbuccian No 732 Marco Sonaglia

Folder style booket.
Babbuccian No 732.
Athanassoula Freres.
(Smyrne).
Factories in Turkey (Smyrne) and Italy (Trieste).
For Greek market.  

Marco Sonaglia

1000

Country Manufacturer Year Brand Source
Turkey Athanassoula Freres 1910 - 1915 1000 Marco Sonaglia

Folder style booket.
Several variations in color and design.
1000.
Athanassoula Freres.
(Smyrne).
Ottoman booklet produced in the middle east.
Factories in Turkey (Smyrne) and Italy (Trieste).
Tek göz (Single Eye).  

Marco Sonaglia

Papier Gisbert

Country Manufacturer Year Brand Source
France Bisch Aloys 1896 Papier Gisbert Marco Sonaglia

Wrap-around folder style booklet.
Papier Gisbert.
Bisch Aloys
(Philippeville).

Marco Sonaglia (image) information by Denis Peaucelle.

Mais Oriental

Country Manufacturer Year Brand Source
Austria Farchy 1901 Mais Oriental Marco Sonaglia

Hardback booklet.
Mais Oriental.
Farchy.
(Vienna).

Marco Sonaglia

El Escudo

Country Manufacturer Year Brand Source
Spain Santiago Miro Unknown El Escudo Cesar Juan Jorda

Folder style booklet.
El Escudo (The Shield).
Santiago Miro.
(Alcoy).

Cesar Juan Jorda

Voshod

Country Manufacturer Year Brand Source
Russia Unknown Unknown Voshod Ralph Heinzelmann

Folder style booklet.
Voshod.
Manufacturer not known.
Made in Russia.
(Rostow-on-Don).
Farming scene.

Ralph Heinzelmann

Kobzar

Country Manufacturer Year Brand Source
Russia Unknown Unknown Kobzar Ralph Heinzelmann

Folder style booklet.
Kobzar.
Manufacturer not known.
Made in Ukraine. (Poltava).
Depicts image of a Kobzari - a Ukrainian bard who sang to his own accompaniment, played on a multistringed bandura or kobza; a Ukrainian stringed instrument of the lute family. Kobzars were often blind and became predominantly so by the 1800s.

Ralph Heinzelmann

PPAG

Country Manufacturer Year Brand Source
Austria Unknown Unknown PPAG Ralph Heinzelmann

Folder style booklet.
PPAG.
P. P. A. G.
Made in Austria.

Ralph Heinzelmann

Turgut Reis Zirhusi

Country Manufacturer Year Brand Source
Turkey Donanma-yi Osmani  Muavenet-i Milliye Cemiyeti (Ottoman Navy) Unknown Turgut Reis Zirhusi Paul Ellis

Folder style booklet.
Several variations in color and design.
Turgut Reis Zirhusi.
Donanma-yi Osmani  Muavenet-i Milliye Cemiyeti (Ottoman Navy).
(Made in Turkey).
Illustration of a ship.  Crossed Anchors motif.
 Paul Ellis

Tigri No 23

Country Manufacturer Year Brand Source
Italy A. Salto 1900 - 1910 Tigri No 23 Paul Ellis

Folder style booklet.
Several variations in design.
Tigri No 23.
A. Salto.
(Trieste).
200 Feuilles variation.  Two Tigers against shield.

Denis Peaucelle

Guslar

Country Manufacturer Year Brand Source
Italy S. D. Modiano 1889 Guslar Marco Sonaglia


Wrap-around folder style booklet.
Guslar.
S. D. Modiano.
(Trieste).
Depicts image of Balkan singer playing his Gusla (One or two stringed instrument).

Marco Sonaglia

Papier Oiseaux

Country Manufacturer Year Brand Source
Turkey Abraham Mayorkas Unknown Papier Oiseaux Paul Ellis

Folder style booklet.
Papier Oiseaux (Bird Paper).
Abraham Mayorkas.
(Marpoutchilar, Azaria Han, No 17).
(Stamboul).

Paul Ellis

Janina Specialite

Country Manufacturer Year Brand Source
Hungary Janina Industries 1916 Janina Specialite Marco Sonaglia

Folder style booklet.
Janina Specialite.
Janina Industries.
(Budepest).

Marco Sonaglia

Defense de la Patrie

Country Manufacturer Year Brand Source
France Braunstein Freres 1886 Defense de la Patrie Marco Sonaglia

Folder style booklet.
Defense de la Patrie (Homeland Defence).
Braunstein Freres.
(Paris).
Military theme

Marco Sonaglia

Numero Cinq

Country Manufacturer Year Brand Source
Italy S. D. Modiano 1893 Numero Cinq Marco Sonaglia

Folder style booklet.
Papier Numero Cinq Number 696.
S. D. Modiano.
(Trieste).
For French market.

Marco Sonaglia

Weka

Country Manufacturer Year Brand Source
Czechoslovakia Unknown Unknown Weka Petr Pistek

Folder style booklet.
Several variations in design and color.
Weka.
Manufacturer Unknown.
Made in Czechoslovakia.
50 Listu.
V/50; Ing Aug.Kapr.

Petr Pistek

Heisler

Country Manufacturer Year Brand Source
Czechoslovakia Unknown Unknown Heisler Petr Pistek

Folder style booklet.
Several variations in design and color.
Heisler.
Manufacturer Unknown.
Made in Czechoslovakia.
100 Listu.

Ralph Heinzelmann

Format Roumain Piette

Country Manufacturer Year Brand Source
Austria P. Piette Unknown Format Roumain Piette Petr Pistek

Block booklet.
Several variations in design, format and color.
Papier Piette.
P. Piette.
(Freiheit).
500 Leaves Block Booklet.

Petr Pistek

Papier Piette Riz

Country Manufacturer Year Brand Source
Austria P. Piette Unknown Papier Piette Riz Petr Pistek

Wrap-around folder style booklet.
Several variations in design, format and color.
Papier Piette Riz.
P. Piette.
(Freiheit).

Petr Pistek

Papier a Cigarettes Piette

Country Manufacturer Year Brand Source
Austria P. Piette Unknown Papier a Cigarettes Piette Petr Pistek

Wrap-around folder style booklet.
Several variations in design, format and color.
Papier a Cigarettes Piette.
P. Piette.
(Freiheit).

Petr Pistek

Papier Piette

Country Manufacturer Year Brand Source
Austria P. Piette 1896 Papier Piette Paul Ellis

Folder style booklet.
Several variations in design, format and color.
Papier Piette.
P. Piette.
(Freiheit).
100 Blatt

Paul Ellis

Tjap Nonja

Country Manufacturer Year Brand Source
Holland N. V. Handel Mij Unknown Tjap Nonja Petr Pistek

Long booklet.
Tjap Nonja.
N. V. Handel Mij.
(Rotterdam).

Petr Pistek

Sem-Fim

Country Manufacturer Year Brand Source
Czechoslovakia Papier-Industrie A. G. Unknown Sem-Fim Petr Pistek

Single automatic booklet.
Several variations in design, format and color.
Sem-Fim.
Papier-Industrie A. G. (Olleschau).
(Sumperk).
Distributors SBA.

Petr Pistek

Convenio de Vergara

Country Manufacturer Year Brand Source
Spain Viuda de Francisco Boronat Botella 1911 Convenio de Vergara  Cesar Juan Jorda

Paper Folder style booklet.
Convenio de Vergara (Vergara agreement).
Viuda de Francisco Boronat Botella.
(Alcoy).
The Convention of Vergara was a treaty successfully ending the major fighting in Spain's First Carlist War.

 Cesar Juan Jorda

Elegante

Country Manufacturer Year Brand Source
Spain C. Gisbert Terol Unknown Elegante  Cesar Juan Jorda

Long booklet
Elegante
C. Gisbert Tero..
(Alcoy).

 Cesar Juan Jorda

El Reloj de Oro

Country Manufacturer Year Brand Source
Spain R. Botella 1896 El Reloj de Oro  Cesar Juan Jorda

Folder style booklet.
El Reloj de Oro(The Golden Clock).
R. Botella.
(Alcoy).
Successors de R. Botella, (Alcoy).

 Cesar Juan Jorda

Crescent and Star

Country Manufacturer Year Brand Source
Turkey Unknown Unknown Crescent and Star Steven Kornstein


Folder style booklet.
Crescent and Star.
Manufacturer not known.
Made in Turkey.

Paul Ellis

Hairat Chakir

Country Manufacturer Year Brand Source
Turkey Unknown Unknown Hairat Chakir Paul Ellis

Folder style booklet.
Hairat Chakir Lattiquie.
Manufacturer not known.
Made in Turkey.
Ottoman Flag.

Paul Ellis

Boomerang

Country Manufacturer Year Brand Source
Australia Unknown Unknown Boomerang Nigel Town

Single automatic Booklet.
Boomerang.
Manufacturer not known.
Made in Australia.
Automatic Gummed Papers.

Nigel Town

La Competidora Gaditana

Country Manufacturer Year Brand Source
Spain Viuda de Antonio Abad e Hijo Unknown La Competidora Gaditana  Cesar Juan Jorda

Folder style booklet.
La Competidora Gaditana.
Viuda de Antonio Abad e Hijo.
(Alcoy).
Export for the Philippines.

Cesar Juan Jorda

Majas

Country Manufacturer Year Brand Source
Spain Ridaura y Cia Circa 1890 Majas  Cesar Juan Jorda

Folder style booklet.
Majas.
Ridaura y Cia.
(Alcoy).
Bullfighter:Tip y Lit de F. Munoz, Malaga.

Cesar Juan Jorda

Majas

Country Manufacturer Year Brand Source
Spain Ridaura y Cia Circa 1890 Majas  Cesar Juan Jorda

Folder style booklet.
Majas.
Ridaura y Cia.
(Alcoy).
Bullfighter.  Tip y Lit de F. Munoz, Malaga.

Cesar Juan Jorda

Majas

Country Manufacturer Year Brand Source
Spain Ridaura y Cia Circa 1890 Majas  Cesar Juan Jorda

Folder style booklet.
Majas.
Ridaura y Cia.
(Alcoy).
Bullfighter:  Tip y Lit de F. Munoz, Malaga.

Cesar Juan Jorda

Seiden-Raupe

Country Manufacturer Year Brand Source
Turkey Namer dit Seferoglou 1910 - 1920 Seiden-Raupe Ralph Heinzelmann

Folder style booklet
Seiden-Raupe (Silk Caterpillar).
Several variations in color.
Namer dit Seferoglou.
5 Kutchuk Yildiz Han, 5
(Stamboul).
Schutz Mark.

Ralph Heinzelmann

Express Brand

Country Manufacturer Year Brand Source
Singapore Thean Wah Factory Unknown Express Brand Paul Ellis

Folder style booklet with closing tab.
Express Brand.
Thean Wah Factory.
(Singapore).
 
Paul Ellis

Mandarin Duck Cigarette Papers

Country Manufacturer Year Brand Source
Singapore Poh Huat & Co 1940's Mandarin Duck Cigarette Papers Brian Mansfield

Folder style booklet with closing tab.
Several variations in design.
Mandarin Duck Cigarette Papers.
Poh Huat & Co.
(Singapore).
Many older cigarette papers from Singapore had displayed "Made in British Empire",  as Singapore was at that time a British Crown colony (1946 until 1963).  

Brian Mansfield