MATCH-BOX LABELS
The largest collection of match-box labels in this country (writes a correspondent of the London "Daily Telegraph") is that of Messrs. Bryant and May. It is in their museum, and it numbers about 15,000 specimens. The next largest is about 12,000, and it belongs to a collector at Brighton. There are many collections between 5000 and 10,000. There is an exchange club, which has a membership of nearly 50 keen collectors, i.alf of which ar© resident abroad. This club has circulated 40,000 labels in two years. Some labels are now fetching sixpence and a shilling each. Match-label collecting is not a new hobby. It: is about as old as philately. ■
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Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 148, 19 December 1929, Page 34
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112MATCH-BOX LABELS Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 148, 19 December 1929, Page 34
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