{"id":5624,"date":"2026-02-17T08:45:54","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T08:45:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phillumeny.com\/johnwalker\/?p=5624"},"modified":"2026-05-28T07:02:35","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T07:02:35","slug":"on-line-exhibitor-mike-pryor-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phillumeny.com\/johnwalker\/2026\/02\/17\/on-line-exhibitor-mike-pryor-uk\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike Pryor (UK)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Exhibit : Old Cornish Mines<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Since meeting the legendary collector and founder of the Cornish Match Company in 1971, David van der Plank, I have had a deep interest in Spanish Matchboxes and the history of the Spanish Match industry<\/strong><\/a> which began in 1836.<\/p>\n

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Gremio box, ca. 1895<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

My collection contains Spanish examples from the 19th<\/sup>, 20th<\/sup> and 21st<\/sup> centuries, and although the majority of these are labels I do have a good number of beautiful complete boxes.<\/p>\n

Like most collectors I also have many examples from other countries, and prefer complete boxes wherever possible. I also always enjoy exchanging information with other collectors and learning new things about our wonderful hobby of phillumeny.<\/p>\n

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Publications and Web sites<\/b><\/p>\n

I write articles for the Match Label News<\/strong><\/a>, which is the journal of the British Matchbox Label and Bookmatch Society, and have also developed two web sites which focus on specific aspects of my collection :<\/p>\n