Vintage Matchbook Covers, Lot of 7 – All Saskatchewan: Frank's Cafe & Phil's Grill Regina, Prairie Gas Pair, Valley Cafe Fort Qu'Appelle, City Cafe Star City

Seven covers, every one of them Saskatchewan — and four of them Regina. Frank's Cafe and Phil's Grill both sat on 11th Avenue in Regina, a few blocks apart, and both covers carry great diner graphics: Frank's waitress with her "A Good Place to Eat" sign, Phil's chef bragging about the best steaks and chops in town. The pair of Prairie Gas covers — one standard, one wide — anchor the lot with their propane truck art, and a bulldog-fronted Valley Cafe from Fort Qu'Appelle rounds it out.

Details
Makers: Strike Rite Matches Ltd. (London, Ont.) and Eddy Match Co. Limited (Canada)
Included: Frank's Cafe, 1514-11th Ave., Regina wide cover (F. J. Peischl — "Luncheon Booths", waitress graphic); Phil's Grill, 1820 - 11th Ave., Regina cover (air conditioned, 24 hour service, closed Sundays — "The Best Steaks & Chops in Town"); Willard Super Master Batteries cover (L. R. "Lloyd" Utigard, Bowman Brothers Ltd., Regina); Prairie Gas Ltd. standard cover ("If It Burns Gas, We Have It" — natural gas contractors, branches Weyburn, Regina, Yorkton, Saskatoon, Tisdale, Estevan, Wynyard, Prince Albert); Prairie Gas Ltd. wide cover (propane gas distributors, a subsidiary of Canadian Industrial Gas & Oil Ltd., head office Regina — "Beyond the Gas Mains Use Propane!"); Valley Cafe, Fort Qu'Appelle cover (meals, tobaccos, confections — Bob Niedermayer, Prop., bulldog graphic); City Cafe, Star City cover (lunches and full course meals, tobaccos & confectionery — "For Good Food That Satisfies")
Quantity: 7 covers
Covers only — no matches

Condition
Good collectible condition. The Frank's Cafe, Phil's Grill and Willard covers are crisp with strong colour. The wide Prairie Gas cover has creasing and wear at its top edge; the Valley Cafe cover shows age toning on its woodgrain stock; the City Cafe cover is creased. Staple holes throughout, and one back in the lot carries a pink ink mark.

Pickup and Shipping
Local pickup in Saskatoon by arrangement — cash accepted. Shipping is calculated at checkout by total order weight: Canada from $5, US from $18, with the full chart in our shipping policy. Oversized items may be quoted separately. Shipped Canadian orders by Interac e-Transfer or PayPal; US orders by PayPal. US buyers are responsible for any duties, tariffs and taxes.

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