BASIC ABBREVIATION GUIDE

 

a = aqua	dBl = dark blue	Ind = Indian	Ol = olive	Sa = salmon
aBl = aquablue	diag = diagonal	Ins = inside	P = pink	sd = saddle
B = black	emb = embossed	L = lavender	Pe = peach	sm = small
B-S = back-striker	f = foil	l = light	pic = picture	stk = stock
Bk = back	F-L = full-length	lBl = light blue	Pd = plaid	stkr = striker
Bl = blue	fl = full	lf = left	Pl = purple	str = straight
Br = brown	Fr = front	lg = large	pol = political	T = tan
btm = bottom	FS = front-striker	lns = lines	R = red	upsd = upside down
C = cream	G = gold	lob = lobster	r = reddish	vt = vertical
cir = circle	Gl = glossy	M = maroon	R-I = raised ink	W = white
Cp = copper	Gr = green	mm = manumark	RS = reverse striker	Wd = wood
cur = cursive	Gy = gray	Mu = multi-color	rt = right	ws =wide-strkr
d = dark	h/v = horiz/vert	N/S = non-stock	S = silver	XL =extra-long
dbl = double	hor = horizontal	O = orange	S-F = Safety First	Y = yellow

SIZES:   10s = Ten-strike covers, originally holding 10 matches 12s = Twelve-strike covers, originally holding 12 matches; slightly wider than 10-strike covers 12-Up = Arrow Match Co. trademark for its 12-strike covers 20s = Twenty-strike covers, originally holding 20 matches 21 "Feature" = Lion trademark for its 21-stick Feature covers; these are 30-stick sized covers 22 "Feature" = Lion trademark for its 22-stick Feature covers; these are 30-stick sized covers 30s = Thirty-strike covers, originally holding 30 matches 33 "Feature" = Lion 40-strike-sized cover, but with 33 matches 40s = Forty-strike covers, originally holding 40 matches 100-Strike = covers with 100 matche. 200-Strike= covers with 200 match sticks 240-Strike = covers with 240 match sticks Jewel = These covers are a 30-strike width, but longer length Midget = Lion trademark for its small, 14-strike covers (3 3/16"x1 1/8") Odd-Sized = Foreign issued covers usually don't conform to US sizes, so they're 'odd-sized'   TYPES: See TYPES page

 

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