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Business letter Kohnstam 13th March, 1970
Richard Kohnstam Limited
13-15a High Street Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire
STD code 0442 Telegrams RIKO Hemel Hemstead Telephone Hemel Hemstead 3521
Date 13th March, 1970
Mr. G.R.C.D. Gibson, Ajistey Models Ltd, 1, The Green, Anstey, LEICESTER.
Dear Sir,
Thank you i or your letter of the 7th March. Our Mr. Altree will probably phone you next tirae he is in the area, so that he call have a chat with you.
I have spoken to Mr. Richard Kohnstam on the last paragraph of your letter and he makes the i ollowing comments
The original firm with the name of Kohnstam was MOSKS KOHNSTAM & CO., which was founded by my grandfather in 1879-His name was Moses, hence the trade mark MOKO.The English Branch of this Company was formed in 1891 and became JOHN KOHNSTAM LIMITED in 1923 (John Kohnstam being ray father).John Kohnstam Limited, however, still kept the trade mark MOKO.It was John Kohnstam Limited who, in April, 1950, registered the word Matchbox and commenced the Matchbox series, hence the early boxes had the double trade mark Moko-Lesney.
In 1959 Lesney Products made an offer to buy the whole of the issued capital of John Kohnstam Limited and this offer was accepted, and thereafter John Kohnstam Limited became the property of Lesney Products.
Richard Kohnstam started in business under his own name in
1960.

Yours faithfully,p.p. RICHARD KOHNSTAM LIMITED -/- D.BINGER

DIRECTORS: R.KOHNSTAM - G.KOHNSTAM - C.L. BINGER D E. BINGER
RICO regd

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