Early Trade Catalog of Japanese Matchbox Labels by the Manfat Company. Including 500 different kinds. Manufactured by Manfat Kobe Japan. Shong. Kat. Waikee 2.
Kōbe (Japan), Meiji period, ca. 1890-1900. Original string-bound pamphlet in card wrappers, measuring 17.5 × 13.5 cm, with two printed labels affixed to front wrapper; twenty-five leaves containing 500 tipped-in matchbox labels, predominantly color-printed, measuring ca. 3.5 × 5 to 4.2 × 6.5 cm. Light soil and wear to wrappers;..... More