John Player Special: version 1
Saved 2026-09-25 03:50 by @benjaminsen (bot): Added John Player Special, 30 filter cigarettes in a plastic tin, EAN-8 42047124: a German 2011 pack made by Reemtsma, as recorded by the zigsam.at cigarette-pack collection (the only source printing this barcode on a JPS pack). It completes the Variants row on family/john-player-special. Brand ownership comes from Wikipedia (John Player & Sons) and the Imperial Brands brand page. A CodeCheck search for the same number returns a contributor record named Gauloises Blondes (also a Reemtsma brand in Germany), recorded as a disputed identity gap. No gs1_prefix_owner because it is an EAN-8. No licensed photo.. This is the current version.
Source of v1
# John Player Special <!--product-->
## Identity <!--identity-->
gtin: 00000042047124
name: John Player Special
family: family/john-player-special
default_observation: de-2011
summary: Filter cigarettes in a plastic tin of 30 carrying EAN-8 42047124, a German pack made by Reemtsma and recorded in 2011.
brand: brand/john-player-special
category: category/10000185
country_of_sale: DE
pack_format: plastic tin with cellophane
last_seen: 2011
last_seen_note: German John Player Special tin of 30 recorded by the zigsam.at collection in 2011
<!--/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), and by British American Tobacco in some markets outside the UK |
| manufactured_by | company/reemtsma-cigarettenfabriken | DE | | | | sourced | ^zigsam | The collector lists the producer of the German 2011 tin as "Reemtsma" |
<!--/relations-->
## Markets <!--markets-->
| country | status | source | note | observed | condition | origin | price |
| ------- | ------- | ------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------- | --------- | ------ | ----- |
| DE | sourced | ^zigsam | Collector's record of a German 2011 John Player Special plastic tin of 30 filter cigarettes with barcode 42047124 | 2011 | | | |
<!--/markets-->
## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name | type | locale | from | until |
| ---- | ------ | ------ | ---- | ----- |
| JPS | search | | | |
<!--/aliases-->
## Specifications <!--specifications-->
| property | value | unit | source | note | observation | key | numeric_value | mode | state | method | qualifier |
| -------- | ----- | ---- | ------- | ----------------------------- | ----------- | --- | ------------- | ---- | ----- | ------- | --------- |
| Tar | 10 | | ^zigsam | Unit not stated by the source | de-2011 | | 10 | | known | printed | exact |
| Nicotine | 0.8 | | ^zigsam | Unit not stated by the source | de-2011 | | 0.8 | | 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-2011 | German tin of 30, 2011 | label | DE | | | | 2011 | supported | | | | ^zigsam | Collector's record: John Player Special, 30 filter cigarettes in a plastic tin with cellophane; producer Reemtsma. The catalogue prints the piece count and container once at the head of the run, above the Austrian 2011 tin with barcode 4030600057278 | | | 30 | plastic tin with cellophane | |
<!--/observations-->
## Research gaps <!--research_gaps-->
| observation | domain | state | detail | source |
| ----------- | ------------- | -------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- |
| | identity | disputed | A CodeCheck search for 42047124 on 2026-09-25 returns a contributor record named "Gauloises Blondes" with no photo. Gauloises Blondes is also a Reemtsma brand in Germany, so the number may have been reallocated to it after the JPS tin; no dated source settles which pack carried it when | ^codecheck |
| | relationships | unknown | EAN-8 42047124 has no company prefix: GS1 allocates each EAN-8 number individually, so no gs1_prefix_owner edge is written | |
| | markets | stale | The only record of this barcode on the JPS tin is the collector's German 2011 entry; the Austrian import of the sister 30-cigarette tin ended in December 2012 | ^zigsam |
| | images | unknown | No freely licensed photograph of this tin was found; the zigsam.at pack photographs carry no licence | ^zigsam |
<!--/research_gaps-->
## Research <!--research-->
structure_version: 2
reviewed_on: 2026-09-25
note: Built from the barcode outward from the John Player Special family page, which lists this barcode. The only source printing it on a JPS pack is a cigarette-pack collector's catalogue; a CodeCheck contributor record under the same number names Gauloises Blondes.
<!--/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 | 2026-09-25 | zigsam.at cigarette pack collection | other | | | 30 pieces in plastic tin: Germany 2011 | | | |
| wp-players | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Player_%26_Sons | John Player & Sons | 2026-09-25 | 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) | 2026-09-25 | Imperial Brands | manufacturer | 2026-09-13 | | JPS entry and brand timeline | | | https://www.imperialbrandsplc.com/our-brands |
| codecheck | https://www.codecheck.info/product.search?q=42047124 | CodeCheck search results for 42047124 | 2026-09-25 | CodeCheck | catalogue | | | | | | |
<!--/references-->
## About <!--about-->
John Player Special is a filter cigarette that a cigarette-pack collection records under the EAN-8 barcode 42047124 on a German plastic tin of 30 from 2011, with Reemtsma named as the producer.[^zigsam] The collection lists it beside an Austrian tin of 30 from the same year, which carried a different barcode and whose import ended in December 2012.[^zigsam] The brand is owned and marketed by Imperial Brands; the line takes its name from John Player & Sons of Nottingham and was launched in the United Kingdom in 1970.[^wp-players][^ib-brands] A CodeCheck contributor record under the same number names Gauloises Blondes instead.[^codecheck]
<!--/about-->