Friday, December 18, 2015

More Swedish Matches

A Vintage Box of The Automobile Brand Safety Matches Made in Sweden

An Antique Box of Horse Brand Safety Matches Manufactured in Sweden

A Box of  The Grace Brand Safety Matches Produced in Sweden in 1980

A Box of Parrot Brand Safety Matches Made by Swedish Match Probably Sometime in the 1990's

Thursday, November 26, 2015

Costa Rican Matches

A Promotional Matchbox Manufactured in Costa Rica That Advertises Derby Brand Cigarettes

Monday, October 19, 2015

Moroccan Matches

A Vintage Box of Allumaroc Brand Paper Matches Manufactured in Casablanca, Morocco

Tuesday, September 15, 2015

More Indian Matches

A Vintage Box of The Horse Head Brand Safety Matches Manufactured in India by Wimco Limited

An Antique Box of Wimco Brand Wax Vestas Made in India

More American Matches

An Vintage Box of Diamond Brand Safety Matches Made in the U.S.A.

An Antique Box of Green Goddess Brand Safety Matches Produced in the U.S.A. by The Diamond Match Company

A  Domino Brand Matchbox of Later Vintage (Most Likely From the 1970's or 80's) Manufactured by The Diamond Match Company in Springfield, Massachusetts

Tuesday, August 4, 2015

Promotional Matchboxes - Dental Supplies & Equipment

A Contemporary Matchbox (Containing Safety Matches With Heads of Various Colors) Promoting Nobilium, a Dental Alloy Containing the Element Gallium

Monday, July 20, 2015

Surinamese Matches

The Front (Top) and Back (Bottom) of a Vintage Box of Snake Fight Brand Safety Matches From the Dutch-Speaking South American Nation of Suriname (Formerly Known as Dutch Guiana)

Saturday, July 18, 2015

Belizean Matches

A Contemporary Box of Toucan Brand Safety Matches Manufactured in Belmopan, Belize by the Toucan Match Co. Ltd.

Tuesday, June 16, 2015

Promotional Matchboxes - Coal & Coke

A Vintage Matchbox Promoting the White Oak Company's New River Brand Smokeless Coal & Coke Products

Tuesday, June 2, 2015

West Indian Matches

Though Originally Manufactured by J. John Masters & Co. Ltd. of London, England, Masters Army & Navy Safety Matches Are Now Exclusively Manufactured by Trinidad Match Limited in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, and Sold Though Out the West Indies and the Rest of the Caribbean Region

Tuesday, April 7, 2015

Macauan Matches

A Vintage Box of Mermaid Brand Safety Matches Specially Made for the Dah Yuen Co. of Hong Kong by the Man-Koc Match Company in Macau (Which Was Then a Colony of Portugal, But Now a Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China)

Promotional Matchboxes - Promotional Matchboxes

An Odd Wedge-Shaped Matchbox Advertising Custom-Designed Promotional Matchboxes Produced by the Western Match Company of Sherman Oaks, California

Sunday, March 8, 2015

Wednesday, February 11, 2015

Indonesian Matches

A Box of The Palmtree Brand Impregnated Safety Matches Manufactured in Indonesia

An Old Box of SUROBOJO (Which Translates Into English as "Shark Crocodile") Brand Safety Matches Produced by Pakabaja's Products in Surabaya, the Capital City of the Indonesian Province of East Java

Saturday, February 7, 2015

Scottish Matches

A Vintage Box of Scottish Bluebell Matches Manufactured by Bryant and May Ltd in Glasgow 

Thursday, February 5, 2015

Irish Matches

An Antique Box of The Friendly Brand Matches Made in Dublin by Maguire & Patterson LTD

A Vintage Box of Irish Made Maguire & Patterson's Safety Matches

Czechoslovakian Matches

A Vintage Landmark Brand Matchbox Manufactured in Czechoslovakia

A Vintage Box of Rocket Brand Safety Matches Made in Czechoslovakia

A Vintage Box of Generic Brand Safety Matches Manufactured in Czechoslovakia

Friday, January 30, 2015

Promotional Matchboxes - Propaganda & Public Service Announcements

An Antique East German Matchbox Warning Against Tainted Medication

An East German Matchbox From the 1950s Advising to Lock Up Bicycles to Prevent Theft

A Vintage West German Box of Safety Matches Manufactured by Welt-Hölzer Promoting Forest Fire Prevention

An Antique Matchbox Produced in East Germany Promoting Fire Safety


Back (Top) and Front (Bottom) Of a Vintage Matchbox From World War II Manufactured by Universal Match Corp. of St. Louis Urging Americans to Buy U.S. War Bonds and Stamps

Thursday, January 15, 2015

Ethiopian Matches

An Antique Box of 'Régie du Monopole des Allumettes en Ethiopie' Safety Matches Manufactured in Sweden But Sold in Ethiopia by the Government-Controlled Match Monopoly

Sunday, January 11, 2015

Saarlandian Matches

An Antique Box of Archer Brand Safety Matches Manufactured Sometime Between 1947 and 1956 in Saar, a Protectorate Partitioned from Germany After World War Two Which Later Rejoined West Germany as the State of Saarland in 1957