Ismail Hossain Salim - Bangladesh

I am Ismail Hossain Salim, 71 years old. Even starting with postage stamps, I could never settle on one subject. Always thinking of collecting something new or different. As a result my collection has changed. Matchbox never attracted me. But in 2019, I was overwhelmed to know about the collection of Mr. Sakil Huq , the country's elite matchbox collector. After seeing his exhibition, I decided to collect with interest to know more about matchbox.  The more I learn about matchbox, the more I am impressed. I have never imagined the world of matchbox to be so vast, diverse and friendly.  Currently my collection includes 4000 matchboxes and labels of various types, shapes and sizes from 110 countries. But the problem is collecting the old matchboxes or labels of Bangladesh. They are now so scarce that it has become a great hindrance to me.  So I had to think of something different and from this thought I decided to collect the labels of the old matchbox of Bangladesh. Besides collecting, another hobby of mine since childhood is drawing. I hope you will like the exhibition of old matchbox labels of Bangladesh drawn by me.

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