Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/05/28

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Subject: [Leica] Leica manufacture during WW2
From: jon.stanton at comcast.net (jon.stanton@comcast.net)
Date: Sat May 28 15:32:45 2005
 
"A Leica could be obtained in Germany for the equivalent of $20 in US 
cigarettes and would sell in New York for $600. The delivery to the States 
via G.I. mail was duty free."

How much was a pack of cigarettes at that time?  As recent as 1970 I 
remember buying cartons of cigarettes for $2 each in Indiana.
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