BrandBuckingham
Brand Buckingham
- Buckingham Non-Filter (American version 1) S-20-S - U.S.A.
- Buckingham Non-Filter (American version 2) S-20-S - U.S.A.
- Buckingham Plain (Canadian version 1--1914-23?) S-50-B - Canada
- Buckingham Plain (Canadian version 1--1944-53) S-18-B - Canada
- Buckingham Plain (Canadian version 1--1954-63) S-20-S - Canada
- Buckingham Plain (Canadian version 2--1960s) S-10-B - Canada
- Buckingham Plain (Canadian version 2--1960s) S-50-B - Canada
- Buckingham Plain (Canadian version 3a) S-20-B - Canada
- Buckingham Plain (Canadian version 3b--1970s) S-20-B - Canada
- Buckingham Plain (Canadian version 3b) S-25-B - Canada
- Buckingham Plain Kings (Canadian version 3b) KS-20-S - Canada
- Buckingham Plain (Dutch version) (Virginia) S-20-S - Holland
- Buckingham (Greek version) KS-18-H - England and Greece
- Buckingham Superkings (Greek version) L-18-H - England and Greece
- Buckingham Lights (Greek version) KS-18-H - England and Greece
- Buckingham Lights Superkings (Greek version) L-18-H - England and Greece
- Buckingham Plain (origin unknown) S-20-H
The Buckingham brand originated in the United States, produced by Philip Morris. The Canadian version was manufactured by the Tuckett Tobacco Company, which held the trademark rights to Philip Morris in Canada. In 1929, Tuckett began their sponsorship of the Buckingham Booster Radio Orchestra. This proved to be very beneficial for the brand, as Buckingham would eventually grow in popularity to hold 80% of the Canadian market for blended cigarettes.
In 1930, Tuckett Tobacco was bought by Imperial Tobacco Canada, which made Tuckett a subsidiary company. Tuckett later brought out a plain-end king-sized version of Buckingham, and continued to manufacture the brand until 1966, when Imperial closed the Tuckett Tobacco plant and took over their brands. Imperial Tobacco Canada continued to manufacture Buckingham until 1994, when they were pulled off the market (along with Player's Special Blend, Kool, and Pall Mall) after it was reported that Imperial added corn startch to the tobacco to give those brands their American taste.
