Fidel Castro’s secret message cigar box with hidden doors, used by Castro to organise the Cuban revolution while in prison. Unknown until now.

Instrumental in organising the Cuban revolution.

A monumental piece of Cuban history. Unknown outside Castro’s inner circle, until this auction.

The lot includes a secret letter from mistress Natty Revuelta Clews to Castro, discovered in the box.

Until this day the US government could not work out how Fidel Castro managed to successfully plan to overthrow General Batista while being incarcerated in a prison cell from 1953-1955.

To the small circle of revolutionaries of the 26th of July Movement that instigated, planned and took part in the Cuban revolution, the box came to be known as The Post Box or ‘El Buzon De Correos’.

Finding himself in prison in 1953, Fidel Castro needed to find a way to send and receive secret messages to/from his 26th July comrades outside the prison without the Batista guards reading them.