Lot 263: A Collection of Boxed and Loose Die-Cast Model Aircraft and Vehicles including Corgi and The Aviation Archive Examples

A collection of die-cast model aircraft and vehicles, comprising both boxed sets and loose individual examples. Included is a boxed Corgi The Aviation Archive Frontier Airliners model of a Douglas DC3, finished in KLM Royal Dutch Airlines livery with the name The Flying Dutchman and registration PH-TDZ. The box bears a white adhesive sticker with the handwritten number 12570. A second boxed item is a Corgi Classics set containing multiple early 20th-century style motor cars within a card box featuring illustrated vintage vehicles and the Corgi Classics logo. A yellow presentation box, bearing a white adhesive lot label from Shelbys Auctioneers printed with LOT 219, houses two delivery vans: one finished in white and blue for SUNLIGHT SOAP, PORT SUNLIGHT, LEVER BROTHERS LIMITED, and another in maroon for Royal Laundry of GROVE RD. WOODFORD. E.18. with telephone number WANSTEAD 0023.

Loose items include a camouflaged jet aircraft model featuring Belgian Air Force roundels and the flag of Belgium on the tail fin. Other loose vehicles comprise a red traction engine with PENNEY’S MODERN AMUSEMENTS printed on the canopy, a red and grey forklift truck, a silver-tone motorcycle with sidecar, and several vintage-style motor cars in red, white, and maroon finishes.