Vintage Collectible Penguin Cygnus Block Lighter

Vintage Collectible Penguin Cygnus Block Lighter

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AUCTION DESCRIPTION

Penguin Cygnus Aluminum Block Lighter

Some of these were of anodized aluminum to produce more colorful lighters. c. mid-late 1950s  
The Panagra lighter is an advertising lighter for the Panagra DC-8 airplane which it had just put into service.
Panagra refers to Pan American Grace Airways which provided pioneering passenger and freight services in
South America and was the first US airline to operate over such great distances.
Panagra began in September 1928 and was purchased by Braniff in 1966.

Many have company names - most do not.
Some have been machined with patterns on them - most are very plain.
There is a wide variety of types and styles; there were literally hundreds of models made in the USA, Canada, Europe, and Australia. Most were manufactured in the 1940s with only a few still being manufactured by the mid-1950s and very few after that.

Size: 2" x 1" x .5" Inches

Condition: Untested