Vintage matchbox collection

My passed down collection of matches 

The matchbox collection shown here is actually from my great grandmother's collection and it is passed down to me. Actually there are more matchboxes, but I didn't include them in this picture.The matchboxes came in different sizes and designs. Most of these matchboxes are estimated to be from the 70s to the 90s. The most common one is the box type and the least common is the paper wrap type.

If you would ask me on which matchbox design I like, I would say it is the paper wrap type because it looks very vintage and classic. The paper wraps matchsticks looks authentic and it is usually found in high class places like hotels and airlines.

In the modern days, wooden matchboxes are common found, because of it's rigidity and it's capacity to store even more matchsticks. In the past, smaller cupboard matchboxes are common used and it is able to contain about 30 - 40 matchsticks per box. Wooden matchboxes can contain up to 60 - 80 matchsticks per box.

Fewer users would want to use matches these days as it is quite troublesome to start a fire. Besides that, for safety reasons, hotels, restaurants and airlines have discontinue providing their guest with matches. Matches may become extinct in the future due to low demand.