Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Lithuanian Matches

A Box of Recent Vintage Sprint Brand Safety Matches Made and Sold in Lithuania

A Lithuanian Matchbox Featuring the Unusual Logo of the Head of an Eagle Forming from Flames

A Typical Box of Safety Matches Manufactured and Sold in Present Day Lithuania (Like the One Pictured Above) Will Include the Lithuanian ('Degtukai'), Latvian ('Sērkociņi'), and Estonian ('Tuletikud') Words for Matches on the Label

A Box of Safety Matches from Rimi, a Popular Chain of Grocery Stores in Lithuania

Sunday, January 26, 2014

Promotional Matchboxes - Oil & Gas

A Swedish-Made Foil Matchbox from the 1960's Promoting Phillips 66 Gasoline

A Japanese Matchbox from the 1970's Advertising Shell Oil

Monday, January 13, 2014

Promotional Matchboxes - Banks

A Foil Matchbox from the 1960's Advertising The Boston Five Cents Savings Bank

A Vintage Foil Matchbox Promoting The Commercial State Bank of El Campo, Texas



A Vintage Swedish-Made Foil Matchbox Promoting The Bowery Savings Bank

The Front (Top) and Back (Bottom) of a Vintage Matchbox Promoting The 1st National Bank of Newport, Arkansas

Sunday, January 12, 2014

French Matches

  A Matchbox from the 1950's Depicting the Principality of Monaco Produced by SEITA (Societe Nationale d'Exploitation Industrielle des Tabacs et Allumettes), the Former French State-Owned Tobacco and Match Monopoly

A Matchbox Made by SEITA in the 1950's Featuring the Traditional Costume of Women from the French City of Nice on Its Label

A Vintage Box of Safety Matches Manufactured in France by SEITA

Friday, January 10, 2014

Australian Matches


A Box of Redhead Matches From the 1950's Manufactured in Richmond, Victoria in Western Australia by Bryant and May

Another Box of Australian Made Redhead Brand Safety Matches, This One From the Late 1970's

The Kookaburra or Laughing Jackass, a Popular Brand of Safety Match Sold in Australia in the Early 20th Century, Was Originally Manufactured There, But Later Matchboxes Like the One Above Were Usually Made in Sweden

The Front (Top) and Back (Bottom) of an Antique Box of Federal Brand Safety Matches Manufactured in Sydney, Australia Probably During the Late 1940's or Early 1950's

The Back (Bottom) and Front (Top) of a Vintage Box of Australian Brand Safety Matches Manufactured in Australia by Australian Match Mfg. Pty. Ltd.

Thursday, January 9, 2014

Belgian Matches

An Antique Box of Union Brand Matches Manufactured in Brussels, Belgium

An Vintage Box of Sea Gull Brand Paraffin Matches Made in the Flemish Region of Belgium Known as Flanders

A Vintage Box of Camp Brand Matches Made in Belgium
A Box of Belgian-Made Prestige Brand Paraffin Matches (Circa 1960's)

Saturday, January 4, 2014

Austrian Matches

A Vintage Box of Sirius Brand Matches Manufactured in Klagenfurt, Austria

An Antique Schubert Matchbox Made in Austria

A Vintage Box of The Mausoleum Brand Matches Manufactured in Austria

A Vintage Box of  Meteor Brand Impregnated Safety Matches Produced in Austria

Thursday, January 2, 2014

Dutch Matches

A Vintage Box of Corwin Safety Matches ("Veiligheidslucifers") Made in the Netherlands Probably Sometime in the 1950's


A Vintage 1950's Grutto Brand Matchbox Manufactured by De Gruyter in Holland

A Dutch-Made Planeet Brand Matchbox From the 1950's Featuring the Advertising Motto "Niet de Duurste, Wel de Beste (Not the Most Expensive, But the Best)"

An Antique Box of The Arabs Brand Safety Matches Made in Holland

An Antique Box of Drie Paardjes (Three Horses) Brand Safety Matches Produced in the Netherlands

A Pyramide (Pyramid) Brand Safety Matchbox Made in Holland in the 1950's

An Antique Kroon Lucifers Brand Matchbox Manufactured in the Netherlands

A Vintage Dutch-Made Box of De Kern Veiligheids Lucifers (Safety Matches)

An Antique Box of Avanti Brand Safety Matches Made in the Holland

Wednesday, January 1, 2014

World's Fair Matchboxes

A Small Swedish Made Foil Matchbox from the 1960's Featuring the Unisphere from the 1964/1965 New York World's Fair

A Small Belgian Made Matchbox Promoting the 1958 Brussels World's Fair (Bruxelles Exposition Universelle)

South African Matches

An Antique Matchbox Manufactured in South Africa by The Lion Match Co. Ltd