The Camel Zippos

Over the years many zippo lighters bearing the camel cigarette logo have been produced not only domestically here in the U.S. but also overseas. They have appeared in the Camel Cash Catalogues; they have been in conjunction with events such as the Camel Trophy Competition and the Camel Pool League; they have been sold in Shops around the world, notably many were offered through the RJR employee factory store.

In the late 1990's an attempt was made to catalogue them. The Brian Snipes Camel Guides appeared in which the zippos were not listed chronologically but numbered in the order of their discovery. The guides were subsequently taken up by Len Shorter who creates new issues of the guide as occassion warrants.

The purpose of this site is not to supplant the guides or be exhaustive in any way, but to show some of the wide range of zippos produced over the years by RJR to help advertise their cigarettes; it is designed to help the new collector to get a broad idea of the colorful world that he or she is getting into.

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