I started collecting match covers in England in 1948 and joined the BML & BS in 1952. I have collected continuously since then, and now have a collection of some 130,000 labels, specialising in imports into Australia up to 1958. I am particularly fortunate that my work took me all over the world, and I now live in Melbourne, Australia, where I have been a member of the Australian Society for over 40 years.
I have written the history of the Australian Match Industry, “Lighting Up Australia”, and the second edition of this has just been published. I have also authored two catalogues on early labels imported into Australia and Neighbouring Countries, “Average Contents 60” and “Historical Notes on 19th and early 20th Century Matchbox Labels and Cinderellas for Australia, New Zealand and Neighbouring Countries”.
I also edited the Australian Society magazine, the Observer for 10 years, and am a frequent contributor to this and the British Match Label News.
Tema: Etiquetas Man-Koc de Macau
Theme: Man-Koc Labels From Macau
