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Other lighters etc.
Australia :-
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India :-
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Germany :-
France :- lighters sold in France were taxed from 1911 - 45. The first tax plates, used from 1911-26, were either oval or "bone" shaped (based on lighter size & the quality of materials used) & had 1911 & a bust of Minerva stamped on them. From 1927 until c.1939 the 2nd plates were used - Minerva, circled by Ministere des Finances, has a winged helmet
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Lighters made in ...
Austria :-
Airflam - a lighter with no moving parts!!
c. 1952 - a methanol lighter with a platinum catalyst. When the lid is removed exposing it to air a nearly invisible flame is produced
Looking into the lighter - showing the 2 different metals - the W shaped silver coloured piece & the black ball
The label on the "Colombia spirits" bottle
The paperwork
Other brands
2 fluid table lighters with the same unidentified bottom stamp (3rd pic)
"Trench art" fluid pocket lighter made with 2 Australian coins (one is dated 1943) - these were commonly made by servicemen during the wars
"Preslite" fluid pocket lighter advertising "Jewel lingerie"
Australian Red Cross Society (???? c. WW2) fluid pocket lighter
1945 fluid pocket lighter made for the war effort - according to a militaria collector the bottom markings show this
Imco Triplex - the older 2 on the left are Junior 6600s & the newer one on the right is a Super 6700
Bone china butane table lighter with printed dsign - lighter itself is Brazilian made "Flamex GTX"
Minx
Benlow Golmet fluid table lighter with Patent Applied For bottom stamp & ?? bakelite base
c. 1929 "Colibri Kickstart"
"Muhlex Limpet" striker lighter with a suction cup on the bottom so it can be attached to the windscreen of a car. 2nd pic shows the striker, striker flint & suction cup
Liftarm fluid pocket lighter, c. 1930's
? French lighter - Arc de Triomphe
"Ideal" made in West Germany
Fluid table lighter with the world map on it (& New Zealand & Antarctica missing!)
Fluid pocket lighter with unusual semi-automatic mechanism, 47mm tall
K.W. - KW / Karl Wieden from Solingen produced lighters from 1905 to 1980
MEB, pre World War 1
Zunder 1000, 1935, 48 mm tall semi automatic with beautifully engineered mechanism. Zunder 1000 translates as 1000 Sparks. (Cheers Andy)
Chisel engraved sterling silver with ruby insets made to take an insert with a cam system like the Park Shermans
2 650G table lighters, 72mm tall x 85mm wide
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FCL, 1911 - Austria - springloaded/push button lighter. 5.6cm tall.
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Feudor
Model 100 - c. 1944. This has the 2nd French tax stamp (3rd pic) .
Others
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The KW logo
Beney Beney lighters were famous for their "Economic Gas Lighter" used primarily for lighting gas stoves. It appears that the original company was sold in 1938 & renamed Beney (1938) Limited, Saville Works, Croydon Road, Beckenham, Kent. Ernest Beney, of London, manufactued many of his own lighter inventions and is considered an important UK lighter maker . As a quality lighter manufacturer Beney also designed and manufactured numerous luxury lighters & striker boxes for Alfred Dunhill of London as well as Hermes of Paris. .(info from Larry Tolkin) More info here, here & (in French) here
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Popular c. 1944 (Later 1945 British Pat. No was 568997 however this one is an earlier version stamped Patent Pending) with instructions for filling (instructions have a stamped reference number of 9498).
Patented in 1948 by Fritz Werner Sturmann
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McMurdo Made in Kingston-upon-Thames. McMurdo was an ex-designer for Dunhill & is known for his unusual rollover lighting action. McMurdo operated from the late '30s to the end of the '40s
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c. 1949 hexagonal fluid lighter, 63mm tall
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c. 1947 "Rolls Wonderlighter" fluid pocket lighter
made by Rolls Razor Ltd.
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Orb with advert for Henley, 73 mm tall
Fluid table lighter
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c. 1930 "Classic Jumbo" fluid liftarm table lighter (patent date 1928).The Classics are noted for their unusual vertically mounted striker wheels. 80mm long, 30mm wide, approx 80mm high
Kashie / Kay-Ess Karl Schnieder from Nuremberg, West-Germany, 1919 to c. 1965. The company name changed from Kaschie to Kay-Ess at the end of WW2
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c. 1946 "Kay-Ess K33 Continental" (formerly "Sophisticate" as per red stamp in 1st pic) fluid ?? pocket lighter with unusual semi-automatic mechanism. Mechanism operated by pushing down nob on the side. This one is stamped Kaschie suggesting it was from the brandname changeover period. 5cms tall
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Spectacular enamelled & engraved fluid table lighter, 8cms tall (cheers Andy!)
Weltzunder / Zunder Augusta Zunder
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c. post WW2 fluid table lighter , 180 mm tall - virtually
Unbranded octagonal fluid table lighter with unusual KW-like mechanism (??? Beney), 5cms tall
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"Perkins Wonderlite" fluid table lighter with unusual combination of lift-arm & roller mechanism, 10.5 cms tall
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Ashtray Strikalite model 77, 11.5 cms tall. The 2nd pic shows the striker wand which contains cotton to absorb the fluid. When the wand is struck along the 2 flint holders (on
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c. WW2 "Permalon" of London ?? silver luxury fluid pocket lighter, Pat 512127- Patent applied for Feb. 9, 1939. No. 4294/139 by
Model 40, 53 mm tall
Model 40 with different lift arm & snuffer cap,51 mm tall. Filler screw not original
Model 88 with snakeskin cover, 45 mm tall
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Strikalite model 565, 11.5 cms tall (Cheers John)
Model 202, 30 mm tall
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Model 343, anodised aluminium case, 60 mm tall
Model 345, anodised aluminium case, 45 mm tall
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Model 666, 65 mm tall
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Model 707, 65 mm tall - identical to the 666 except brass striker wheel covers & bottom screws.
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Pocket lighters
Table lighters
Companion , aluminium body.
Model unknown, 53 mm tall with patent pending stamp
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Pedestra, 90 mm tall
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Model unknown, 80 mm tall
Model unknown, 120 mm tall, bottom stamped (pic 4) "Reg. Des. Pending"
Model unknown, 93 mm tall
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Model Luxe - post 1945.
c. 1932 with the 2nd French tax stamp. There is a very small 69 stamped near the bottom (?? model number) .
Lancel The company was originally formed in 1876 by pipemaker, Albert Alphonse Lancel, & under his son, France Albert, made quality lighters from 1928 - 1965
Fujiama fluid table lighter, 100 mm tall
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Abdulla, c. 1930's, 37 mm tall. Interesting safety mechanism - the screw (on the left in pic 1) when unscrewed (right pic 2) allows the action to take place when the screw is depressed. It appears Abdulla started as a tobacco company that
branched out into pipes, lighters & cigarettes. The business was sold to the Quercia family in the 1920's. ancel lighters were made from 1924 - the '40's
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Amadou flint & tinder wick lighter. It is stamped "Briquet Tempete, Depose" & has the 2nd tax seal. Tinder wick lighters such as this were made by a variety of
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companies from 1910 - 35. A spark ignites the tinder wick allowing it to smolder rather than produce a flame (making them safer for soldiers avoiding snipers on the front line).
c. 1935 "Bijou" size, 40 mm tall.
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c. 1939, 48 mm tall.
c. late 1930's, with French porcelain base, 92 mm tall.
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c. late 1930's, 95 mm tall.
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Le Chergui fluid pocket lighter, 39 mm tall
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Myon model 201 fluid pocket lighter, 46 mm tall
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Nova fluid pocket lighters, 50 mm
tall & 35 mm tall
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Polaire fluid pocket lighters with movable chimney. 1st one c. 1940's aluminium case 50 mm tall,
2nd & 3rd c. late 40's, chrome over brass case 47 mm tall
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Quercia Champion SB75-17 fluid pocket lighter, 47 mm tall. The Quercia company includes the brands Abdulla, Flamidor, Flaminaire & Myon
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Transfo fuel-less cigarette lighter with anodised aluminium body. A cigarette is placed inside the opening (top of pic 1), the handle is turned producing a shower of sparks. Pic 5 shows the opened bottom with places for the extra long flints (one in the foreground)
Heavy unbranded fluid pocket lighter (60 mm tall) that originally had the 2nd French tax stamp. Pic 2 shows the sprung knob in the cutaway area - slide it down & the flint (in the gap below the striker wheel) can be easily changed
Unbranded fluid pocket lighter (48 mm tall) with the 2nd French tax stamp.
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Mylflam fluid table lighter, 75 mm tall
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Barclay fluid table lighter, 65mm tall
identical (except for the height) to Knights marked by Negbaur & Hamilton in the US (?? fabricated by Zunder for them during the US post war occupation)
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Augusta automatic table lighter with beautifully engineered mechanism - when the lighter is lifted the heavy mechanism & base fall with gravity causing it to open & strike (62mm tall closed, 76mm open).
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Augusta automatic pocket lighter, 35 mm tall
Alexander Siegel, a German citizen living in London. Chisel engraved monogram on front & airmans wings on the back
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Bic gas lighter - special for the Prince Charles & Lady Diana wedding edition of The Dominion, a Wellington, NZ newspaper
the left & right edges of the ashtray in pic 1) it sets alight the wand which is used like a match
Zippo collection here
Sorry I do not give valuations as the market is so fluid.
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