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A pair of Corgi and Lledo die-cast commercial vehicle sets including examples featuring John Smiths Brewery and Hamleys liveries. The first set, produced by Corgi, comprises two vehicles finished in dark green with gold tone lettering for John Smiths Tadcaster Brewery. The set includes an AEC tanker featuring a red horseshoe magnet emblem and the text AWARDED SIX GOLD MEDALS, and a Thornycroft flatbed truck carrying ten brown barrels with a white headboard reading TADCASTER BREWERY. The original pictorial cardboard box is marked CORGI, JOHN SMITHS THE TADCASTER BREWERY, AEC Tanker and Thornycroft Beer Truck, and 97742, and includes a printed history of the brewery inside the lid. The second set, manufactured under the Lledo Days Gone brand for Corgi Classics, is a three-piece limited edition set featuring a Morris Z van, a Bullnose Morris van, and a Bedford van. These vehicles are finished in a red and cream livery with the Hamleys logo and the text The finest toys in the world and Regent Street, London. The set is housed in a red presentation box with a gold tone plastic tray and includes a red certificate of authenticity stating it is number 2924 of only 5,000 distributed Worldwide. The inside of the lid contains a historical photograph and text regarding the Hamleys toy shop. The box lid bears the Hamleys logo, Limited Edition COLLECTABLES, and the DAYS GONE brand mark. A small white adhesive label on the Hamleys tray reads A670S.
Condition report:
The die-cast vehicles in both sets appear to be in mint, factory-fresh condition within their original packaging (photos 1, 2, 3, 4, 5). The John Smiths brewery set box shows minor shelf wear, including a small surface tear and adhesive residue on the top right corner of the lid (photo 6). The Hamleys presentation box displays very minor external shelf wear and remains in good overall condition (photo 6).
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