Vintage Advertising Matchboxes, Lot of 9 – Golden West & Regina Inn Regina, Prairie Gas, GMC Stern Trucks Winnipeg, Bryant & May Capt. Webb, Happy Vineyard

Nine paper matchboxes with the kind of advertising you don't see anymore — mostly Saskatchewan and Manitoba hotels and businesses, plus one British classic. The Regina pair leads: the Golden West Motor Hotel ("On The Golden Mile") and a Regina Inn box that lists the Tiki Polynesian Theatre Restaurant and the Old Post House on one side. There's a red GMC truck box for Winnipeg's Stern Trucks, a Prairie Gas box that names eleven Saskatchewan towns, and a Bryant & May Capt. Webb box with its channel-swimmer label.

Details
Included: Golden West Motor Hotel, Regina, Sask. matchbox ("On The Golden Mile", Phone 536-5363 — reverse carries the wheat-sheaf design, Albert St. South, "Western Canada's Most Luxurious Hotel"); Regina Inn matchbox (Victoria & Broad, Phone 525-6767 — reverse lists The Tiki Polynesian Theatre Restaurant, The Inn Steak House, Old Post House and Coffee Gardens); Prairie Gas Ltd. gas contractor box ("If It Burns Gas, We Have It" — Moose Jaw, Regina, Shaunavon, Yorkton, Prince Albert, Weyburn, Wynyard, Saskatoon, Davidson, Mankota, Swift Current, Tisdale; reverse "Dependable Propane Service" with tanker truck); Stern Trucks Limited / GMC box, 1276 Main St., Winnipeg (red GMC truck, "Winnipeg's Exclusive G.M.C. and Diesel Truck Centre"); Fraser Arms Hotel box, 1250 S.W. Marine Drive, Vancouver, B.C. (Phone 261-7277); Happy Vineyard box, 719 Ellice Ave., Winnipeg (reverse shows a Deutschen Dorf restaurant scene, Reservations 783-6837); Westfair Products / Dutch Oven Flour box; Roxy Cafe, Tisdale, Sask. box ("A Full Course Meal or a Snack"); Eddy Match Co. Ltd. "Strike Anywhere" Canada box; Bryant & May Capt. Webb matchbox, British Made (London, Liverpool, Glasgow & Leeds)
Quantity: 9 matchboxes

Condition
Good vintage condition overall. The Golden West, Regina Inn, Stern Trucks and Westfair boxes are clean and bright. The Capt. Webb box shows heavy wear and staining along its striker edge, the Fraser Arms box is scuffed with a worn corner, and the Roxy Cafe box shows age staining. Boxes are sold as advertising collectibles; contents have not been verified.

Pickup and Shipping
LOCAL PICKUP IN SASKATOON ONLY, by arrangement — cash accepted.
Disclosure: these vintage paper matchboxes may still contain matches — the contents have not been verified. Matches cannot be sent through the mail, so this item cannot be shipped.
Payment for pickup orders by cash, Interac e-Transfer, or PayPal.

JAY'S MERCANTILE
Recycling the past, one item at a time.
Pacific Heights, Saskatoon, SK