A big old kitchen matchbox from France dated 1959

Americans Pin Up matchbooks

Back side

Front side

Wonderful Indian old matchboxes labels from my Facbook's friend Dr. Utpal Sanyal, Ph.D.

Interesting matchbox from Jerusalem, Laboratory from Belgium

Old wooden matchboxes from Poland, from my Facebook's friend Bolek

Some new matchboxes and 2 cigarettes boxes from my last vacation at Burgas Bulgaria

The "Fresh" one is from a restaurant in Burgas,
The "Zebra" is from a home restaurant in a Balkan village,
and the "Victory" is from a supermarket at "Sunny Beach'.

The small cigarette box is from the Casino in "Hrisantema"
Hotel where I stayed at "Sunny Beach' - Burgas, Bulgaria 



These matchboxes that I bought at Burgas are no longer in my possession.
They were exchanged with my Facebook friend Yogesh.



Matchboxes which were sent to me from my friend Mike De Mondo from N.J. - USA

Past presidents of USA

You are invited to the wedding of Roberta & Edwin at AHR :)
and you get a wonderful plastic matchbox



THANK YOU MIKE, FOR YOUR KINDNESS AND GENEROSITY & FOR YOUR WONDERFUL MATCHBOXES :) 



Mr. Hans Everink from Holland sent me these lovely matchboxes - THANK YOU HANS

You can see Hans's collection hear: http://www.lucifersetiketten.nl/

THANK YOU HANS, FOR YOUR KINDNESS AND GENEROSITY & FOR YOUR WONDERFUL MATCHBOXES

My wooden matchboxes Treasure

 

Philuménie, la passion des boites d'allumettes - A youtube movie about the passion of Stephane: A french collector who collects only french matchboxes

Philuménie, la passion des boites d'allumettes - YouTube

The website of Stephane

ANOTHER HOBBY - MATCH BOXES! - British Pathe

ANOTHER HOBBY - MATCH BOXES! - British Pathe

 

Issue Date: 06/02/1936  

Various shots of Major Pat A'Beckett and his enormous collection of matchboxes. We first see him striking a match to light his cigarette, then looking closely at the matchbox cover.

He gets up from his chair and we see the walls are completely covered in matchbox covers! (Seems to be studio set.) He checks the walls to see if he has this cover already.

He then leafs through several large sheets of paper covered with matchbox covers. M/S of some covers with one showing King George V when he was the Prince of Wales. C/U of a cover showing Queen Victoria and others of the royal family. More C/Us of covers from all over the world.

MATCHBOX COLLECTOR - Charles Crampton

1953

Various shots of an elderly man, Charles Crampton, sitting at a table and sticking matchbox covers in a book. He has been collecting them as a hobby for 50 years.

He looks through the pages of the book. C/Us of several covers including one that shows how to light a cigar. Covers representing Austria, Norway, Abyssinia, Korea, Japan (propaganda artwork) and Russia are seen.