Gestel & Zoon (Eindhoven, NLD) cigar labels catalogue

1,315 items

Printer Gestel and Son. In 1880, Johannes Baart and Dirk Gestel produced labels and cigar bands in their lithograph factory on Kleine Berg in Eindhoven. The printing company mainly worked for the tobacco industry More

Printer Gestel and Son. In 1880, Johannes Baart and Dirk Gestel produced labels and cigar bands in their lithograph factory on Kleine Berg in Eindhoven. The printing house mainly worked for the tobacco industry. The company prospered for decades, until the mid-1960s. Gestel, whose regular customers included cigar makers Henri Wintermans and Agio, started when the cigar industry in the Eindhoven region was flourishing. When printing company Gestel went downhill, Drukkerij Vrijdag in Eindhoven had plans to take over when an earlier takeover attempt by a German party had come to nothing. But in July 2009 the Bossche court declared bankruptcy about Gestel Printing Company, better known as Drukkerij Gestel in Eindhoven. Gestel would otherwise have existed for 130 years in 2010.

Reprinted from the article “Cigar factories and printers” by Lodewijk van Duuren in the Yearbook SNT 2011
GZE, G&ZE and G&Z monogram stand for Gestel en Zoon, Eindhoven. Gestel & Son had the K number K 836 , which is also found on cigar bands.

*) Because these K-numbers were only used for a short period, from 15/7/1941 to circa 1948, it is possible to date these tapes quite well.

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