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The results of this auction will be published in December 2009 Match Label News. We shall endeavor to also publish the results here when they are made available.
Lot. Description (E&OE)
Australia-Uncatalogued Dozen Packet Label-Federal Match Company: Hardy's Jelly Crystals (mint).
Australia-Federal Match Dozen Packet Size Label: Atlas (mint) catalogue No.10.
Australia-Federal Match Dozen Packet Label: Red Label (mint) catalogue No.13.
Australia-Federal Match Dozen Packet Label: Lactogen (vertical mint) catalogue No.31.
Australia-Federal Match Dozen Packet Label: Yoga Tea (mint) catalogue No.35.
Album of 900 Czechoslovakian Boulden labels.
Album of 900 Czechoslovakian Boulden labels. (different to Lot 6)
Approx. 200 Bryant & May Bookmatches.
150 Shipping and Airline Bookmatches.
Album containing 20 items of Boulden & Spero material.
Album of 441 different export labels from Belgium and Flanders.
Bryant & May last day of production at Mersey Works (21/12/94) - complete boxes Brymay, Scottish Bluebell, Englands Glory in commemorative sleeve.
4 different "Swan" beer mats.
"Swan" Metal Wall Striker.
Bell & Black Vesta Tin No.5 size: 72x45x25 mm.
6 Old Bryant & May booklets with matches 117x40mm.
6 Old Bryant & May booklets with matches 117x40mm. (different)
Selection of Bookmatches mainly from GB, USA and Canada.
Selection of Bookmatches mainly from GB, USA and Canada. (different)
Selection of Bookmatches mainly from GB, USA and Canada. (different)
Selection of Bookmatches mainly from GB, USA and Canada. (different)
Selection of Bookmatches mainly from GB, USA and Canada. (different)
Selection of Bookmatches mainly from GB, USA and Canada. (different)
Selection of Bookmatches mainly from GB, USA and Canada. (different)
Selection of Bookmatches mainly from GB, USA and Canada. (different)
Selection of Bookmatches mainly from GB, USA and Canada. (different)
Selection of Bookmatches mainly from GB, USA and Canada. (different)
Tinplate Advert (27"x19") Englands Glory "Strike Out Foreign Competition" John Bull v Kaiser in a boxing ring of matchboxes.
8 sided Harlequin Art Deco style Matchbox 4.5" Diameter x 3.25" High (complete with most of the matches).
30 Bryant & May 1930s mint Photographic Matchbox Covers.
100 old horizontal Japanese labels.
100 old horizontal Japanese labels. (different to above Lot)
100 old horizontal Japanese labels. (different to above Lots)
100 old horizontal Japanese labels. (different to above Lots)
100 old horizontal Japanese labels. (different to above Lots)
100 old horizontal Japanese labels. (different to above Lots)
100 old horizontal Japanese labels. (different to above Lots)
150 old horizontal Japanese labels.
95 old horizontal Japanese labels.
75 old vertical Japanese labels.
200+ Bookmatches Sport related.
200+ Bookmatches Glamour Girls.
200+ Bookmatches Bryant & May Majors.
200+ Bookmatches Civic and Livery Companies.
200+ Bookmatches Railways related.
2 Level Arch Albums holding photocopy of Arne Tejders Swedish Catalogue, almost 700 pages (cost £70 to photocopy).
Framed 16"x 2" collection of mostly Oriental labels.
Sweden Souvenir Box 17" x 10" containing 12 (+2 Household size) boxes – Regional Costumes.
Rare Bryant & May Bookmatch in excellent condition complete with matches. Label attached to it states - Welcome back to Blighty. Best wishes from the Silver Lady Canteen. Miss Bexter Baxter, 6 Tudor Street, London E.C.
GB Brymay Ark Box 12" x 7.5" originally presented by B&M to a director of Phillips (a large Dutch Electrical Company) at Xmas 1934.
Album of Holiday Inn Booklets.
Album of French box labels, skillets, household, etc.
Album of Swedish box labels + packet labels.
750 Major Size Match Booklet Covers.
500 "N" size Match Booklet Covers.
Burma: 46 different labels mostly 1930s/1940s, various factories.
16 Royalty Packet labels from Austria & Sweden, mint, c1898-1918.
Album of 150 matchbox tops on wood from 1920s/1930s from GB, Belgium, Finland, Japan, New Zealand, Foreign Make, Sweden, etc.
Saar: 36 different labels mostly home use 1950s/1960s + 2 older exports.
Smart album of nearly 800 German labels, skillets and packets. Mostly East German with many complete sets and about 70 Riesa for export.
Tsar-Russia: Ossipoff match factory at Zlynka: 20 ARTBls with black number
Tsar-Russia: Ossipoff match factory at Zlynka: 5 ARTBls with red numbers
Old Russia: Majutka match factory: 17 diff.labels, all ½ box size
Old Russia: Majak match factory: WAR slogans (7 diff.)
Old Russia: Gigant match factory: WAR slogans (6 diff.)
OLD Austria in box & packet size
OLD Austria in box & packet size.
OLD Austria in box & packet size
OLD Austria in box & packet size.
OLD Austria in box & packet size
Old Austrian SOLO set FAIR AUSTRIA (5 of 6) on ½-size boxes with original cont.
Old Holland & Belgium
Old Belgium
AFRICA: Boxes & skillets from different countries
Malaysia-Mauritius: Collection of diff. labels & skillets
MEXICO. Different boxes with original contents
MEXICO. Different boxes with original contents
MEXICO. Different boxes with original contents
MEXICO. Different boxes with original contents
MEXICO. Different boxes with original contents
Framed original paper sheet with official seals and stamps of a Match-Holder for Bell & Black Ltd."Copyright of Design". Design Office Registration No.6144 dated 1879. Overall frame size: 390mm wide by 557mm high.
Show Card for Bryant & May's "Ruby Matches". Printed by A. Coater, Nottingham. old original - Framed - overall frame size: 424mm wide by 290mm high.
Switzerland - Album of 1500 labels for home and export with some duplication.
Canada - Total of 14 old pocket size complete matchboxes with matches (12 card and 2 label on wood boxes). Some with Excise Tax Paid imprint. 11 Eddy Match Co.Ltd and 3 Canada Match Co.Ltd.
Canada: 5 old Parlor size complete matchboxes with matches and bridges. 3 Eddy Match Co.Ltd (2 with 3 cent Excise Tax Paid imprint (1 damaged with side tear) and 2 Canada Match Co. Ltd.
"The Matchbox Label" by R F Holton Nos. 1-21 (Feb.1958-63) No.1 signed by R F Holton.
"The Chinese Match Factories" by Colin Plummer. 95 page registered catalogue.
