The skillet is not, in the strictest sense of the term, a matchbox label. It is the most common type of matchbox being manufactured today.
Skillets An example of a SkilletĪs a general term used by collectors, “Skillet” is a matchbox cardboard outer where the design is printed directly onto the outer surface. Such labels are now very scarce and certainly worth collecting. Pillbox match containers usually had a small, circular label on the lid of the box. It was found mainly on matchboxes made in Austria, but was in common use in Australia and New Zealand in the early years of the 20th century. This sort of label wrapped around the outside of a cylindrical box. Not strictly an ARTB in the accepted sense of the word, is the pillbox label. The all-round label was used on British-made matches from the early 1830s until the late 1970s when it was superseded by the skillet, which has its design direct printed on card. Never, ever cut the label into sections like the old-time collectors used to do such a practice renders the label worthless, especially when compared to a complete, uncut specimen. This type of label wrapped around the entirety of the matchbox and, when collected, should always be kept intact. The all-round label, also known as an ARTB, have been obsolete in the United Kingdom and most other countries of the world for many years now. All-round Labels An example of an “old” ARTB matchbox label This type of matchbox label is usually very easy to remove from the matchbox and is not too difficult to mount into albums for storage and display – hence its popularity with most collectors of matchbox labels. The single-top label, as its name implies, is simply a one-panel label that is affixed to the top of a matchbox it usually has either blue or yellow backing paper, but it can also be found stuck to a pre-printed, skillet-type box. It is seldom, found on contemporary made boxes of matches. Not too many years ago this was the most common type of matchbox label to be found in the United Kingdom. Single-Top labels An example of a single-top labelįor many years the most popular type of label, especially among British collectors, was the single-top label. His widow later endowed the Society with a memorial award: The Tony Gallaher Award, which is presented annually to the best contributor to Match Label News. Tony was Editor of the magazine from March 1996 until March 2001.
Matchbook price guide series#
This Beginners’ Guide is based on a series of articles Tony Gallaher wrote for the Match Label News.
Matchbook price guide how to#
How to specialise and in what to specialise is a matter of personal choice. That is the time when you decide to specialise in the types of matchbox labels, matchboxes, bookmatch covers or matchbooks that interest you the most. At first you may be anxious to possess them all but, as time goes by, you soon discover that to achieve such an ambition is an impossibility. As a newcomer to the hobby of Phillumeny, you will almost certainly be confronted with a baffling selection of matchbox labels, and bookmatch covers.
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