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Description:<\/strong>
This pack of Albatros cigarettes is an old-fashioned type of soft packaging, typical of Polish products of the post-communist period. The packaging is a blurred, white and blue gradient with a red logo and a minimalist design. The print "AUGUST\u00d3W" is clearly visible at the top, indicating the place where the cigarettes were produced. This type of pack is today considered historical, as it reflects a period when cigarette packaging was not yet standardized and reflected more regional or small-scale factory design solutions.<\/p>\n

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    Collectible value:<\/strong> High
    Regarding the package:<\/p>\n

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      old,<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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      soft type packaging (less common today),<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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      belonging to a defunct manufacturer or brand,<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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      and a specific Polish design - the pack acquires a higher value among collectors, especially among enthusiasts of Eastern European tobacco history.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n

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      Condition assessment:<\/strong> Unwrapped, but slightly deformed at the bottom - very good, but not ideal condition.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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      Historical data and popularity:<\/strong>
      The August\u00f3w tobacco factory was one of several Polish manufacturers that supplied local products to the domestic market in the 1980s and 1990s. These packets are now almost non-existent in trade and are considered historical relics.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Brand and name:<\/strong> Albatross<\/p>\n

      Size:<\/strong> 20 cigarettes<\/p>\n

      Country of manufacture:<\/strong> Poland
      (The package says "AUGUST\u00d3W" - this is a tobacco factory in Poland; the text is in Polish)<\/p>\n

      Production period:<\/strong> Approximately 1990-2000.
      (The design, fonts, package structure, and the lack of modern health warnings suggest that this is from an older period, before EU directives \u2013 most likely the 1980s or early 1990s)<\/p>\n

      Package type:<\/strong> Soft pack<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":9996,"template":"","meta":{"_surecart_dashboard_logo_width":"180px","_surecart_dashboard_show_logo":true,"_surecart_dashboard_navigation_orders":true,"_surecart_dashboard_navigation_invoices":true,"_surecart_dashboard_navigation_subscriptions":true,"_surecart_dashboard_navigation_downloads":true,"_surecart_dashboard_navigation_billing":true,"_surecart_dashboard_navigation_account":true,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[182],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-10164","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-poland","7":"desktop-align-left","8":"tablet-align-left","9":"mobile-align-left","11":"first","12":"outofstock","13":"shipping-taxable","14":"purchasable","15":"product-type-simple","16":"add-to-wishlist-before_image"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/colligatum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/10164","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/colligatum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/colligatum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/colligatum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/10164\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10165,"href":"https:\/\/colligatum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/10164\/revisions\/10165"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/colligatum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/colligatum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/colligatum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=10164"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/colligatum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=10164"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/colligatum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=10164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}