I love those old Airplanes seen on Japanese labels lately...

Two Chinese Dragon Ship labels - I collect mainly Japanese labels, but sometimes I can't resist a beautiful Chinese label, when I see it.

2 versions of the same idea - old and newer

Going to the market...(labels are not mine unfortunately, but maybe one day...who knows)

Looking sad...

A very nice article about "Feature Matches" was posted on July 12, 2012 by the admin of "The Collectors Gene"

Feature Matches: These Matches Should Be Featured in Anyone’s Collection

"I’m not a matchbook collector, per se, but if I were a phillumenist, I’d definitely collect Feature Matches.  When it comes to little scraps of advertising ephemera, these clever and colorful matchbooks with pictures on the actual matches are matchless!"... read more

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The Japanese Goldfish pond

Does a Japanese military officer can conqueror the world on his bicycle ?

What are they carrying on this wagon? Is it a ball on a cloud? It is surely something else...There is probably a Japanese story behind it

The dog is carrying a globe on his wagon...but this is not satisfying me.

Some new Crabs labels were added to my collection!

This is an interesting ad form an Austrian newspaper with the names of the private Austrian manufactures of those old days that were incorporated into SOLO

I don't understand German (even that my blessed memory grand parents were born in Germany), so if somebody can translate this ad for me, I will thank him.

The ad includes the known Austrian private manufactures of those old days pre. WW1 that were incorporated into SOLO Match (Austria).

• Adalbert Vojtech Scheinost
• Bernard Fürth
• K.K. Priv
• Moritz Meissner

...and another nice set of Japanese animals TOBACCO MATCH labels which were sold on the internet on the other day...(not mine unfortunately)