
A frontmark was a fancy name in the U.S. given to the front of cigar boxes that indicated the shape and size of the cigar sold particularly under a company’s brand name. Frontmarks are not standard though. Many companies have their own descriptions which change from time to time.
The Cuban makers of Punch gave the name “Macanudo” to a frontmark created in Jamaica. When General Cigar acquired the rights to that name outside Cuba,...