UK Cigar Scene Magazine February Issue 2 | Page 4

NEWS & GOSSIP Single original Cohiba Behikes up to £4,500 I popped into the Wellesley this week to share a cigar with Giuseppe Ruo and to get the details of the two very special cigars he had in the humidor of his hotel. You can read about those two cigars in the “What’s in your humidor’ page. While I was with him he also told me that the price of a single original Cohiba Behike cigar has now risen to £4,500 each. He explained that he believed that a large number of the people who come to his hotel to smoke the cigars may well be collectors who have a humidor in their collection but don’t want to smoke one of their own cigars for fear of devaluing the complete humidor. So, to taste one of these extraordinary cigars they go to see him. Pronunciation New EMS stamp for Hunters and Frankau’s 225th Year The new and very striking EMS stamp for 2015 has arrived and can be seen on boxes arriving in stores. It marks the start of the celebrations of the 225th year of ‘Hunters’. The English Market Selection or EMS description has been used b