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The Extinct Life Pictorial Encyclopedia

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1976
Fosforera Espanola
Prehistoric Animal Matchbox Covers
 
     
Year:1976
Product Category:Packaging
Point of Sale Items
Product Function:Matches
Country:Spain
 
Set ID:1252
Qty. Base Items *:30
Qty. Variations **:0
Qty. Filler Items ***:0
 
* Advertised Set      ** Variations (e.g., different numbering, text, design)      *** Filler Items (e.g., checklists, title cards, ad. cards)
 
Artist(s)
To be determined
 
Thank you to the individual(s) listed below and/or to the owner(s) of the resource(s) listed below for contributing information, checklist data, and/or image(s) included on this page.
Robert Telleria
 
This is a set of wonderfully illustrated matchbox covers.  Note the dark line in the middle of each cover.  This is where the match strike strip was attached (see complete boxes below).
 
 
Contents
Packaging
 Point of Sale Items
 
 
 
 
========== Packaging ==========
 
DB ID Topic In Scope? DF Collection? Printed No. Notes Qty Size (Inches) Album Pages Life Forms Fictional Life Forms
38568 Extinct Life 1 1 1-3/4" x 3-7/8" n/a Eurypterus
Euripterus
 
 
 
DB ID Topic In Scope? DF Collection? Printed No. Notes Qty Size (Inches) Album Pages Life Forms Fictional Life Forms
38569 Extinct Life 2 1 1-3/4" x 3-7/8" n/a Pterichthyodes
Pterichthys
Pterichthys
 
 
 
DB ID Topic In Scope? DF Collection? Printed No. Notes Qty Size (Inches) Album Pages Life Forms Fictional Life Forms
38570 Extinct Life 3 1 1-3/4" x 3-7/8" n/a Xenacanthus
Pleuracanthus
 
 
 
DB ID Topic In Scope? DF Collection? Printed No. Notes Qty Size (Inches) Album Pages Life Forms Fictional Life Forms
38571 Extinct Life 4 1 1-3/4" x 3-7/8" n/a Eryops
Eryops
 
 
 
DB ID Topic In Scope? DF Collection? Printed No. Notes Qty Size (Inches) Album Pages Life Forms Fictional Life Forms
38572 Extinct Life 5 1 1-3/4" x 3-7/8" n/a Edaphosaurus
Edaphosaurus
 
 
 
DB ID Topic In Scope? DF Collection? Printed No. Notes Qty Size (Inches) Album Pages Life Forms Fictional Life Forms
38573 Extinct Life 6 1 1-3/4" x 3-7/8" n/a Diplodocus
Diplodocus
 
 
 
DB ID Topic In Scope? DF Collection? Printed No. Notes Qty Size (Inches) Album Pages Life Forms Fictional Life Forms
38574 Extinct Life 7 1 1-3/4" x 3-7/8" n/a Plesiosaurus
Plesiosaurus
 
 
 
DB ID Topic In Scope? DF Collection? Printed No. Notes Qty Size (Inches) Album Pages Life Forms Fictional Life Forms
38575 Extinct Life 8 1 1-3/4" x 3-7/8" n/a Stegosaurus
Stegosaurus
 
 
 
DB ID Topic In Scope? DF Collection? Printed No. Notes Qty Size (Inches) Album Pages Life Forms Fictional Life Forms
38576 Extinct Life 9 1 1-3/4" x 3-7/8" n/a Iguanodon
Iguanodon
 
 
 
DB ID Topic In Scope? DF Collection? Printed No. Notes Qty Size (Inches) Album Pages Life Forms Fictional Life Forms
38577 Extinct Life 10 1 1-3/4" x 3-7/8" n/a Archaeopteryx
Archaeopteryx Lithographica
 
 
 
DB ID Topic In Scope? DF Collection? Printed No. Notes Qty Size (Inches) Album Pages Life Forms Fictional Life Forms
38578 Extinct Life 11 1 1-3/4" x 3-7/8" n/a Ichthyosaurus
Ictiosaurio
 
 
 
DB ID Topic In Scope? DF Collection? Printed No. Notes Qty Size (Inches) Album Pages Life Forms Fictional Life Forms
38579 Extinct Life 12 1 1-3/4" x 3-7/8" n/a Tylosaurus
Tylosaurus
 
 
 
DB ID Topic In Scope? DF Collection? Printed No. Notes Qty Size (Inches) Album Pages Life Forms Fictional Life Forms
38580 Extinct Life 13 1 1-3/4" x 3-7/8" n/a Triceratops
Triceratops
 
 
 
DB ID Topic In Scope? DF Collection? Printed No. Notes Qty Size (Inches) Album Pages Life Forms Fictional Life Forms
38581 Extinct Life 14 1 1-3/4" x 3-7/8" n/a Tyrannosaurus
Tyrannosaurus
 
 
 
DB ID Topic In Scope? DF Collection? Printed No. Notes Qty Size (Inches) Album Pages Life Forms Fictional Life Forms
38582 Extinct Life 15 1 1-3/4" x 3-7/8" n/a Trachodon
Trachodon
 
 
 
DB ID Topic In Scope? DF Collection? Printed No. Notes Qty Size (Inches) Album Pages Life Forms Fictional Life Forms
38583 Extinct Life 16 1 1-3/4" x 3-7/8" n/a Pteranodon
Pteranodon
 
 
 
DB ID Topic In Scope? DF Collection? Printed No. Notes Qty Size (Inches) Album Pages Life Forms Fictional Life Forms
38584 Extinct Life 17 1 1-3/4" x 3-7/8" n/a Hesperornis
Hesperornis
 
 
 
DB ID Topic In Scope? DF Collection? Printed No. Notes Qty Size (Inches) Album Pages Life Forms Fictional Life Forms
38585 Extinct Life 18 1 1-3/4" x 3-7/8" n/a Diatryma
Diatryma
 
 
 
DB ID Topic In Scope? DF Collection? Printed No. Notes Qty Size (Inches) Album Pages Life Forms Fictional Life Forms
38586 Extinct Life 19 1 1-3/4" x 3-7/8" n/a Uintatherium
Uintatherium
 
 
 
DB ID Topic In Scope? DF Collection? Printed No. Notes Qty Size (Inches) Album Pages Life Forms Fictional Life Forms
38587 Extinct Life 20 1 1-3/4" x 3-7/8" n/a Eohippus
Hyracotherium
Eohippus
 
 
 
DB ID Topic In Scope? DF Collection? Printed No. Notes Qty Size (Inches) Album Pages Life Forms Fictional Life Forms
38588 Extinct Life 21 1 1-3/4" x 3-7/8" n/a Baluchitherium
Indricotherium
Baluchitherium
 
 
 
DB ID Topic In Scope? DF Collection? Printed No. Notes Qty Size (Inches) Album Pages Life Forms Fictional Life Forms
38589 Extinct Life 22 1 1-3/4" x 3-7/8" n/a Deinotherium
Dinotherium
 
 
 
DB ID Topic In Scope? DF Collection? Printed No. Notes Qty Size (Inches) Album Pages Life Forms Fictional Life Forms
38590 Extinct Life 23 1 1-3/4" x 3-7/8" n/a Megaloceros
Megaceros
 
 
 
DB ID Topic In Scope? DF Collection? Printed No. Notes Qty Size (Inches) Album Pages Life Forms Fictional Life Forms
38591 Extinct Life 24 1 1-3/4" x 3-7/8" n/a Glyptodon
Glyptodon
 
 
 
DB ID Topic In Scope? DF Collection? Printed No. Notes Qty Size (Inches) Album Pages Life Forms Fictional Life Forms
38592 Extinct Life 25 1 1-3/4" x 3-7/8" n/a Megalonyx
Megalonix
 
 
 
DB ID Topic In Scope? DF Collection? Printed No. Notes Qty Size (Inches) Album Pages Life Forms Fictional Life Forms
38593 Extinct Life 26 1 1-3/4" x 3-7/8" n/a Megatherium
Megatherium
 
 
 
DB ID Topic In Scope? DF Collection? Printed No. Notes Qty Size (Inches) Album Pages Life Forms Fictional Life Forms
38594 Extinct Life 27 1 1-3/4" x 3-7/8" n/a Mammuthus
Mamut
 
 
 
DB ID Topic In Scope? DF Collection? Printed No. Notes Qty Size (Inches) Album Pages Life Forms Fictional Life Forms
38595 Extinct Life 28 1 1-3/4" x 3-7/8" n/a Smilodon
Smilodon
 
 
 
DB ID Topic In Scope? DF Collection? Printed No. Notes Qty Size (Inches) Album Pages Life Forms Fictional Life Forms
38596 Extinct Life 29 1 1-3/4" x 3-7/8" n/a Pithecanthropus
Pithecanthropus Erectus
 
 
 
DB ID Topic In Scope? DF Collection? Printed No. Notes Qty Size (Inches) Album Pages Life Forms Fictional Life Forms
38597 Extinct Life 30 1 1-3/4" x 3-7/8" n/a Homo
Hombre de Neanderthal
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
========== Point of Sale Items ==========
 
 
 
DB ID Topic In Scope? DF Collection? Printed No. Notes Qty Size (Inches) Album Pages Life Forms Fictional Life Forms
45861038 -- 1 tbd n/a
Complete Matchboxes
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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