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Dinky Aircraft
998 Bristol Britannia 'Canadian Pacific' Airliner, 997 Caravelle SE 210 'Air France' Airliner with Birss Ltd. of Partick retailer's receipt of purhase for 9/11 dated 21.5.64, 708 Vickers Viscount 800 B.E.A. Air Liner and 737 P.IB Lightning Fighter, in original boxes (G, slight brown staining to upper fuselage areas, Caravelle with old retailer's re-touching to front of fuselage, boxes F-G, slightly grubby) (4)
998 Bristol Britannia 'Canadian Pacific' Airliner, 997 Caravelle SE 210 'Air France' Airliner with Birss Ltd. of Partick retailer's receipt of purhase for 9/11 dated 21.5.64, 708 Vickers Viscount 800 B.E.A. Air Liner and 737 P.IB Lightning Fighter, in original boxes (G, slight brown staining to upper fuselage areas, Caravelle with old retailer's re-touching to front of fuselage, boxes F-G, slightly grubby) (4)
Further details
This childhood collection was purchased at Birss' department store, Glasgow during the early 1960s. The vendor recalls the Caravelle was a window display item and assumes that the retouching was applied by the retailer