Indian matchboxes (via), plus interview with the collector.
Surprisingly, or at least surprisingly to me, there are books on the subject. And not just India: Matchibako: Japanese Matchbox Art Of The 20s & 30s, for instance. Or Striking Images: Vintage Matchbook Cover Art.
And here's a flickr collection of labels, mostly from Eastern Europe.
More matchboxes
http://www.flickr.com/photos/wackystuff/sets/72157607016464205/
via Monster Brains
http://monsterbrains.blogspot.com/2008/09/japanese-matchboxes-japanese-matchbox.html
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That (almost) brought tears of nostalgia to my eyes. It’s been decades since I last thought of my matchbook collection; no idea where it went…or when. Sad.
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Mick Hartley 
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