Volkswagen Beetle 1200 in East African Safari Trim by Corgi

Volkswagen Beetle 1200 in East African Safari Trim ref256 by Corgi from 1965.
Finished in orange with safari decals and silver detailing. It featured:

rooftop-controlled steering
opening front boot
opening rear engine cover
jewelled headlights
silver shaped wheel hubs
rhino figure

Fact Box
Code:	256
Released:	1965
Cost now(mint):	£240
Cost now(fair):	£40
Cost now(poor):	£5

Volkswagen Beetle African Safari by Corgi Toys

This particular model was sold on ebay by George's Good Stuff in June 2006 for £242.75 in the following condition:
This beautiful Corgi model is in perfect condition, I can't find a mark on it anywhere, with superb decals and fully working steering mechanism - a real stunner!
It comes in its equally superb complete original box - both the inner picture tray and outer box are very crisp, clean, bright and 100 per cent complete, just the remains of a price label on one end flap... this is the best inner and outer box I've seen for this highly collectible model.
Also present is the original rhino figure, along with the original inner white card protective packing, the yellow circular rooftop protective card and an original Corgi Model Club News leaflet slip - very nice indeed!
A stunning example of this highly collectable Corgi model from its golden 1960s heyday, rarely offered in this condition - I doubt you'll find better than this anywhere!

Added by Tom on 2006-06-16
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