Yellow cigarette box. The lid is all yellow with the word (ADD WORD) written in gold. There is the paper seal that starts about the middle of the bottom edge of the box and goes around to the middle of the back side of the box. The seal is a dark yellowish color with black print on it. There is a round crest like image at the top. the crest has two men, unclothes, holding a bat or club in their outside hands and have their inside arm resting on a sheild that is set in between them. around this image is Greek letters that cirlce around. The longer strip on the back reads Tobacco Tax in Greek and there is a very faded purple stamp at the end. The side of the box, the bottom half of the side is red. On the side of the box that the seal is on, written in gold lettering is "G. A. Keranis". On the right side it reads 'Cigarettes 20 Dr 9." On the left 'Ultra Light" and on the top 'Piraeus."
On the inside of the box, on the back of the lid is the image of the company building and under reading 'G. A. Keranis Athens Piraeus" On the bottom side there is wax paper that would have held the twenty cigarettes.

The Keranis company was based in Piraeus, Athen, but as of 2003 no longer exists.

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