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Description:<\/strong>
This is a rather unusual and collector-attracting hybrid pack \u2013 Bastos Lights<\/em> with NYC (Norman Young Company)<\/em> design elements. It is distinguished by a light gray-blue background, a gold frame and classic "retro" style graphics depicting an American car and a pin-up girl - a typical symbol of 1950s American culture.
The packaging states "Under the authority of Norman Young Company" and "Bastos Lights American Blend", indicating that it was a limited-edition joint license product that combined two classic tobacco traditions - Belgian Bastos<\/em> and American NYC.<\/em> series.
The sticker with the words "25 filter cigarettes" indicates that this is an extended format, which is very unusual for both Bastos<\/em>, both NYC.<\/em> in series, which usually consisted of 20 cigarettes each.
The package is original, unopened, with a protective film and perfectly preserved surface tones.<\/p>\n

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    Collectible value:<\/strong> Higher than regular NYC or Basta releases. Due to the double brand identification (Basta + NYC) and larger format (25 cigarettes), this variant is considered a small series product, and therefore extremely rare.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Condition assessment:<\/strong> Excellent - foil is intact, excise sticker is in place, colors remain bright.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Historical data and popularity:<\/strong> This edition was produced as a marketing experiment in the early 2000s, when Norman Young Company<\/em> released several NYC style packs in collaboration with Bastos<\/em>. Due to its limited production, it did not become widely available, and is currently collected as a "niche" example of Basta's history.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Brand and name:<\/strong> Bastos Lights (NYC American Blend \u2013 Norman Young Company)
    Size:<\/strong> 25 cigarettes
    Country of manufacture:<\/strong> Belgium\/Luxembourg (under license from Norman Young Company)
    Production period:<\/strong> Around 2000\u20132010.
    Package type:<\/strong> Hard pack<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":20623,"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":"","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":[82],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-20679","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-belgium","7":"desktop-align-left","8":"tablet-align-left","9":"mobile-align-left","11":"first","12":"instock","13":"sale","14":"shipping-taxable","15":"purchasable","16":"product-type-simple","17":"add-to-wishlist-before_image"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/colligatum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/20679","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\/20679\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20680,"href":"https:\/\/colligatum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/20679\/revisions\/20680"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/colligatum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20623"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/colligatum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/colligatum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=20679"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/colligatum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=20679"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/colligatum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=20679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}