{"id":1763,"date":"2025-11-21T04:35:41","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T04:35:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phillumeny.com\/johnwalker\/?p=1763"},"modified":"2026-05-28T07:03:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T07:03:18","slug":"on-line-exhibitor-joel-viana-de-lemos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phillumeny.com\/johnwalker\/2025\/11\/21\/on-line-exhibitor-joel-viana-de-lemos\/","title":{"rendered":"Joel Viana de Lemos (Portugal)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Exhibit : Portuguese Match Industry<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

I have residency in Lisbon, Portugal but I am currently living in V\u00e4xjo, Sweden.<\/p>\n

I was born in 1955 and started collecting matchbox labels and matchbooks when I was about 4 years old. Knowing about my interest in the hobby some of the phillumenists in the city of Porto encouraged me with some interesting offers. The publication in 1962 of the first catalogue of matchbox labels in Portugal allowed me to properly organize my collection. The 2nd edition of the catalogue published in 1965 and the monthly edition of the magazine \u201cFilumenismo\u201d gave a great boost to my development as a phillumenist.<\/p>\n

I went on to specialise in all the material related to Portugal or that circulated in the Portuguese market and its colonies, namely Macau. My collection of Italian matchboxes\/panels that circulated in Portugal in the 19th<\/sup> Century is very significant and formed the basis of my On-line Exhibit in 2021.<\/p>\n

I am a founding partner of the APF \u2013 \u201cAssocia\u00e7\u00e3o Portuguesa de Filumenismo<\/strong>\u201d (founded in 1972), and currently its President.<\/p>\n

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2023 publication, Postcards in Phillumeny<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I have published the following phillumenistic works, which can be purchased from APF :<\/p>\n