lewm:
The tubes (both old/new production) were later cryo'd by outsourced providers.
Have not purchased tubes for years, as I purchased gobs of them 20 years ago, but cryo was an option/upcharge back 15 years (or so).
ATSI (a tube dealer) comes to mind as I purchased Reflektor (sp?) Russian 6922 types from them @ the time.
DeKay