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Description:<\/strong>
\u201e"\u201eDunes<\/strong>\u201c" - a classic cigarette brand for the Middle East region, produced \u201eVirginia Industries Ltd.\u201c<\/strong> (headquartered in Dubai). This brand was created to convey American mix<\/em> quality adapted to the local market, which at the time was looking for products with a Western image.<\/p>\n

The design of the package is warm, sunny, based on desert motifs. It is dominated by red dunes, palm trees and the setting sun<\/strong>, symbolizing the beauty and tranquility of the deserts of the Arab world. Above \u2013 Virginia Industries<\/em> a logo with two lions and a crown, imitating the image of British-style luxury.<\/p>\n

The package is marked with the text "\u201eRich American Blend<\/strong>\u201c" - emphasizing that the tobacco in the blend meets the standards of the American "Virginia-Burley" type.<\/p>\n

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Value assessment:<\/strong>
\u2013 Collectible value:<\/strong> Average \u2013 Dunes<\/em> It is not very rare, but due to its design specific to the Middle Eastern market and limited international trade, this pack has an exotic collectible value.
\u2013 Condition assessment:<\/strong> Excellent - unopened, original cellophane wrap, no color fading, corners intact.
\u2013 Historical significance:<\/strong> reflects the period between the turn of the 1980s and 1990s, when Dubai became a center for tobacco production for export to Asian and African markets.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Brand and name:<\/strong> Dunes
Size:<\/strong> 20 cigarettes
Country of manufacture:<\/strong> United Arab Emirates
Manufacturer:<\/strong> Virginia Industries Ltd.<\/em>
Tobacco type:<\/strong> Rich American Blend
Production period:<\/strong> around 1990\u20132000.
Package type:<\/strong> Hard pack<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":22738,"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":[201],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-22791","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-united-arab-emirates","7":"desktop-align-left","8":"tablet-align-left","9":"mobile-align-left","11":"first","12":"instock","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\/22791","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\/22791\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22792,"href":"https:\/\/colligatum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/22791\/revisions\/22792"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/colligatum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/colligatum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/colligatum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=22791"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/colligatum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=22791"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/colligatum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=22791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}