A type of friction match designed to ignite when struck (scraped) against almost any abrasive surface. Matchboxes which contain Strike-anywhere matches are usually provided with a course striking area such as “sand paper”.
The part or portion of a matchbox, matchbook or match holder that provides a friction surface for matches to be struck against and ignited. But see also match striker
Either extensions to a matchbox label or separate additional labels that act as seals on each end of a matchbox to demonstrate it has not been previously opened and that tax has been paid. When a single tax seal is long enough to seal both ends of a matchbox it is termed a banderole. Mint and complete used tax seals are rarely seen. See also banderole and tax stamp.
Either a part of a matchbox label design or a separate revenue stamp affixed to a matchbox to indicate a tax has been paid. Mint tax stamps are rarely seen. See also banderole and tax seal.
A type of dozen packet containing ten matchboxes.
Thinned describes the condition of a skillet that has been reduced in thickness by paring away the cardboard backing. This treatment of skillets has been heavily practised by some collectors and such items are considered to be rendered damaged and incomplete. It is on a par with cutting or trimming matchbox labels. Some skillets have been printed on the inside face and when a skillet is thinned this information is lost. Some collectors also consider the type and colour of card a variation and again this information is lost on a thinned skillet.
A continuous matchbox label intended to be placed on the top, one side and the bottom faces of an outerbox leaving the remaining side for the striker. Another type of three-panel matchbox label was intended to be placed on the top and both sides of an outerbox. Of the complete matchboxes seen, the striker material was placed on the back of these matchboxes. See also two-panel matchbox label and ARTB label.
Some phillumenists refer to the innerbox of a matchbox as the tray.
A continuous matchbox label intended to be placed on the top and one side of the outerbox leaving the remaining side for the striker. See also three-panel matchbox label and ARTB label.
A imprecise term that can either mean printer’s sheet (q.v.) or block (q.v.).
A matchlabel that has been used on, and removed from, a matchbox or packet or case.
A type of match where the splint is made from cotton strands coated with wax or from waxed tightly rolled paper common in Italy and Spain as well as other countries. Matchboxes of the brand ‘Swan Vestas’ may have once contained this type of match. However, since at least the early 1900s, Swan Vestas matchboxes have held short length wooden splint matches.
A matchcase for containing and striking vestas.
To avoid confusion, wrapper should not be used alone but used appropriately in one of the following terms: match wrapper; matchbox wrapper; dozen wrapper; or gross wrapper.