Phillumeny (also known as Phillumenism) is the hobby of collecting different match-related items: matchboxes, matchbox labels, matchbooks, matchcovers, matchsafes, etc. ==Etymology== The word, derived from Greek phil- [loving] + Latin lumen- [light], was introduced by the British collector Marjorie S. Evans in 1943 (who later became president of t...
collecting of matchbox labels
collecting of matchbox labels
phillumenist, phillumeny One who collects matchbooks or matchboxes or the collection of matchbooks.