Lot 114:
A Pair of Vintage Britains Models Petrol Pump Make-up Models Shell and Esso
Description
A pair of vintage plastic assembly kits comprising two model petrol pumps from the Road Series produced by Britains Ltd. The kits are designed as Make-up Models requiring no painting or gluing for assembly. The lot includes one Shell Petrol Pump and one Esso Golden Petrol Pump. Each kit features a plastic pump body, flexible plastic hose, and appropriate branding decals.
The packaging for the Shell model features a yellow side panel with a black box containing Catalogue No. 1261, next to Shell and Shellmex logos and the text A Britains Model Petrol Pump. The box front displays the brand logo ICA and a shell-shaped globe. The Esso model box has a blue side panel with Catalogue No. 1263, showing the red Esso oval and Esso Golden logos above the text A Britains Model Petrol Pump. The front of this box illustrates an Esso Golden pump.
Both boxes bear a printed maker’s logo consisting of a stylized B containing a red human figure next to the text Britains Models. The reverse of each box lists the range of 4 Pumps (No. 1260 to 1263) and Garage Personnel figures (No. 1250 to 1257), with the manufacturer address Britains Ltd. 186, Kings Cross Rd, London, W.C.1 and the mark Made in England. Adhesive white price labels are present on the front of both boxes, each handwritten with 14p and a lowercase h character.
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