Sunday, August 17, 2014

Thursday, August 14, 2014

Soviet Matches


A Vintage Box of Razmo Brand Safety Matches Made in the U.S.S.R.
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Two Antique Matchboxes Made in the Soviet Union Featuring a Circus Theme


Thursday, July 31, 2014

Israeli Matches

A Vintage Box of NUR (Which Translates as "Light" in Arabic, and "Fire" in Hebrew) Brand Safety Matches Manufactured in Israel Probably Sometime in Either the 1960s or 70s

A Box of an Unidentified Brand of Matches Produced in Israel

Sunday, July 27, 2014

Promotional Matchboxes - Candy

An Italian Matchbox From the Late 1940's or Early 1950's Advertising Nestlé Milk Chocolate

Monday, July 21, 2014

Brazilian Matches

Three Different Vintage Boxes of Aviacao (Aviation) Brand Safety Matches of Varying Design Manufactured in Osasco, Brazil



Monday, June 23, 2014

Promotional Matchboxes - Tobacconists

A Matchbox Advertising The Tinder Box, a Chain of Tobacco Stores Founded in Santa Monica, California in 1928

A Vintage Matchbox Promoting the Now Defunct David P. Ehrlich Company (Once the Third Oldest Tobacconist in the United States) Founded in 1868 in Boston, MA

An Odd-Shaped Matchbox Advertising Nat Sherman ("Tobacconist to the World Since 1930") Located on Fifth Avenue in New York City

A Matchbox Advertising Georgetown Tobacco, Selling the Finest Cigars, Pipes, and Smoking Accessories in Washington D.C. Since 1964
A Box of Matches Promoting the Up Down Tobacco Shop Located in the Historic Old Town Neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois

A Matchbox Advertising the Cigars International Tobacco Store in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania


(Top) The Front and (Bottom) Back of a Vintage 1970's Matchbox Promoting The Pipefitter Smoke Shop of Boulder, Colorado

A Matchbox From The Owl Tobacconist Shop, a Fixture on Main Street in Worcester, Massachusetts For Eighty Years

Saturday, June 21, 2014