Rare collectible series of Belgian matchboxes mainly from the 1960s. The first matches of this series were released in the late 50s and the last ones in the early 70s.
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One of the very rare and old Greek matchboxes owned by the “Matches Museum” is “Tsolias”. “Tsolias”, the matchbox, is from the period of the Greek monopoly. It
Matchboxes that had stickers from the Lycabettus secret organization on both sides. For those who don’t remember, “Lycavittos” was a strange organization, rumored to be controlled by Miltiades
Rare collectible series of French matches, of the state monopoly, consisting of 15 different matchboxes. The matchbox shows are about fire and are humorous with puns on the word
There are tons of matches that have a car theme. Shown here are matchboxes of cars in their performance from the early years of the automobile industry, late
There are very few matchboxes depicting the Marathon Road and not in Greek. In the “Matches Museum” there is a Czechoslovak-made matchbox from the 1950s that has a depiction
Matchboxes from the 70s from the German airlines, Lufthansa. They are quite rare since airlines have naturally stopped issuing promotional matchboxes for many years. The “Matchbox Museum” has matches from
Two days after the death of his mother, at the age of 96, Prince Charles Philip Arthur George, at the age of 73, was officially proclaimed king, with the
Rare Spanish matchbox featuring Billy the Kid. Billy the Kid was a gangster who became a legend. He was murdered at the age of just 21, but
Two rare advertising matchboxes from the 70s. Both matchboxes in their representations advertise supermarkets operating at the time. They are relatively rare because they were released in a
The Ohio Match Company was founded in 1895 and was the second oldest match manufacturer in the United States.
This series has an animal theme and was launched in France by Seita which is the leading producer, distributor and marketer of tobacco products in France. Seita formerly
A whole century has passed since the Asia Minor Catastrophe. 40 years ago, in 1982, the Greek match monopoly had released a series of 10 paper
Bryant & May was a British company founded in 1843 to make matches. Its original match factory closed in 1979 while its last match factory closed in 1994.
In 1844 the first safety match was made by the Swede Gustav Eric Pas. They were called safety matches because the first matches had various problems, such
A series of Austrian matches in whose performances we see castles of Austria. They are wooden matchboxes made from
Cypriot matchboxes where most of them are over 6 decades old. Beautiful wooden matchboxes, with landscapes from Cyprus, which are before the Turkish invasion of the island.
The private collection “Matches Museum” has many matchboxes that advertise large department stores in Germany and products that one can find in them. Matchboxes Pfannkuch of the
The ” Matches Museum” has thousands of Greek and foreign matchboxes from various restaurants and entertainment stores. Especially the matches that advertise the
The series of matchboxes “State Lotteries” was released in 1981. It consisted of 10 paper matchboxes made by VELPEX. It advertised all state lotteries such as
A matchbox of the Santé cigarette brand. The reality is that this matchbox has no special collectible value; however, the specific cigarette that is advertised was the longest-lived
The Matchesmuseum’s matchbox collection has hundreds of promotional matchboxes from various tobacco companies. Matchboxes from more than 120 different brands of cigarettes that circulated in the
October 20, 1977 marked the 150th anniversary of the naval battle of Navarino and in commemoration of that event a series of matchboxes consisting of 10 different matchboxes was
The “Matchbox Museum” has many matchboxes, either in series or individually, from the former Soviet Union. Many of them are from the 60’s and 70’s and
The collection of the “Museum of the Matchbox” (https://matchesmuseum.com/) has all the matches that were released by the Olympic Airlines. It would not be
The collection of the “Museum of the Matchbox” has many matchboxes -more than 150- promotional of Greek restaurants in foreign countries. It is more
A box of matches of Italian origin, windproof, with a representation depicting a torchbearer. Windbreaks or storm matches manage to stay lit even in adverse weather conditions. The Italian company
Matchboxes from the 1st Pan-Hellenic Conference of the Communist Youth of Greece and the historic 2nd Festival of KNE-Odigiti that took place in 1976. (Odigitis: KNE’s newspaper, which means
The matchboxes of the “Matchbox Museum” which depict the hotel Great Britain are quite rare. This hotel is the most historic in Athens. It was founded in 1866
Entitled “60 YEARS WITHOUT MINORITY” in 1982, the Greek monopoly released a series of 10 paper matchboxes with photos of Greek philosophers, important events, places, etc. It is one of
The motto on the Cuban matchbox: I conquistando el futuro! I conquer the future! Can express in the best way the luck that the work of Mikis Theodorakis will
The advent of the coronavirus pandemic certainly contributed to the emergence of phenomena of gender and domestic violence as well as aspects of gender inequalities. The #MeToo movement came
Lotteries and gambling in general, especially in the past, were one of the relatively common depictions in matchboxes. There are several individual Greek matchboxes on the subject of
In many Greek matchboxes of the first period -that is, until 1961- we see that in the security tape they had the greek acronym «ΔΟΕ». Of course, your mind
In many matchboxes of different countries there are depictions of athletes. Soccer players, basketball players, boxers, equestrian athletes, golfers and many other sports adorn the faces of matchboxes. It
Two matchboxes of the US Air Force and a much newer matchbox from the 2000s, of Russian origin, depicting Osama bin Laden, the founder and leader of the
Very rarely will you come across matchboxes that display tomatoes! There are mostly 1960s-1970s promotional matchboxes featuring Hunt’s ketchup sauces. There is also a Greek matchbox that displays
An unusual theme in matchboxes is children’s drawings. One such theme exists in the collection of the “Matchbox Museum” in a French series consisting of 7 matchboxes. Although it is
In the matchboxes of several countries there are representations of birds – which unfortunately are also victims of forest fires. A typical case that became public are
One of the most popular and frequent themes of the matchboxes, in almost every country in the world, is dogs. This is due to the
A series of 10 paper matchboxes of 1980 with the theme: “Fire Brigade, 50 years in the fight against fire”. This is a topical issue since dozens of fires
In March 1977, a series of 10 paper matchboxes was released with the theme: “Greek forests». The aim of the representations of this series was to highlight the usefulness
It has been 102 years since the HILTON hotel company was founded in the USA, specifically in Dallas, Texas, in 1919. Today, Hilton is one of the
The matchboxes with the stamps of the first modern Olympic Games were released from May 1 to July 30, 1972. The commemorative series consists of 8 pieces of paper.