This web site is for collectors of matchbox labels and associated material. It has no connection with matchbox model cars or any die cast models.
The site has been designed to accommodate the latest browsers and computer systems.   However, it is fully compatible to many earlier
 versions.  Ideally, a screen resolution of 1280 x 1024 or greater should be used but resolutions down to 1024 x 768 can be
 accommodated but, usually with a lesser degree of sharpness and a likelihood of both vertical & horizontal scrolling.
 Click the browser back arrow at top left to go back - Do not click the red/black cross on the right unless you wish to exit the web site completely

Welcome to my Magical

World of Phillumeny

Hi! My name is Aaron Brünger and I am the web master, host and owner of this site and the other sites listed below. I currently own 14 domain names related to the hobby but only the 5 domain listed below are currently active - the remaining 9 are currently 'parked'.

The subject matter relating to each of the domain names listed is shown in grey text after the url. Clicking on any of the domain name url's listed will take you to the active web site of that url. Currently, the domain url's are located on two servers but in due course I will be moving them all onto just one as one of the servers is much slower than the other.

• http://www.phillumeny.eu  Mirror Site - "Home f Phillumeny”
• http://www.phillumeny.org.uk  SMBL On Line Encyclopaedia Numerical
• http://www.matchboxlabels.eu   SMBL On Line Encyclopaedia Alphabetical
• http://www.matchboxlabels.org   Main Site - “Home of Phillumeny”
• http://www.matchboxlabels.co.uk   SMBL eCommerce Store

Hopefully you arrived here through a link from another site or by using one of the many search engines now available or by recommendation from another collector.  Anyway, which ever way you arrived, I'm glad that you are here.

It has taken me a lot of time and hard work to produce this site for fellow collectors and strangers alike and it will continue to take a lot of time and hard work to keep it up to date.  However, I think every moment has been and will continue to be worth it.

As explained above, this site is located on two separate web host servers but will move to one in due course.  This web site is hosted by Terranetworks whilst the mirror site  http://www.phillumeny.eu is hosted by 1 and 1.   Both use state of the art servers, but Terranetworks has the edge on speed and it is to this server the mirror site will move in due course.

Naturally, Rome wasn't built in a day and this applies equally to this web site.  Updates are regularly being made and uploaded and therefore gradually increase the amount of material available for viewing over the next few months.  You are asked to take your time to explore all that the site has to offer and please let me know if there is anything else you would like me to include for the benefit of everyone.

Whilst there will be an area of the site that will display labels from within my own collection and also an Encyclopaedia of Worldwide Labels, the major difference between this site and many others on the Internet is that I have designed the site primarily as a ' Place of Reference' for everything relating to matchbox labels for which the collective terminology is "Phillumeny".

Hopefully in time, this site will cover every aspect of the hobby, but this can only happen with the help and assistance of fellow collectors who I actively encourage to input their knowledge and expertise.

From a collecting perspective I am very much a novice to the hobby having been a serious collector for only about 15 years.  However, with my clerical skills I honed as a Chief Clerk in the Armed Forces and my compulsory retirement from work on medical grounds, I believe I have the ability and time to produce and maintain a web site that will be of benefit to everyone who is 'hooked' on the hobby and also for those who are curious and who could well be the next generation of collectors.

I will be the first to admit that I am by no means an 'expert' in any area of Phillumeny, but I do have a good working knowledge of the subject and I am aware those who 'are the experts '!!   It is those experts that I am calling upon to help me in building the site, not in a physical sense as I am more than capable of that, but by imparting their expertise and knowledge of the subject so that others can benefit from it in the long term.

Packet Label for Solo
Pictorial Series
(Reduced Size)

Suggestion: So that you don't miss out, why not save the web site addresses of my active web sites in your Favourites or Bookmarks folder. That way, the web sites are but a click away.

As I'm sure you are aware, there are numerous match related web sites on the internet.  Whilst some are quite small and just cover an individuals personal collection, some are large and display many pages of labels.  What is noticeable about them all is the effort and commitment that is or was put into the hobby to make those web sites. However, what is a shame is that some of the sites were made a number of years ago and nothing has been changed or updated.

By building this web site and the others, I'm hoping to address that particular issue.  It is my wish and intention that Sussex Matchbox Labels, and the other web site addresses within the Group will become synonymous with the hobby of Phillumeny.

The sites are being set up to encourage feedback from their visitors. In addition, because of the facilities offered to me by my web server host, I will be able to set up a Free Newsletter Subscription Service to keep visitors informed as to changes that are taking place on the web sites. This will also be another way of attracting new collectors as I am hoping that existing collectors will impart their expertise in a series of articles?

My web sites are for you, the visitor, so I actively encourage you to make comments about the site (good or bad) and especially for any improvements that can be made or for any other subjects that could be included.

Please come by often as this site and others in the group are regularly updated with new material.  The information relating to the numerous club and society meetings, latest finds, topical features and many other items are continually being added to.

As these are active web sites, new pages are constantly being added, others amended or rearranged and in some cases, deleted.  During this process, page names within the web sites may also change.  It is therefore very important that you do not bookmark or save individual pages within the web sites as their names could have been altered during an upgrade or even deleted.

The only permanent page on any of the web sites is the opening page which is always recorded as index.html.  However, because of the way web site addresses are constructed, it is unnecessary to point your web browser further than the physical name of the web site as the default address will always be activated when selecting a domain web site address 

If it is your practice to keep manual written records of web site addresses, then the addresses listed at the top of this page are the ones you need to make a note of!!

A Truly Global Experience

The next stage of the journey will take you to and through General & Must Know Information!

Please select & read ‘General Information’ from the menu bar above before entering the site proper.

Production History
First produced on 17th October 2002
Completely Revamped & Updated on 11th February 2011

2

© 2001 - 2011 & beyond - Sussex Matchbox Labels - All rights reserved Faults or problems e-mail: The Webmaster