Designer Series Japanese Matchbox Label 128 Metal Print

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I have a set of Japanese matchbox labels, probably from the very early 1900s. The printing quality on them isn’t very good, with most of them being out of register. But that’s what I found rather charming about them. I’m also thinking that maybe they were “factory rejects!” There’s no advertising on them, so perhaps they just didn’t make it through “quality control.” Who knows? These would look good individually or as a grouping — perhaps printed on metal to make the colors really pop.

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