Commercial Trucks Gift Set by Matchbox Lesney

The Commercial Trucks Gift Set Regular Wheels 1-75 Series G-6 by Matchbox Lesney from 1965.
The set contained the following eight models:

Euclid Quarry Truck 6c in yellow
Tippax Refuse Collector 15c, blue and grey
Scammell Snow Plough 16c, grey and orange
Hoveringham Tipper Lorry 17c, red and orange
Foden Cement Mixer 26b, orange
Magirus Deutz Crane 30b, silver and orange
Drott Excavator 58b, red and silver, green treads
Rentaset TV Van 62b, cream, bpw, including 3 TV sets

Fact Box
Code:	G6
Released:	1965
Cost now(mint):	£400
Cost now(fair):	£50
Cost now(poor):	£5

This particular model was sold on ebay by George's Good Stuff in January 2007 for £390 in the following condition:
The whole beautiful set comes in its absolutely superb complete original slideout tray box - the outer sleeve is showing only light age wear and a little light creasing along one edge, but is overall very crisp, clean, bright and strong and 100 per cent complete and intact, while the inner tray is also superb, again very light wear, very clean, crisp and bright and 100 per cent complete. Neither are showing any tears, graffiti, labels or surface marks - this must be one of the best boxes you’ll find anywhere for such a rare set.

This is the first issue earlier release of two G-6 gift sets issued by Matchbox in the mid 1960s, and this one is the more difficult to find, especially in this condition. All the beautiful models in this superb set are in mint or very near mint condition - this is a set that has been very well cared for during the last 40 years.

Overall a fantastic and very rarely offered gift set - in fact, in six years of trading I've not seen a better one anywhere... which is why I bought it for myself! However, it has got to go, so don't miss out on this extremely rare opportunity to acquire a top quality virtually perfect antique collectible that can only increase in value over the years!

Added by Tom on 2007-05-26
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