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- Of course, the
U.S. hasn't been the only country manufacturing
- matches, although no other country can boast
the same variety
- and inventiveness. The category of "Foreign"
takes in everything
- that is not US-Canadian. Collectors soon
learn that the world
- has traditionally been split on what is available.
Basically, the
- New World produces matchbooks while the Old
World produces
- matchboxes with removable labels (as opposedto
Western boxes,
- which have the advertising printed directly
on them). Thus, in much
- of the rest of the world, match "label"collecting
substitutes for
- match"cover" collecting.
-
- Foreign covers are often exotic and fascinating,
though...if you
- can read them! There are, no doubt, hundreds
of thousands
- available. Foreign Cigarette, Airline, Shipline,
and Girlie issues are
- especially popular here.
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