VINTAGE DIE-CAST MODEL VEHICLE COLLECTION - LLEDO, MATCHBOX, AND STANLEY GIBBONS LIMITED EDITION

A CHARMING COLLECTION OF FOUR BOXED DIE-CAST MODEL VEHICLES SPANNING THE 1970S THROUGH 1990S, REPRESENTING THREE SIGNIFICANT BRITISH MANUFACTURERS OF COLLECTIBLE MINIATURE VEHICLES.

COLLECTION CONTENTS:

1. LLEDO DAYS GONE VAN - 1950 MORRIS 'Z' VAN (MODEL 58014)
- MAKER: LLEDO, ENGLAND
- PRIMARY COLOUR: YELLOW WITH BLACK DETAILING
- CONDITION: EXCELLENT. ORIGINAL CREAM AND GREEN BOX WITH PRINTED LABEL INTACT. MODEL SHOWS MINIMAL WEAR.
- NOTES: MADE IN ENGLAND MARKING VISIBLE. REPRESENTS THE DAYS GONE SERIES OF HISTORICAL COMMERCIAL VEHICLES.

2. H.M. QUEEN ELIZABETH II GOLDEN WEDDING ANNIVERSARY VEHICLE
- MAKER: LLEDO, ENGLAND
- PRIMARY COLOUR: BURGUNDY/MAROON WITH CREAM DETAILING
- CONDITION: EXCELLENT. ORIGINAL BLACK COMMEMORATIVE BOX WITH GILT LETTERING INTACT. MODEL IN PRISTINE CONDITION.
- NOTES: COMMEMORATIVE ISSUE CELEBRATING THE GOLDEN WEDDING ANNIVERSARY OF H.M. QUEEN ELIZABETH II AND H.R.H. PRINCE PHILIP.

3. RINGTONS TEA DELIVERY VAN
- MAKER: LLEDO, ENGLAND
- PRIMARY COLOUR: YELLOW WITH BLACK AND GREEN RINGTONS TEA LIVERY
- CONDITION: EXCELLENT. ORIGINAL CREAM BOX WITH PRINTED LABEL INTACT. MODEL SHOWS MINIMAL WEAR.
- NOTES: REPRESENTS THE ICONIC RINGTONS TEA DELIVERY SERVICE. HAND-PAINTED DETAILING TO LIVERY.

4. STANLEY GIBBONS COLLECT '97 LIMITED EDITION TRUCK
- MAKER: STANLEY GIBBONS, ENGLAND
- PRIMARY COLOUR: WHITE AND BLUE WITH COLLECT '97 BRANDING
- CONDITION: EXCELLENT. ORIGINAL BLUE STANLEY GIBBONS LIMITED EDITION BOX WITH YELLOW STRIPE INTACT. MODEL IN PRISTINE CONDITION.
- NOTES: COMMEMORATIVE ISSUE FOR THE INTERNATIONAL COLLECTORS FAIR, 24TH TO 26TH OCTOBER 1997. LIMITED EDITION MARKING VISIBLE ON BOX.

OVERALL ASSESSMENT:
THIS COLLECTION REPRESENTS A SNAPSHOT OF BRITISH DIE-CAST MODEL MANUFACTURING EXCELLENCE ACROSS THREE DECADES. ALL FOUR MODELS RETAIN THEIR ORIGINAL PACKAGING, WHICH IS INCREASINGLY RARE AND SIGNIFICANTLY ENHANCES COLLECTABILITY. THE CONDITION OF BOTH BOXES AND MODELS IS COMMENDABLE FOR PIECES OF THIS AGE. THE COLLECTION SPANS BOTH COMMERCIAL VEHICLE LIVERY MODELS (DAYS GONE AND RINGTONS SERIES) AND COMMEMORATIVE LIMITED EDITIONS (GOLDEN WEDDING AND COLLECT '97), OFFERING APPEAL TO BOTH GENERAL DIE-CAST COLLECTORS AND SPECIALIST ENTHUSIASTS OF BRITISH COMMEMORATIVE VEHICLES.

THE LLEDO BRAND IS PARTICULARLY NOTED FOR ITS METICULOUS ATTENTION TO HISTORICAL ACCURACY AND PERIOD-APPROPRIATE LIVERY REPRODUCTION, WHILST THE STANLEY GIBBONS LIMITED EDITION REPRESENTS A CROSSOVER BETWEEN DIE-CAST COLLECTING AND STAMP COLLECTING COMMUNITIES. ALL MODELS FEATURE THE CHARACTERISTIC BRIGHT PAINT FINISHES AND CRISP DETAILING TYPICAL OF QUALITY BRITISH DIE-CAST MANUFACTURE OF THEIR RESPECTIVE ERAS.

PROVENANCE: PRIVATE COLLECTION, UK. NO EXHIBITION HISTORY DOCUMENTED.

Item Size: Height: 10cm, Width: 10cm, Depth: 10cm, Weight: 5Kg

Condition: Good - Refer To Images

548752+117

Location of item: 9 Hi-Tech Drive, Toormina, NSW, Australia

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