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Keith's Antiques and Collectibles

KAC

Keith A. Camilli, Proprietor

                                                                                                                                         

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Vintage Matchbook Cover – RARE 1917-1918 WWI Matchcover!

Description:

I am listing a number of matchbooks for sale this week.  See my other listings for transportation (car, plane, boat, train), golf / country club, girlie, beer, diners, sports related matchbooks, gas/oil and for tractor farm equipment, etc..  If you buy more than one matchbook shipping/handling on each additional will be .50 in the U.S. Maximum s/h for matchbooks $4.50 no matter how many you buy!  If planning to buy more than one matchbook – please wait to pay until all your purchases are done or I may not be able to consolidate

 

1.5” Matchbook Cover – From 1917-1918 a very scarce matchbook advertising War Bonds for WWI – World War I.  The United States of America was only involved in WWI for just over 1 year during that time period.

 

This advertises Bromo Seltzer for Headache with a picture of a cork top cobalt blue bottle with label on one side and on the other side it says Buy W.S.S. The Torch of Liberty.

 

WSS stood for War Savings Society.  Bond advertising was far more prevalent in WWII than WWI.

 

It is an early Diamond Match Co. Matchcover with the Safety first logo.  The strikeplate has been removed as popular with collectors of the era, but it is blank and clean on the inside – never glued or taped in an album!

 

See my other auctions for a matchbook that was right next to this in the album of Washington Crisps/Washington Oats – from what I gather, one of these with its matches still inside sold in 1994 for the record $4,001 price highest paid for a matchbook!

Matches removed.

Condition 

I would consider this to be in very good condition overall.  See details above.

Grading on Near Mint, Excellent, Very Good, Good, Fair, Poor scale.

Contact Information:

You can contact me by clicking on the ask seller a question link above. 

Please contact me if you have any questions.

Terms/Shipping

Payment accepted via Paypal only due to Ebay restrictions on other forms of payments. Seller reserves the right to refuse bids of users with negative feedback profiles.

Items shipped internationally will NOT be marked as gifts.

I will combine shipping on multiple items won. The base shipping cost will be equal to the highest s&h of all your items, plus the additional cost listed under each item for combined shipping. For example, if you have three items at $3, $4, and $5 shipping, and each is listed at $1 for combined shipping, I will ship them for the base rate of $5 (the highest shipping cost of all the items) plus $2 ($1 each for the two additional items). If you have questions about my combined shipping policy, please send me an email.

In the US, this item can be combined with other 1st class items for $0.50.

Gift Services: Express shipping to recipient’s address as well as gift wrapping and card available. Please inquire for rates.

Personal Note:

Hi everyone, I have been using ebay almost since its inception and have an extraordinary feedback record. I do my best to accurately describe items, answer questions, and communicate upon completion of auctions. I have been digging/collecting/buying/selling bottles since I was 13. Twenty-odd years later, I have quite an accumulation of "stuff." I probably have 10,000 bottles and jars of all kinds, and have accumulated 1000s of paper items and miscellaneous other items as well. If anyone is looking for anything special, please ask me to auction it on ebay. I can’t list specifics here or I will violate ebay policy, so please take a look at my store and other auctions!!

Our items come from a smoke-free and pet-free home. Thanks for looking and good luck bidding!  Keith Camilli (KAC)