I used to have all kinds of cigar boxes that Cuban cigars came in complete with Cuban tax seal. I would order them all the time until I got a twelve page letter from customs. They asked if I would like to pick up some packages they were holding for me at Kennedy airport. I have been on the lamb ever since.
Anyway I gave them to a neighbor to do what you did. I later saw them for sale at a craft shop, just the boxes, Grrrr.