- A
-
- 10-Strike - generic term for covers with 10
matches.
-
- 12-Strike - generic term for covers with 12
matches.
-
- 12-Up - Arrow Match Co. trademark for its
12-strike covers.
-
- 20-Strike - generic term for covers with 20
matches or that sized cover.
-
- 21
"Feature"
- Lion trademark for its 21-stick Feature covers.
-
- 22 "Feature" - Lion trademark for its 22-stick
Feature covers.
-
- 30-Strike - generic term for covers with 30
matches or that sized cover.
-
- 33 "Feature" - Lion 40-strike-sized cover, but
with 33 matches.
-
- 40-Strike - generic term for covers with 40
matches or that sized cover.
-
- 100-Strike - generic term for covers with 100
matches.
-
- 200-Strike - a cover with 200 match sticks;
souvenir-types.
-
- 240-Strike - a cover with 240 match sticks;
souvenir-types.
-
- Accumulation - As opposed to "collection,"
refers to an amassed group of covers or boxes which have not
been organized into any logical fashion.
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- Action
Match - Universal
cover withby flared edges at the saddle when opened.
-
- Adverap - Universal cardboard holder for
a cigarette pack.
-
- AMCAL - Associated Matchcover Clubs of
California convention.
-
- Ambassador - Diamond Match Co. 30-strike trademark.
-
- American
Ace - Universal
Match Co. box trademark.
-
- Americana - Category of covers having American
history/scenic scenes.
-
- Approved
Match No. 7 -
Early Diamond Match Co. manumark (1910-1918).
-
- Aristocrat - Universal Match Co. 30-strike trademark
(28 matches).
-
- Atlas 45 - Atlas trademark for 30-strike with
45 matches.
-
- Atlas Four Color - Current Atlas’s trademark
for its color photo covers; introduced in 1965. 673 listed as
of 7/99.
-
- Auctions, Bulletin - a type of mail auction handled
through a club’s bulletin.
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- B
-
- B. P. O. E. - See Elks
Back (Back Panel) - on the outside of a cover, the portion
between the saddle and striker on Reverse-Strike covers, or between
the saddle and manumark on Front-Strike covers.
-
- Back Striker (Back Strike) - see Reverse Striker, but this term
is normally used to refer to the early reverse strikers.
-
- Barrel
Box - tubular-type
boxes w/striker at top or bottom.
-
- Base Friction - Diamond trademark for covers with
strikers where the fold normally is.
-
- Billboard - Universal trademark for one of
its 40-strikes.
-
- Blot-R-Match - Union Match Co. trademark for covers
with insides designed to be ink blotters.
-
- Bobtailed - cover which has had striker cut
off.
-
- Bridge Sets - Diamond covers with bridge scoring
information on the inside; 1920s-1941.
-
- Broken Set - incomplete set of covers or boxes.
-
- Bryant & May - major British match company dating
from mid-1880s to 1990s.
-
- BS-CCBS - abbreviation for Universal footer:
Be Safe - Close Cover Before Striking.
-
- BW - standard hobby abbreviation for Best Western.
-
- C
-
- C.C.C. - Civilian Conservation Corps covers.
-
- Caddy - box of matchbooks (50 per box).
-
- Camel
Single 30s - several
thousand single 30s issued by bars, clubs, discos.
-
- Cameo - Universal trademark for its debossed
covers; one of the "Fancies".
-
- Canadian
Tax Stamps
- circular excise
tax imprints on older Canadian covers.
-
- Case - box of caddies (2500 matchbooks).
-
- Category - a specific topic or area in which
covers/boxes are collected (i.e., Banks).
-
- CC - standard hobby abb. for Country Clubs.
-
- CCBS - abbreviation
for footer: Close Cover Before Striking.
-
- Cellopack - a small packet of matchcovers sealed
in plastic wrap; usually sold as souvenirs.
-
- Centurylite - Universal trademark for its 100-
stick novelty matchbooks.
-
- Checklist - a listing of companies, locations,
etc., rather than matchcovers. see Index
-
- Classic
Collectible Souvenir
- Atlas trademark appearing immediately above striker.
-
- Classique - Universal trademark for Jewel-sized
covers w/wooden matches glued in.
-
- Classique 180 - Universal trademark for its 180-stick
boxes
-
- Click
Matches - Italian-made
matchbooks which open at the top via curved ends.
-
- Cocktail Sets - Lion covers from the 1930s? Four
distinct designs with 25 dif recipes.
-
- Colgate - William Colgate, Diamond employee
responsible for Diamond Group I designs
-
- Comb - a row of matches as they appear in a matchbook.
-
- COMBINE - US Navy Ship listing
-
- Combo - usually a matchcover + postcard
from the same business or location.
-
- Congreve - or "Lucifer;" the first
match invented by Englishman John Walker in 1827. See also Lucifers
-
- Conjunctive - a cover or box that qualifies for
more than one category.
-
- Contact Set - covers that form a bigger picture
when put side-by-side.
-
- Contour - Lion trademark for customized die-cut
20-strikes.
-
- Crowns - referring to Crown Match Co. covers.
-
- D
-
- Dealer Imprints - See Imprints
-
- Debossed - opposite of embossed; design is
pressed into cover’s surface, raising parts of the inside
(i.e., Cameos)
-
- Detached
Striker - covers
which have the striker stapled on; common in some foreign covers.
-
- Diamond
Match - Diamond
footer.
- .
- Diamond
Quality (DQ) -
Diamond footer; 1923-1938.
-
- Die-Cut - referring
to covers w/customized shapes; the sides are not parallel.
-
- Diplomat - Lion trademark for 30-stick covers.
-
- Display - Lion trademark for its covers having
a pop-up flap on the inside.
-
- Double
Length - mid-1950s
Universal trademark for covers which folded out to a double length.
-
- Drunkards Match - Lion trademark for its self-extinguishing
matches; introduced in 1926.
-
- Dupes - duplicate, or extra, covers
-
- E
-
- Eagle 20 - Columbia Match Co. trademark for
its 20-strikes.
-
- Eagle 24 - Columbia Match Co. trademark for
its 24-stick covers.
-
- Eagle 30 - Columbia Match Co. trademark for
its 30-stick covers.
-
- Eagles - see F. O. E.
-
- Easel-Match - Lion trademark for its covers having
a cut-out portion on the back panel which could be pushed out
to allow the cover the stand up. Also "Eez-L’, "Easel
Back"
-
- Eddylites - Eddy trademark; 1977- present.
-
- Elks (B.P.O.E.) - large Fraternal category.
-
- Embossed - opposite of debossed; raised design
on outside of cover; inside is thus pushed in.
-
- Ephemera - paper collectibles (postcards,
documents, etc); matchcovers are ephemera.
-
- Errors - covers/boxes
which have reached circulation with unintended mistakes.
-
- Extend
n’Ad - Universal trademark for its covers that featured
peel-off labels for additional advertising.
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- F
-
- F.O.E. (Eagles) - Fraternal Order of Eagles.
-
- Fancies - large, general category for all
fancy covers (Foilities, Cameo, Uniglo, etc.).
-
- Feature - Lion trademark for covers w/pictures
and/or printing on the match sticks [see also Printed Sticks,
Full Book Features, Poster Feature].
-
- Federals - Federal Match Co. covers from 1923-1942.
-
- Filigree - Universal trademark for its covers with a raised,
bubbled surface.
-
- Flats - covers which have never been stapled,
held matches, or often never even creased.
-
- Florentine - Universal trademark for its covers
featuring customized raised-ink designs.
-
- Foilite - Universal trademark for its foil-printed
covers; one of the "Fancies".
-
- For
Safety - footer
used on various older covers.
-
- Footer - text at the very bottom tip of
a cover.
-
- Freebie Table - table on which donated covers are
put free for the taking.
-
- Front (Front Panel) - this is the portion of the cover
that is between the bottom of the cover (where the footer would
be) and the saddle.
-
- Front Flap (Top Flap) -extreme top flap of the cover, where
the striker is on typical front striker matchcovers.
-
- Front
Striker (Front Strike)
- a cover which has the striker located on the front flap, being
visible when looking at the front of a closed matchbook.
-
- Full
Book - a matchbook
with all the matches intact; opposite of a stripped cover.
-
- Full-Frontal - cover with the design continued
on the top flap.
-
- Full-Length - cover which has the design/text
running the full length of the cover; there are two types: 1)
horizontal Full-length; 2) vertical Full-length
-
- G
-
- Gem - Universal box trademark.
-
- Gem - covers by Gem Match Co; c. 1935-c.
1941.
-
- General - category which denotes collector
collects in all categories.
-
- General - covers from General Match Co; 1890-c.
1951.
-
- Giant - Lion manumark for its 11-stick,
9 1/16"x3 3/8" covers; 1936-c. 1993.
-
- Giant Feature - Lion trademark for its Giant covers
which are also Features.
-
- Girlies - covers with nude/semi-nude/scantily-
clad females.
-
- Grant-Mann - Vancouver-based printing company
responsible for very high quality color photos on some Canadian
covers.
-
- Green
Hat - Albert Pick
Hotels trademark; manufactured by Lion; 1926-c. 1927.
-
- Group I - covers
with no advertising issued in sets by Diamond during the 1930s,
each set having a particular topic (i.e, baseball stars, football
stars).
-
- H
-
- H/M/R - abbreviation for Hotels/Motels/
Restaurants category.
-
- Head - the dangerous end of a match!
-
- Hillbillies - covers featuring cartoons of Hillbillies.
-
- I
-
- Imprint - manufacturer’s ID on inside
of cover; different from manumark.
-
- Index - a listing of businesses, locations,
etc. within a particular category (i.e., Airlines Index, Ship
Lines Index, etc.); not to be confused with Lists, which actually
list covers.
-
- J
-
- Jersey - covers from Jersey Match Co; 1935-
- 1948.
-
- Jewel - Universal trademark for its 5 1/16"x1
7/8" covers (looks like a long 30-strike).
-
- Jewelite - Universal trademark for its Jewel-
sized, dye-cut covers (rounded sides).
-
- Jobber - an independent salesperson, advertising
agency, etc. that acts as a middleman between the manufacturer
and the eventual customer.
-
- Jupiter
One-Eight - Universal
trademark for its made-in-Belgium covers; glued-in 18 wooden
matches.
-
- Jute - Term describing covers that feature
a recycled paper, shopping bag-type appearance.
-
- K
-
- Kaeser
& Blair -
Cincinnati advertising specialty company
-
- King
Midas - cover
from King Midas Match Co. - c. 1939-c. 1944.
-
- Knot Hole - covers having a hole in the front
panel.
-
- L
-
- Label - the removable paper on which box
advertising is printed (it can be soaked off).
-
- Leatherette - covers having a leather-like surface.
-
- Lenticular - Atlas trademark for its 3-D type
covers; these covers feature a design/picture in a plastic panel
that moves when the cover is tilted.
-
- Lindbergh
Cover - The 1927
Charles A Lindbergh matchbook issued for a dinner in Lindbergh's
honor.
-
- Lion
30 STICK - Lion
Match Co. 30s used c. 1945-c. 1958.
-
- Lists - listings of actual known covers
within specific categories (i.e., DQ list, Girlie catalog, etc.).
-
- Lone
Star - cover from
Lone Star Match Co; 1955-1956.
-
- Lucifers - early type of match which gave
off poisonous fumes.
-
- Lucky Sticks - Lion trademark for match sticks
w/poker hands printed on them.
-
- M
-
- Manhattan - cover from Manhattan Match Co1936-mid-1930s.
-
- Manumark - the text line(s) near the striker
on the front flap fold which identifies the manufacturer or the
distributor.
-
- Match Corp. - cover from Match Corp. of America;
1935-1967.
-
- Match Safe - container for friction matches.
-
- Matchbook - cover with matches; most collectors
strip the matches out; hence, "matchcover".
-
- Matchbox - hard
cardboard, wood, or plastic container of matches as opposed to
Matchcovers.
-
- Matchcover -foldable cardboard covering for
the matches in a matchbook; also used to describe a matchbook
after the matches have been stripped out.
-
- Matchorama - Universal trademark for its color
photo covers; 1955-1987.
-
- Matchtone - Universal trademark for its covers
which featured a top flap with a different color and surface
from the rest of the cover; 1979-1987.
-
- Mendelson
Opera Cover -
Once thought to be first matchbook with advertising on it (1896).
-
- Merchants
Industries - a
Bellefontaine, OH-based advertising specialty company.
-
- Merit - cover from Merit Match Co; c. 1941-c.
1945.
-
- Metallic - Universal trademark for its aluminum-
covered covers; 1940-?; also a category for any such cover, regardless
of manufacturer.
-
- Midget - Lion trademark for its small 14-strike
covers (3 3/16"x1 1/8").
-
- Mirro-Gloss - Universal trademark for its covers
glossy, laminated covers; 1941-?.
-
- MM - abbreviation for Manumark. see Manumark.
-
- Mounting - putting covers in albums.
-
- N
-
- N/S - abbreviation for Non-Stock; see Non-Stock
-
- National
Press - Chicago-based
printing company; 1930s-c. 1940s.
-
- Nationals - covers from chain businesses or
advertising national products, store sets, etc. with no specific
location.
-
- Non-Stock - describing covers that do not use
stock designs.
-
- Novelty Covers/Boxes - unusual covers or boxes, usually
produced by advertising companies (i.e., felt covering over cover,
other foreign objects affixed to cover, etc.).
-
- O
-
- Odd-Striker - Lion trademark for covers with
striker in an unusual location and shape; 1942- 1962.
-
- Ohio
For Safety - Ohio
footer; c. 1920s-c. 1930s.
-
- Overruns - extra matchbooks over and above
what was ordered; usually farmed out to middlemen or discounted
to the original buyer.
-
- Owname - Owname trademark; 1925-1940s.
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- P
-
- Pages - these are album pages (hand-sewn,
slotted, or plastic pages.
-
- Panel - a section of the outside of a cover
(i.e., front panel, back panel).
-
- Panorama Set - see Contact Set
-
- Patented Sept. 27, 1892 - Diamond manumark famous as one
of the earliest; 1896-1909.
-
- Pearltone - Superior trademark for its covers
with fine horizontal ridges running the width of the cover [not
to be confused with Satin].
-
- Perfect
36 - Diamond trademark
for its 36-strike covers; larger than 30-strike size, but smaller
than 40-strike size; 1948-c. 1952.
-
- Perkins
Americana - a
long series of sets (and a few singles and variations) by collector
Edgar A. Perkins focusing on American events and locations; saddle
carries "Americana" plus Indian head; 1957- 1977.
-
- Personalities - see VIPs.
-
- Phillumeny - the hobby of matchcover collecting.
-
- Piggy Back - see Sticky Back
-
- Pillow - Admatch trademark for its boxes
with a fold-over flap; 1991-present.
-
- Pocket Wallet - Lion trademark for its covers having
2 flaps which formed a pocket for loose matches; very few known;
early 1920s.
-
- Pocketbox - Diamond box trademark.
-
- Pocketbox
Slim - Diamond
box trademark; slightly smaller than Pocketbox.
-
- Pocketbox Ultra Slim - Diamond box trademark; smaller
than Pocketbox Slim.
-
- Pop-Ups - see Display
-
- Poster Feature - Lion trademark for its postcard-
width covers (9"x6")
-
- Pressing - the process of flattening stripped
covers, often in some sort of vise-like device.
-
- Printed Sticks - match sticks with words or simple
designs printed on them; these are not Features.
-
- Pull-Tabs - see Safe-T-Lite.
-
- PullMatch - American Pullmatch Co./Canadian
Pullmatch Co. trademark for its matches similar to PullQuick,
but matchsticks are flat; 1936-1939.
-
- PullQuick - Diamond trademark for its auto-
ignitable matche. The striker was on the inside, next to the
match heads; when you pulled out the match, it automatically
ignited; matchsticks were round.
-
- Pusey, Joshua - inventor of the matchbook (1892)[There’s
some question as to an earlier inventor]
-
- Puzzly Matches - Lion trademark for matchbooks whose
matches made a picture when properly put together. c. 1930s.
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- Q
-
- Quality - footer (i.e., Diamond Quality,
Empire Quality, etc.)
-
- R
-
- Rainbow - Universal trademark for its covers
featuring a oily, multi-colored, pearl-like finish (not to be
confused with Pearltone); 1979-1987.
-
- Raised
Ink - category
of covers having text or designs raised above the surface by
heavy/thick ink.
-
- Rama - abbreviation for Matchorama
-
- Rathkamp, Henry - one of the original founders of
Rathkamp Matchcover Society.
-
- Rathkamp
Matchcover Society
- the national hobby organization; 1941-present].
-
- Resale - Matches purchased by wholesalers
and retail chains for resale to consumers.
-
- Reverse
Striker - referring
to a cover which has the striker on the back panel rather than
the top flap.
-
- RF - abbreviation for Royal Flash
-
- RMS -see Rathkamp Matchcover Society
-
- Room Hopping - onvention tradition in which a
collector visits other collectors’ rooms and is allowed
to take one of each type of cover that is set out.
-
- Royal
Flash - Universal
trademark for its 40-strike covers; 1936-1987;
-
- Run - an industry term referring to the production of
a certain commercial order of covers; measured in cases.
-
- S
-
- Saddle - the portion of a cover between
the two central folds; it divided the front and back panels.
-
- Safe-T-Flap - Maryland Match Co. trademark for
its covers with a T-shaped flap overlaying the matches. c. 1935-c.1942.
-
- Safe-T-Lite - Universal trademark for its covers
with tear-out tabs on front and back panels.
-
- Safety First - old footer used by several companies
in 1920s and 1930s.
-
- Salesman’s Books - ref book from the manufacturer
that the salesman could show to a prospective customer.
-
- Salesman’s Samples - see Flats.
-
- Satin - covers covered by satin threads,
giving the cover a cloth-like appearance.
-
- Scenic - rather vague category for covers
which feature outdoors, countryish-type scenes; usually in sets.
-
- Scored - referring to a cover which has
the manufacturer’s creases allowing it to fold at certain
points.
-
- Set - covers which are related to each
other (same business, sponsor, etc.) and are issued at the same
time, as opposed to Series; a set comprises 2 or more covers;
most run from 3-12 covers.
-
- Shucking - see Stripping
-
- Signet - Universal trademark for its deep-cut
Foilite-type covers; the foil text/design is deep-cut (debossed)
into the cover, giving that portion of it a chiseled look; 1963-1987.
-
- Silktone - Universal trademark for its Satin-like
covers.
-
- Skillet - matchbox which has the advertising
printed directly onto the box, rather than having a label.
-
- Sleeve - a salesman’s item (rectangular
cardboard holder) holding several matchbooks which could then
be shown or mailed to prospective customers;
-
- Souvenir - category for the larger sized covers
generally available originally at souvenir stands (100-strike
and larger).
-
- Sovereign - Bryant & May trademark for
40- strike-sized covers (actually a little smaller).
-
- Spot Striker - see Odd Striker
-
- Sticky
Back - category
for covers with an adhesive strip on back panel for attachment
to cigarette back; also called Piggy Back; c. 1955-?.
-
- Stock Design - a cover design used on any number
of covers.
-
- Stop Lite - Diamond trademark for its self-
extinguishing matches; also called Drunkards Match.
-
- Striker - the abrasive strip on a matchbook
or matchbox upon which a match is struck.
-
- Stripping - the process of removing the matches
from a matchbook.
-
- Struck - referring to a cover or box which
has had at least one match struck against the striker.
-
- Super 45 - see Atlas 45
-
- Swapfest - a smaller form of convention (more
localized, held in the same area each year).
-
- Swapping - see Trading.
-
- T
-
- Tall - referring to matchcovers (app. 4 7/8" or slightly
longer) that are noticeably longer than modern ones; also called
Xtra-Longs (XL).
-
- Tear-Out Tabs - see Safe-T-Lite.
-
- Ten-Strike - Universal trademark for its 10-strike
covers; 1934-1987.
-
- Trademarks - the manufacturers’ names for
their various types of covers (i.e., Jewel, Signet, etc.).
-
- Trading Stock - see Dupes.
-
- True
Color - Lion trademark
for its color photo covers; very high quality; 1956-?.
-
- U
-
- Uniglo - Universal trademark for its covers
with a deep, oily texture; 1972-1987.
-
- Uniglo II - Universal trademark for a later
version of the Uniglo covers; these are thinner; 1985-1987.
-
- Union - cover from Union Match Co; 1926-1938.
-
- United
Engr. Corp. -
NJ-based advertising/ specialty company; c. 1930s.
-
- Used - see Struck
-
- V
-
- Vestas - A short match made of wood or wax
that can be struck on a rough surface; first recorded use in
1839.
-
- VIPs - covers that refer to well-known
people.
-
- Vertical - see Full-Length
-
- Vista-Lite - Western Match Co. (Canadian) trademark
for its color photo covers.
-
- W
-
- Wagon Tongue - Lion trademark for its covers having
a small insert with advertising that has to be lifted before
you can get to the matches.
-
- Want List - a list of covers, almost always
by numbers taken from a catalog listing.
-
- Willats & Co. - San Francisco-based advertising
or printing company, 1930s-1970s?.
-
- Willens
& Co. - Chicago-based
advertising or printing company; c. 1930s-present?
-
- Woodies - category for covers featuring a
woodgrain background.
-
- X
-
- XL - referring to "extra-length"
covers; also called 'tall'
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