A unique collectible and great marketing item, the hobby of collecting matchboxes, better known as phillumeny is quickly gaining traction among the masses. Acting as a visual record of your travels, ...

Three years ago, when Delhi-based Shreya Katuri began taking her final year journalism dissertation seriously, her friends’ families believed she’d become a secret smoker. What else were they to think ...

Flyingman Safety Matches by the Sincere Match & Tobacco Factory which is still operating. (Malaysia Traveller pic) To those who might not know it, phillumeny is the niche hobby of collecting vintage ...

Have you ever given a second glance to the matchbox that sits in your kitchen or the one that you carry in your pocket? Probably not. But, look closer, and a whole world of art, history, and heritage ...

It is unlikely that many have heard about phillumeny, the hobby of collecting matchbox labels and matchboxes. Throwing light on the history of matchboxes and their association with people, an ...

In an attempt to create world record phillumeny, a man from Bhopal owns a collection of more than 10,000 matchsticks from different parts of the world. Sunil Bhatt, record holder of India book of ...

While the matchbox may have been sidelined by hobbyists due to its ubiquity, it has a small but devoted band of collectors trying to raise its public profile. Matchbox collecting even has its own ...

TRICHY: It is highly unlikely that many people would have heard about phillumeny, the hobby of collecting match-related items like matchbox labels and matchboxes. Throwing light on the history of ...

Rohit Kashyap was in Class V when he realised that all of his friends had some hobby or the other. This got him thinking. Immediately after, he strolled on the streets, picking up empty matchboxes on ...

A textile merchant by profession, Kishan Chand Rastogi has got his name registered in the Limca Book of Records for collecting 85,000 matchboxes from 185 countries since the past 32 years. Rastogi, ...