Plain Yellow end flaps boxes

781 Petrol pump station 'Esso' 07 - 1955This list is incomplete and contains some errors. An updated corrected list can be found further down this page.This is my list of plain yellow boxes.This list is certainly not complete, if you know other boxes of this type, please let me know by posting a photo of the box. The earliest one seems to be the Bedford van 'Kodak' ref. 480 and the last one the Rolls-Royce Silver Wraith ref. 150 except for the Electric dairy van 'N.C.B.' Job's of 1960 which is a special model.In early 1957, the DINKY TOYS logo was changed from straight to italic caracteres and the new plain boxes showed the new logo.It is generally thought that these boxes were used when the art work was not ready for launching a model but there are exceptions to this rule. The 471 Job's Electric dairy van and the 669 U.S. jeep which are special models. The 230 Talbot Lago and 234 Ferrari which had been issued in 1953 and packed in boxes dated 1957.All comments and additions welcomed as usual.Jacques. 100

Looking at your list and your comments, I conclude that - amongst others - the 133 Cunningham, the 163 Bristol and the 236 Connaught were first packed in such plain yellow no-picture boxes, because their artwork was not ready. Their picture-boxes followed later. Is this correct? Best regards Walter

Hi Jacques, another one here: Kind regards, Jan

Hi Jacques, Are you interested in just all yellow plain boxes, or yellow and red plain boxes like the 295 Atlas bus came in? Chris Warr.

Thank you Jan, I missed that one and probably several others. Chris, This thread is about the all yellow boxes. A thread named 'Yellow / red end flaps boxes' can be started. I should have named this one 'All yellow end flaps boxes'. Sorry for that but it can not be changed any more. I have made the list of the 79 models which have been packed in the yellow / red boxes some of which are very rare. I should check if I have pictures of all of them but this is not planed. Thank you for offering your help. Walter, It can only be assumed that the all yellow end flaps boxes were used before the art work was available but there is no evidence to support this theory. You will certainly have read that I have written : 'It is generally thought that these boxes were used' and not 'These boxes were used ...' Jacques. DTCA 100

Hi All, Here's my sole contribution, 295 Standard Atlas.

Chris Warr.

Jacques Firstly, I presume it is too late to change the title of this Topic to PLAIN Yellow End Flap Boxes? Anyhow, here is another box to be added to the list - a dual numbered 25V/252 Refuse Wagon Bedford Chassis. The dual numbering is rather strange as the box itself was issued between March 1959 and July 1960, four years after dual numbering had ceased. It was also the only box issued for the 252 Refuse Wagon that included the manufacturer's name of 'Bedford'. Bruce (150) #794 24 February 2016

Bruce, Thank you for this piece of information, I have already added this box to the list of plain boxes.I have also changed the title of this thread as per your suggestion. All the best.Jacques.

Hello Walter wrote on 23 April 2015: Looking at your list and your comments, I conclude that - amongst others - the 133 Cunningham, the 163 Bristol and the 236 Connaught were first packed in such plain yellow no-picture boxes, because their artwork was not ready. Their picture-boxes followed later. Is this correct? Best regards Walter Insofar as the 173 Nash Rambler, the one example of the plain box for this model that I had in my collection carried an original penciled price of 3/5. This retail price was current between at least May 1959 and December 1960, so for this model, it was not the first box to be issued, but rather an interim box between the pictorial yellow end-flap box and the red and yellow side panel box. When the model was released in May 1958 it had a retail price of 3/6 a price maintained until April 1959. Kind regards Bruce 26 February 2016 #801

Jacques Here is another plain yellow end-flap box for the 414 Rear Tipping Wagon to be added to the list Kind regards Bruce (150)20160312/832/2130

Bruce, Thank you for providing these pictures of this peculiar box. Have you noticed that the words DINKY TOYS are written in italic on the four large sides and in straight up letters on the end flaps.This box is now part of the list of 29 plain yellow boxes.I have restored the pictures for anybody who want them for his records.Thanks again Bruce. Where or rather when does this box come in ? Certainly after the dual numbering box before or after the 414 box ?or as it is the cheapest box (printed in a single colour) is it the latest box after the red / yellow box ?Can it be dated at 1957 when the Dinky Toys logo changed from straight up letters to slant ?

Jacques This box has caused me some concern. Although it has a blue spot, and the price may be genuine, my immediate reaction is that it could be a careful forgery. I just thought the fold with the upper photograph was not sharp as it should be. Perhaps you may have seen similar folded boxes that are genuine during your years of researching Dinky Toys so I passed it on not wishing to make any comment that may influence your analysis. I also noticed the italic printing on the sides and block on the ends, which is a puzzle, unless the contractor was not provided with explicit instructions, so they used 'artistic licence'. The price may be a guide, whatever currency it is! The box is actually on eBay right now, as part of a seller's shop stock, 'dinkycorgitoys' who lives in The Netherlands. You may be able to check it out, being 'in the neighbourhood' so to speak! Kind regards Bruce (150)20160314/834/2220