Boxes - Lidded and end-flap. Excellent to Mint Condition After Many Decades

Jan----Those trade boxes look almost new.....how wonderful that they have survived so well, and that you also have very nice models with it. And you are right.....the various trade boxes usually suffered terribly, with lots of handling and shuffling, and they weren't meant to be kept. Superb! Best regards, Terry

Another nice, early box, is this 513 Guy Flat Truck with Tailboard, in what I think is the first style plain box with the bright, white label. It appears that the staples used on these early boxes often have rusted some, from moisture in the air..........but still a very nice, still somewhat crisp box and a lovely early Guy truck to boot. Best regards, Terry

Bruce, here is the blue inner quality inspection stamp of the lid box of my 930 Bedford Pallet Jekta Van. Kind regards, Jan O.

Lovely boxes posted above by Jan and Terry! Bruce, the stamp on the 14A box is unreadable. You can see it placed vaguely over the word 'Made'. Anyway, it a very early one, I presume 1948-49. The stamp on the 70F/733 is better. I made a scan and also found a picture of the front side of that box, attached here. Two other randomly chosen 'ordinary' Dinky Toys boxes added, of the no. 283 BOAC Coach (I cannot find any deficiency) and a near perfect one of the no. 172 Studebaker Land Cruiser. Kind regards, Jan

I found another worthy candidate for the nice box thread.....it is a 562 Dumper Truck, with a date code of K 013, which I assume dates it from 1953. The model and box are both practically mint, and it does not appear that it was hardly ever taken out of the box. And the top label is still nice and bright.....these old toys and boxes are a kind of time machine for us! Best regards, Terry

A great example, Terry. I have two other boxes (natural card and green paper covered) for this model, they are nice, but not worth showing in this 'top quality box' thread. I selected a chronologically related, only a few months later (sorry, stamp inside not readable) box, the huge one for the no. 752 Goods Yard Crane of 1953. It started as a Dinky Toy, the Dinky Supertoys brand had just been dropped on the boxes. They are not often seen in that good condition, their sheer size making them rather vulnerable for damage (I do not have the exact dimensions available, it is stored away, probably ca. 11 x 11 x 20 cm). Kind regards, Jan

I found another couple of boxes of extraordinary quality to add to this thread. Especially the prewar 161 set box is nice. The contents of such boxes are often found crumbled on the bottom inside. This set is also in poorer quality than the box (but far from crumbled, fortunately). The Fire Engine is the later version with windows, but with diecast wheels. The box shows no stamp inside. Kind regards, Jan

Good morning Jan Quite a coincidence really, but my 930 Bedford Pallet-Jetka Van was quality inspected the following month by the same person, AC 5 60. It only arrived a month or two ago from Collectoys in France. It has a penciled price on the end of 19.50, which I presume to have been French Francs. The model is in excellent condition with just a couple of tiny pin-pricks, but the box is no-where near the condition of your's! So we do know the 930 was trundling down the production line in Binns Road in at least April and May 1960. So far my records show production was in December 1959, January then nothing so far found for February then March through to May 1960. The last stamp is one of those unfathomable ones at times, this one reading on three lines, 091/462/610, of which I have my suspicions but a price on a box with a similar stamp may assist! Many thanks for the details, and I wish my box was as good as yours! Kind regards Bruce (150) 20161030/1022/1229

Jan More splendid additions for our enjoyment! I did not think for one moment when I created this Topic that so many worthy candidates would be available for viewing!! Many thanks for sharing some of your priceless collection with us. The 172 Studebaker Land Cruiser was a favourite of mine, although mine has the fawn hubs. I recall taking it to church on many Sundays. (And being asked to keep my 'driving' to a quieter level!!) Finally, I have been trying to come up with a more concise title for this Topic, and I had one, briefly, before it slipped my mind. Can you put your thinking cap on and suggest one? That goes for you too Terry, whom I am sure will be reading this, and any other readers. It has to be succinct and catchy! Kind regards to you all Bruce H. (150) 20161101/1026/1047

Bruce---Here is a try for a thread title.....'Boxes; all types, pristine years later' ........short, and to the point!Terry

What's in a name, Bruce? If only the contents answers to the description. Priceless, well, I do not show the horrible or wanting boxes! But I must confess that in the past, say 15 years I have been more aware of and fascinated by (the quality and information of) the boxes. I bought the two items below just for the boxes only, the contents usually worth even less than their packaging. The box the French put their import 571 Coles Mobile Crane in is hardly known, available 1951-52 only. I have never seen a better example. I found the very nice box for the 18-Pounder Quick Firing Field Unit no. 152 as a bargain, with completely shattered contents inside. I replaced that (a little incorrectly) by my post-war set, which was sold from trade boxes only. (I hope others will also contribute here ...). Kind regards, Jan

While creating a new Topic on the 756 Lamp Standard (Double Arm) copies of the boxes contained in the Trade Pack as well as the Trade Pack itself belong in this Topic, so here they are. The only box that appears to have been opened is the box at the top of the six inside the Trade Pack, no doubt used to previously photograph the contents before I acquired the set. Bruce H. (150) 20161101/1028/2130