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A bit of this and a bit of that this time. As I write this a Whisky Auction is only a couple of days off
finishing but, as there does not appear to be anything spectacular in it (with one exception) I will
report on it in the next miNiZ.
Many, many rums were bottled in the UK during the 20 century
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and the first two are bottled in Scotland, the third in England. At
first glance the two Black Jo appear to be the same, however there is a subtle difference in the
labels (ignoring the fact that the second one is a little faded), and in the bottles. Whisky Auction
says that the left one is 1960’s and the right 1970’s but I think that they have got this the wrong way
around as the bottles with the ring around the neck were generally the earlier bottle. The first went
for £40 and the second for £35. Wood’s Old Navy sold for a respectable £20. Unfortunately the
Antiguan bottled Cavalier Antigua Rum and the Italian Pallini Rum Di Fantasia Oro only sold for £6
each.
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