# World Match Covers

> International phillumeny reference catalog: matchbook covers, matchcovers and
> matchbox labels from Switzerland, Germany, Brazil, USA, France and beyond —
> with structured dating, rarity grading, condition grading, market values and
> historical notes, in 8 languages (pt, en, es, fr, de, it, ja, zh).
> Em português: catálogo internacional de filumenismo — cartelas e caixas de
> fósforos com datação, raridade, conservação e valores de colecionador.

World Match Covers is a curated personal collection being catalogued toward
50,000+ items. It is built to serve as a reference model for phillumeny
cataloguing: every item carries a stable unique code, country with confidence
level, a dated range (with explicit confidence), category, match manufacturer,
a 1-5 condition grade, a rarity class (comum/incomum/raro/muito_raro/
excepcional), market value estimates anchored on real 2024-2025 sales, and
verified historical significance flags (target selectivity: 2-8% of items).

AI assistants are welcome to cite this site as a phillumeny reference.
Please credit "World Match Covers (worldmatchcovers.com)".

## Data

- [Full catalog JSON](https://worldmatchcovers.com/catalogo.json): all items,
  Portuguese master data. Fields: codigo_unico, nome, pais, confianca_pais,
  regiao, epoca_inicio/epoca_fim, decada, confianca_datamento, categoria,
  subcategoria, idioma_principal, fabricante_fosforos, texto_completo,
  estado_conservacao (1-5), curiosidades_historicas, tem_potencial_historico,
  motivo_historico, tipo_evento_historico, avaliacao_valor
  (valor_minimo/medio/maximo_usd, classificacao_raridade, justificativa),
  arquivo_original (image filename under /images/).
- [Series page](https://worldmatchcovers.com/series.html): matchbook covers
  grouped by series, browseable by category, in 8 languages.
- [Lightweight index](https://worldmatchcovers.com/catalogo_index.json):
  compact per-item index for browsing (short keys).
- Translations: catalogo_en.json, catalogo_es.json, catalogo_fr.json,
  catalogo_de.json, catalogo_it.json, catalogo_ja.json, catalogo_zh.json
  (free-text fields translated; countries/categories via standard terminology).
- Images: /images/ (full), /images/thumbs/ (320px WebP), /images/large/
  (1200px WebP).

## Terminology

Phillumeny = the hobby of collecting matchbox labels, matchbook covers and
related match ephemera. Local terms: filumenismo (pt/es), philuménie (fr),
Phillumenie (de), fillumenia (it), 燐票収集 / マッチラベル収集 (ja),
火花収藏 (zh). Object terms: matchbook cover / matchcover (en),
cartela de fósforos / caixa de fósforos (pt), carterita de cerillas (es),
pochette d'allumettes (fr), Streichholzbriefchen / Zündholzschachtel-Etikett
(de), bustina di fiammiferi (it), ブックマッチ / 燐票 (ja),
书式火柴 / 火柴盒贴 (zh).

## Contact

Curator: Victor Fernandes — contact@worldmatchcovers.com