1961 President John F Kennedy Embossed White House Match Book Presidential Seal For Sale

John F. Kennedy Embossed White House Match BookUnused (Full of Matches)

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I have Qty 5 matchbooks for sale at $89.99 Each

Each Matchbook is a authentic original matchbook that was purchased from
Raleigh DeGeer Amyx, who was an American collector of Presidential, Americana, military, sports, NASA,
and Olympic artifacts, including gold, silver and bronze winners medals presented to athletes.Front has the inscription \"John F Kennedy\" and there is a graphic of The White House embossed on the front in white.
The reverse has the presidential seal.
The bind of the match book reads union made A.F.L. LOCAL NO. 18734.
CONDITION IS MINT - NEVER USED.Please Look Through The Pictures To See The Condition Of The Matchbook
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Matches, Match Book, promotional matchbooks on record ever made, businesses and individuals have been placing their logos, slogans, and artwork on matchbook covers to promote their products and services.

Matchbooks have been around since 1892, when Joshua Pusey patented the idea of paper matches, whose tips were dipped in a solution of sulfur and phosphorus and then stapled to a piece of cardboard. The Diamond Match Company promptly purchased Pusey’s patent (he remained Diamond’s attorney for the rest of his life), and in 1894, a company salesman named Henry Traute got his first order for 10 million matchbooks bearing ads for Pabst beer on their covers.

An order for 30 million matchbooks from tobacco maker Bull Durham quickly followed, but despite this early link between matchbooks and advertisers, matchbook companies still expected people to purchase their products. The public balked, in no small part because the first matchbooks were actually quite dangerous—the friction strip was located inside the cover, right next to the rest of the matches. To help assuage the public’s fears, Traute had the friction strip moved to the outside of the matchbook and added the words \"Close Cover Before Striking\" to the cover.

Widespread acceptance only came after Traute realized that if his matchbooks were given away for free, they could be used to sell other products. Soon matchbooks were offered to customers of tobacco products, or left in the ashtrays of coffee shops and motels for the convenience of diners and overnight guests.

In most matchbook collections, only the match covers are collected. Phillumenists, as matchbook collectors are known, \"shuck\" matchbooks by carefully prying open the staple to remove the matches from the inside of the cover. These matches are then discarded and the covers are stored flat. The only exception to this procedure is for novelty or feature matchbooks, which are matchbooks whose sticks have also been printed.

One of the earliest types of collectible vintage matchbooks were the ones produced for Wrigley’s gum, with designs by Otis G. Shepherd. Collectible, yes, but rare? About a billion were produced.

Some phillumenists collect covers based on the company that made the matchbooks. In addition to Diamond, Atlas, D.D. Bean, Federal, Lion, Monarch, and Ohio all produced collectible covers and features. Many other collectors organize their covers based on category. For example, some people collect covers that have a date on them; others only seek out matchbooks produced for the 1933 or 1939 World’s Fairs. And then there are the covers for coffee shops and cafes. For some reason, match-cover art is particularly transcendent when it comes to matchbooks for places to eat. The graphics and colors are frequently rich and vivid. In a few glorious cases, covers were printed with full-length designs, so that when the cover is flattened and turned sideways, it resembles a small billboard for the eating establishment. Other categories of vintage matchbooks include the ever-popular \"girlies,\" matchbooks printed for all 242 Playboy clubs, and covers featuring different railroad lines and national parks. Thousands of matchbook designs were created during World War II—some covers were patriotic (\"Buy War Savings Bonds and Stamps\"), and others featured friction strips on caricatures of Adolph Hitler’s ample butt, with the words \"Strike On Back Side\" printed on the matchbook’s front. In 1962, government safety rules decreed that friction strips must be moved from the outside-front of a matchbook to the outside back, thus obviating the need for the famous phrase \"Close Cover Before Striking.\" For serious phillumenists, this one act signaled the end of the era of vintage matchbook covers.

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