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John Player Special King Size 19 cigarettes 19 cigarettes flip-top box with cellophane
German pack of 19 John Player Special King Size filter cigarettes in a black flip-top box, EAN-8 40304496, made by Reemtsma and recorded from the 1980s to the 1990s.
Versions & editions
40304496German pack, 1980s, 4 DM[1]
Germany · supported
Evidence reviewed
Context, dates & evidence notes · Other observations
- Net content
- 19 cigarettes
- Pack
- flip-top box with cellophane
- Pieces
- 19
Collector's record of a second 1980s German pack at 4 DM
Other observations & source differences (5)
Different sources or national labels can coexist. Differences alone do not establish a change to the product.
- German pack, 1980s, 3.85 DM supported · Compare evidence
Collector's record and front photograph: black box with "FILTER" on the lid, the gold JPS monogram and "John Player Special KING SIZE"; the catalogue dates it to the 1980s at 3.85 DM
- German pack, 1980s, 4 DM supported · selected
Collector's record of a second 1980s German pack at 4 DM
- German pack, late 1980s, 4.50 DM supported · Compare evidence
Collector's record of a German pack from the late 1980s at 4.50 DM
- German pack, 1990s, 5 DM supported · Compare evidence
Collector's record with front and side photographs: the royal arms over "By appointment to H.M. Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, John Player & Sons Nottingham Tobacco Manufacturers", the gold JPS monogram, "JOHN PLAYER SPECIAL KING SIZE" and the warning "Die EG-Gesundheitsminister: Rauchen gefährdet die Gesundheit"; the side carries a DM 5.00 tax stamp and states that the nicotine (N) and condensate (K) yields measured by ISO are given on the tax stamp
- German pack, 1990s, tar 12 supported · Compare evidence
Collector's record of a second 1990s German pack at 5 DM with lower tar and nicotine yields
Specifications
Product facts
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- Brand
- John Player Special
- Family
- John Player Special
- Net content
- 19 cigarettes
- Pack
- flip-top box with cellophane
- Sold in
- 🇩🇪 Germany[1]
- Pieces
- 19
- GS1 prefix
- 403 · Germany
- Status
- discontinued
About this product
John Player Special King Size is a filter cigarette of the JPS line, recorded by a cigarette-pack collection on five German packs of 19 in a black flip-top box carrying the EAN-8 barcode 40304496, from the 1980s at 3.85 DM to the 1990s at 5 DM.[1] Over those packs the stated tar fell from 15 to 12 and nicotine from 1.2 to 0.9.[1] The collector names Reemtsma as the producer and John Player & Sons as the trade mark owner.[1] The 1990s pack carries the gold JPS monogram, the royal arms with "John Player & Sons Nottingham Tobacco Manufacturers" and the EC health warning "Rauchen gefährdet die Gesundheit".[2]
The JPS line was launched in the United Kingdom in 1970 and is owned today by Imperial Brands.[3] Imperial Tobacco brought JPS to Germany, France, Italy, Portugal and Spain in 1982.[4] John Player & Sons, founded in Nottingham in 1877, became a branch of the Imperial Tobacco Company in 1901.[5]
Where it's sold
- John Player Special - regular packs until 2015 information[1] Germany DEM 5.00 Collector's record of five German packs of 19 filter cigarettes with barcode 40304496, dated from the 1980s to the 1990s, priced 3.85 DM, 4 DM, 4.50 DM and twice 5 DM; the price shown is the latest
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Other names for this product
Also known as
- John Player Special King Size
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Sources & research
Evidence reviewed
zigsam.at cigarette pack collection
John Player Special - regular packs until 2015
other · Accessed 2026-09-25
Source & attribution [1] ↗Imperial Brands
Imperial Brands: our brands, JPS entry and brand timeline (13 September 2026 capture)
manufacturer · Accessed 2026-09-25
Source & attribution [3] ↗Markenlexikon (Toralf Czartowski)
Markenlexikon: John Player Special (JPS)
publication · Accessed 2026-09-25
Source & attribution [4] ↗Coverage & research gaps (11)
Coverage measures the evidence recorded here. It does not rate the product.
- Identity: 3 / 3 · Name, brand and classification recorded
- Context: 5 / 5 · Evidence groups assigned to a researched label, edition or analysis
- Label photographs: 0 / 5 · Researched contexts with an assigned photograph
- Specifications: 0 / 10 · Recorded specifications mapped to comparable property keys
- relationships · unknown: No source names the GS1 licensee of EAN-8 40304496, so no gs1_prefix_owner edge; GS1 Germany allocates EAN-8 numbers one at a time, so the number carries no company prefix
- markets · stale: The latest dated evidence for this barcode is the collector's 1990s German packs; the collection records later German JPS packs under other numbers, and neither the maker nor a retailer lists this one today
- packaging · unknown: The two 1980s packs priced 4 DM and 4.50 DM and the second 1990s pack are listed without a readable photograph, so their printed wording is not transcribed
- images · unknown: The zigsam.at pack photographs carry no licence, so no picture is attached
- evidence · unknown: Evidence observation date is not recorded.
- evidence · unknown: Evidence observation date is not recorded.
- evidence · unknown: Evidence observation date is not recorded.
- evidence · unknown: Evidence observation date is not recorded.
- evidence · unknown: Evidence observation date is not recorded.
- images · not_researched: No product photographs recorded.
- schema · schema_gap: Some specifications retain source labels without comparable property keys.
All references & source details
References
- ↑ John Player Special - regular packs until 2015 zigsam.at cigarette pack collection. other. Accessed 2026-09-25. John Player Special King Size, Germany 1980's to 1990's.
- ↑ John Player Special King Size 19DE199 (pack photographs) zigsam.at cigarette pack collection. other. Accessed 2026-09-25. Front and side of the 1990s pack at 5 DM.
- ↑ Imperial Brands: our brands, JPS entry and brand timeline (13 September 2026 capture) Imperial Brands. manufacturer. Published 2026-09-13. Accessed 2026-09-25. JPS entry and brand timeline. Upstream: https://www.imperialbrandsplc.com/our-brands.
- ↑ Markenlexikon: John Player Special (JPS) Markenlexikon (Toralf Czartowski). publication. Accessed 2026-09-25. 1982 European launch.
- ↑ John Player & Sons Wikipedia. publication. Accessed 2026-09-25. History, 1877 and the 1901 merger. CC BY-SA 4.0.
Further sources
Additional sources recorded for this entry, including other observations and related pages.
- John Player Special King Size 19DE198 (pack photograph) zigsam.at cigarette pack collection. other. Accessed 2026-09-25. Front of the 1980s pack at 3.85 DM.
Barcode & identifiers
- EAN-8
40304496- GTIN-14
00000040304496- EAN-13 / GTIN-13
0000040304496
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