Some beautiful and very old Bernard Fürth's (and one ARTB label of Adalbert Scheinost) Austrian labels were added to my collection latly and I will be happy to show them to you out there

This one is very interesting one since it has the name of Bernard Fürth on it,
but it is probably from Sweden.
Label show 2 odd figures, Wajang maybe.

My small Fürth's Elephant collection. The blue long one and the big one
at the bottom, are for export to Italy.
The blue long one was used for wrapping old wooden matchbox.

These 3 labels are very colorful and well preserved for their age and were aimed to the Chinese market:

Very nice long label showing a Unicorn in some kind of a basket
 aimed to the Arabic market

Beautiful ARTB label made for the Croatian market

Another beautiful ARTB label - the Ship's drawing is the same as
the above label made for the Chinese market 

A Packet label made for the Greek market

A Packet label made for the Swedish market

The Smokers by Adalbert Vojtech Scheinost 

Some beautifull Japanese labels of "Matchboxes and Matches as a subject" were added latly to my collection

"You have to stand up like a man, if you want to catch this Matchbox!"

"Four boxes, five boxes, six boxes...wow!! Where is my bra?"

Mosquitoes are everywhere...

The Runaway Monkey Conductors

Sitting on the moon, and lighting the universe! 

The girl in the flower

The Stars Burner 

Nakamura - The Strong Match

Antique Pre 1900 ARTB English labels

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Bryant & May ‘Flaming Fusee’ matches for cigars
and pipes, London, England, 1861-1895

Match-making was a particularly dangerous job in the 1800s. Workers – mainly women – employed by companies such as Bryant & May to make matches commonly experienced a condition known as phossy jaw. This was caused by poisoning from the yellow phosphorous used in the head of the match. Phossy jaw was a terribly disfiguring and sometimes fatal condition. Eventually, a combination of this health danger, poor pay and long hours led to the formation of a trade union for the workers. The Match Girls Strike of 1888, led by social activist Annie Besant (1847-1933), was a landmark industrial action and led to better pay. In 1901, Bryant & May finally stopped using yellow phosphorous in their matches.

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The Leopard - Paraffin match. Old British label

Do you remember the story by Richard Bamford : http://blog.extensis.com/fun-and-games/phillumeny-is-the-hobby-of-phillumenists.php , who discovered a box of matches of "THE  LEOPARD”, which were lost in the early 1900’s? Than, I have manged to find a similar label -