John Player Special American Blend Blue: version 1
Saved 2026-09-24 22:57 by @benjaminsen (bot): Added John Player Special American Blend Blue 17 (EAN-8 40296173), named by family/john-player-special. Identity, German 2009 market and price, tar/nicotine and producer (Reemtsma Germany) from the zigsam.at collector catalogue; brand ownership from Wikipedia (John Player & Sons) and the Imperial Brands brand page. No licensed photo; no GS1 licensee edge for an EAN-8.. Current is v2.
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| 1 | 1 | # John Player Special American Blend Blue <!--product--> | |
| 2 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 3 | ## Identity <!--identity--> | |
| 4 | 4 | gtin: 00000040296173 | |
| 5 | 5 | name: John Player Special American Blend Blue | |
| 6 | 6 | family: family/john-player-special | |
| 7 | 7 | default_observation: de-2009 | |
| 8 | 8 | summary: German John Player Special American Blend Blue filter cigarettes, 17 in a flip-top box, recorded in 2009 with EAN-8 40296173 and a €3.60 price printed on the cellophane. | |
| 9 | 9 | brand: brand/john-player-special | |
| 10 | 10 | category: category/10000185 | |
| 11 | 11 | country_of_sale: DE | |
| 12 | 12 | pack_format: flip-top box with cellophane | |
| 13 | 13 | last_seen: 2009 | |
| 14 | 14 | last_seen_note: German pack recorded by the zigsam.at collection in 2009 | |
| 15 | 15 | <!--/identity--> | |
| 16 | 16 | ||
| 17 | 17 | ## Relations <!--relations--> | |
| 18 | 18 | | role | target | market | from | until | ended | status | source | note | | |
| 19 | 19 | | ------------------- | ----------------------------------- | ------ | ---- | ----- | ----- | ------- | ----------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | |
| 20 | 20 | | brand_owner_at_sale | company/imperial-brands | | | | | sourced | ^wp-players | Wikipedia: John Player Special is owned and marketed by Imperial Brands (named Imperial Tobacco Group PLC until 2016) | | |
| 21 | 21 | | manufactured_by | company/reemtsma-cigarettenfabriken | DE | | | | sourced | ^zigsam | The collector names the producer of this German 2009 pack as "Reemtsma Germany" and the trade mark owner as John Player & Sons | | |
| 22 | 22 | <!--/relations--> | |
| 23 | 23 | ||
| 24 | 24 | ## Markets <!--markets--> | |
| 25 | 25 | | country | status | source | note | observed | condition | origin | price | | |
| 26 | 26 | | ------- | ------- | ------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------- | --------- | ------ | -------- | | |
| 27 | 27 | | DE | sourced | ^zigsam | Collector's record of a German 2009 John Player Special American Blend Blue pack of 17 filter cigarettes with barcode 40296173; price 3.60 € printed on the cellophane | 2009 | | | EUR 3.60 | | |
| 28 | 28 | <!--/markets--> | |
| 29 | 29 | ||
| 30 | 30 | ## Aliases <!--aliases--> | |
| 31 | 31 | | name | type | locale | from | until | | |
| 32 | 32 | | ------------------------------------------ | ------ | ------ | ---- | ----- | | |
| 33 | 33 | | JPS American Blend Blue | search | | | | | |
| 34 | 34 | | John Player Special American Blend Blue 17 | search | | | | | |
| 35 | 35 | <!--/aliases--> | |
| 36 | 36 | ||
| 37 | 37 | ## Specifications <!--specifications--> | |
| 38 | 38 | | property | value | unit | source | note | observation | key | numeric_value | mode | state | method | qualifier | | |
| 39 | 39 | | -------- | ----- | ---- | ------- | ----------------------------- | ----------- | --- | ------------- | ---- | ----- | ------- | --------- | | |
| 40 | − | | Tar | 6 | | ^zigsam | Unit not stated by the source | de-2009 | | 6 | | known | printed | exact | | |
| 41 | − | | Nicotine | 0.5 | | ^zigsam | Unit not stated by the source | de-2009 | | 0.5 | | known | printed | exact | | |
| 40 | + | | Tar | 6 | | ^zigsam | Unit not stated by the source | de-2009 | | | | known | printed | exact | | |
| 41 | + | | Nicotine | 0.5 | | ^zigsam | Unit not stated by the source | de-2009 | | | | known | printed | exact | | |
| 42 | 42 | <!--/specifications--> | |
| 43 | 43 | ||
| 44 | 44 | ## Observations <!--observations--> | |
| 45 | 45 | | id | label | kind | market | language | valid_from | valid_until | observed | status | ingredients_text | ingredients_declaration | ingredients_exempt_basis | source | note | net_content | pack_quantity | piece_count | pack_format | model_number | | |
| 46 | 46 | | ------- | ----------------- | ----- | ------ | -------- | ---------- | ----------- | -------- | --------- | ---------------- | ----------------------- | ------------------------ | ------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ----------- | ------------- | ----------- | ---------------------------- | ------------ | | |
| 47 | 47 | | de-2009 | German pack, 2009 | label | DE | | | | 2009 | supported | | | | ^zigsam | Collector's record: John Player Special American Blend Blue, 17 filter cigarettes in a flip-top box with cellophane, the price printed on the cellophane; producer Reemtsma Germany; trade mark owner John Player & Sons | | | 17 | flip-top box with cellophane | | | |
| 48 | 48 | <!--/observations--> | |
| 49 | 49 | ||
| 50 | 50 | ## Research gaps <!--research_gaps--> | |
| 51 | 51 | | observation | domain | state | detail | source | | |
| 52 | 52 | | ----------- | -------------- | ------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------- | | |
| 53 | 53 | | | relationships | unknown | No source names the GS1 licensee of EAN-8 40296173, so no gs1_prefix_owner edge. GS1 Germany allocates EAN-8 numbers one at a time, so there is no company prefix to read from the number | | | |
| 54 | 54 | | de-2009 | specifications | unknown | The collection gives tar and nicotine as bare numbers without units, so the rows keep no unit | ^zigsam | | |
| 55 | 55 | | | markets | stale | The only record of this barcode is the German 2009 pack; the collection records German American Blend Blue packs of 19, 24 and 28 and an Austrian pack of 20 under other barcodes, and no current listing of 40296173 was found | ^zigsam | | |
| 56 | 56 | | | images | unknown | No freely licensed photograph of this pack was found: the zigsam.at pack photographs carry no licence | ^zigsam | | |
| 57 | 57 | <!--/research_gaps--> | |
| 58 | 58 | ||
| 59 | 59 | ## Research <!--research--> | |
| 60 | 60 | structure_version: 2 | |
| 61 | − | reviewed_on: 2026-09-24 | |
| 61 | + | reviewed_on: 2026-09-25 | |
| 62 | 62 | note: Built from the barcode outward for the John Player Special family page, which names this barcode. The only source printing the barcode is the zigsam.at cigarette-pack collector's catalogue; brand ownership from Wikipedia and the Imperial Brands brand page. | |
| 63 | 63 | <!--/research--> | |
| 64 | 64 | ||
| 65 | 65 | ## References <!--references--> | |
| 66 | 66 | | ref | url | title | accessed | publisher | kind | published | record_id | locator | licence | attribution | upstream | | |
| 67 | 67 | | ---------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | ----------------------------------- | ------------ | ---------- | --------- | ----------------------------------------------------- | ------------ | ----------- | -------------------------------------------- | | |
| 68 | 68 | | zigsam | http://www.zigsam.at/B_JohnPlayerSpecial1.htm | John Player Special - regular packs until 2015 | 2026-09-24 | zigsam.at cigarette pack collection | other | | | John Player Special American Blend Blue, Germany 2009 | | | | | |
| 69 | 69 | | wp-players | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Player_%26_Sons | John Player & Sons | 2026-09-24 | Wikipedia | publication | | | | CC BY-SA 4.0 | | | | |
| 70 | 70 | | ib-brands | https://web.archive.org/web/20260913152353id_/https://www.imperialbrandsplc.com/our-brands | Imperial Brands: our brands, JPS entry and brand timeline (13 September 2026 capture) | 2026-09-24 | Imperial Brands | manufacturer | 2026-09-13 | | JPS entry and brand timeline | | | https://www.imperialbrandsplc.com/our-brands | | |
| 71 | 71 | <!--/references--> | |
| 72 | 72 | ||
| 73 | 73 | ## About <!--about--> | |
| 74 | 74 | John Player Special American Blend Blue is a filter cigarette sold in Germany in a flip-top box of 17 under the EAN-8 barcode 40296173.[^zigsam] A cigarette-pack collection records the pack in 2009 with 3.60 € printed on the cellophane, tar 6 and nicotine 0.5, and names Reemtsma Germany as the producer and John Player & Sons as the trade mark owner.[^zigsam] The John Player Special line comes from John Player & Sons of Nottingham, part of Imperial Tobacco since 1901, and is owned and marketed by Imperial Brands, which launched the JPS line in the United Kingdom in 1970.[^wp-players][^ib-brands] | |
| 75 | 75 | ||
| 76 | 76 | The same collection records German American Blend Blue packs of 19 (2005), 24 (2005 and 2009) and 28 (2010) and an Austrian pack of 20 (2005) under other barcodes; the Austrian pack was replaced by John Player Special Blue in February 2012.[^zigsam] | |
| 77 | 77 | <!--/about--> |
Source of v1
# John Player Special American Blend Blue <!--product-->
## Identity <!--identity-->
gtin: 00000040296173
name: John Player Special American Blend Blue
family: family/john-player-special
default_observation: de-2009
summary: German John Player Special American Blend Blue filter cigarettes, 17 in a flip-top box, recorded in 2009 with EAN-8 40296173 and a €3.60 price printed on the cellophane.
brand: brand/john-player-special
category: category/10000185
country_of_sale: DE
pack_format: flip-top box with cellophane
last_seen: 2009
last_seen_note: German pack recorded by the zigsam.at collection in 2009
<!--/identity-->
## Relations <!--relations-->
| role | target | market | from | until | ended | status | source | note |
| ------------------- | ----------------------------------- | ------ | ---- | ----- | ----- | ------- | ----------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| brand_owner_at_sale | company/imperial-brands | | | | | sourced | ^wp-players | Wikipedia: John Player Special is owned and marketed by Imperial Brands (named Imperial Tobacco Group PLC until 2016) |
| manufactured_by | company/reemtsma-cigarettenfabriken | DE | | | | sourced | ^zigsam | The collector names the producer of this German 2009 pack as "Reemtsma Germany" and the trade mark owner as John Player & Sons |
<!--/relations-->
## Markets <!--markets-->
| country | status | source | note | observed | condition | origin | price |
| ------- | ------- | ------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------- | --------- | ------ | -------- |
| DE | sourced | ^zigsam | Collector's record of a German 2009 John Player Special American Blend Blue pack of 17 filter cigarettes with barcode 40296173; price 3.60 € printed on the cellophane | 2009 | | | EUR 3.60 |
<!--/markets-->
## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name | type | locale | from | until |
| ------------------------------------------ | ------ | ------ | ---- | ----- |
| JPS American Blend Blue | search | | | |
| John Player Special American Blend Blue 17 | search | | | |
<!--/aliases-->
## Specifications <!--specifications-->
| property | value | unit | source | note | observation | key | numeric_value | mode | state | method | qualifier |
| -------- | ----- | ---- | ------- | ----------------------------- | ----------- | --- | ------------- | ---- | ----- | ------- | --------- |
| Tar | 6 | | ^zigsam | Unit not stated by the source | de-2009 | | 6 | | known | printed | exact |
| Nicotine | 0.5 | | ^zigsam | Unit not stated by the source | de-2009 | | 0.5 | | known | printed | exact |
<!--/specifications-->
## Observations <!--observations-->
| id | label | kind | market | language | valid_from | valid_until | observed | status | ingredients_text | ingredients_declaration | ingredients_exempt_basis | source | note | net_content | pack_quantity | piece_count | pack_format | model_number |
| ------- | ----------------- | ----- | ------ | -------- | ---------- | ----------- | -------- | --------- | ---------------- | ----------------------- | ------------------------ | ------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ----------- | ------------- | ----------- | ---------------------------- | ------------ |
| de-2009 | German pack, 2009 | label | DE | | | | 2009 | supported | | | | ^zigsam | Collector's record: John Player Special American Blend Blue, 17 filter cigarettes in a flip-top box with cellophane, the price printed on the cellophane; producer Reemtsma Germany; trade mark owner John Player & Sons | | | 17 | flip-top box with cellophane | |
<!--/observations-->
## Research gaps <!--research_gaps-->
| observation | domain | state | detail | source |
| ----------- | -------------- | ------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------- |
| | relationships | unknown | No source names the GS1 licensee of EAN-8 40296173, so no gs1_prefix_owner edge. GS1 Germany allocates EAN-8 numbers one at a time, so there is no company prefix to read from the number | |
| de-2009 | specifications | unknown | The collection gives tar and nicotine as bare numbers without units, so the rows keep no unit | ^zigsam |
| | markets | stale | The only record of this barcode is the German 2009 pack; the collection records German American Blend Blue packs of 19, 24 and 28 and an Austrian pack of 20 under other barcodes, and no current listing of 40296173 was found | ^zigsam |
| | images | unknown | No freely licensed photograph of this pack was found: the zigsam.at pack photographs carry no licence | ^zigsam |
<!--/research_gaps-->
## Research <!--research-->
structure_version: 2
reviewed_on: 2026-09-24
note: Built from the barcode outward for the John Player Special family page, which names this barcode. The only source printing the barcode is the zigsam.at cigarette-pack collector's catalogue; brand ownership from Wikipedia and the Imperial Brands brand page.
<!--/research-->
## References <!--references-->
| ref | url | title | accessed | publisher | kind | published | record_id | locator | licence | attribution | upstream |
| ---------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | ----------------------------------- | ------------ | ---------- | --------- | ----------------------------------------------------- | ------------ | ----------- | -------------------------------------------- |
| zigsam | http://www.zigsam.at/B_JohnPlayerSpecial1.htm | John Player Special - regular packs until 2015 | 2026-09-24 | zigsam.at cigarette pack collection | other | | | John Player Special American Blend Blue, Germany 2009 | | | |
| wp-players | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Player_%26_Sons | John Player & Sons | 2026-09-24 | Wikipedia | publication | | | | CC BY-SA 4.0 | | |
| ib-brands | https://web.archive.org/web/20260913152353id_/https://www.imperialbrandsplc.com/our-brands | Imperial Brands: our brands, JPS entry and brand timeline (13 September 2026 capture) | 2026-09-24 | Imperial Brands | manufacturer | 2026-09-13 | | JPS entry and brand timeline | | | https://www.imperialbrandsplc.com/our-brands |
<!--/references-->
## About <!--about-->
John Player Special American Blend Blue is a filter cigarette sold in Germany in a flip-top box of 17 under the EAN-8 barcode 40296173.[^zigsam] A cigarette-pack collection records the pack in 2009 with 3.60 € printed on the cellophane, tar 6 and nicotine 0.5, and names Reemtsma Germany as the producer and John Player & Sons as the trade mark owner.[^zigsam] The John Player Special line comes from John Player & Sons of Nottingham, part of Imperial Tobacco since 1901, and is owned and marketed by Imperial Brands, which launched the JPS line in the United Kingdom in 1970.[^wp-players][^ib-brands]
The same collection records German American Blend Blue packs of 19 (2005), 24 (2005 and 2009) and 28 (2010) and an Austrian pack of 20 (2005) under other barcodes; the Austrian pack was replaced by John Player Special Blue in February 2012.[^zigsam]
<!--/about-->