Dunhill Tobacco Question

[History Nut]

I recently purchased some Dunhill bulk blends, specifically A21000 and
A30000, from an online shop here in the U.S. Are these really Dunhill
blends, or are they simply Lane bulk blends rebranded or licensed
under the Dunhill name? They are both cavendish blends, and knowing
how difficult it is to procure any Dunhill tins, I wondered why these
alleged Dunhill bulk blends were so readily available on the seller's
website. Thanks in advance for any information the community is able
to offer.

[Paul Z]

Did you enjoy the smokes they provided ? If so, no problem. IMHO

Paul Z

[Robert]

Actually, Dunhill stopped producing blends in the 1980's and
transferred production to Murray's so you would be hard pressed to
find any blends actually made by Dunhill. I've tried some of the
substitute blends by Altadis which are quite good and it's been
recently annouced that Orlik will be resuming the Dunhill blends.

Best Regards,
Robert

[davesixtythree]

These are indeed renamed Lane bulk tobacco's I smoked A21,000 from the
Chicago and New York Dunhill shops before I figured out it was 1Q. I
have often seen people asking about is whether a Dunhill Bulk is of
Murray or Orlik manufacture when in fact all the bulk tobacco sold in
the US was made by Lane. Here is a link to a thread that I posted
scans of lists of the Lane bulks and the hand blended tins that were
available from the London shop.
http://www.smokersforums.co.uk/showthread.php?t=83928

[History Nut]

Thank you for all of the information regarding the afore mentioned
tobaccos. The lineage is interesting to say the least. At any rate,
Paul Z made a great point; I enjoy the Lane bulks in my rotation so it
was a misinformed but not an awful purchase. Thanks again for all of
the comments and information!