Dinky 39F

Dinky 39F Studebaker State Commander. Extremely scarce version in deep green with very rare Hornby Train Sheet Metal Base (using just post-wartime metal left-overs). Very near mint/never individually boxed. From a lifetime collector in Devon.

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Price: £550.00

This item is no longer for sale, price for reference only.

Notes

The first example we have offered for sale, this is a rare, just post war-time, issue of the Studebaker State Commander finished in very dark green, with smooth black wheels (light crazing). One of just a very few that had this sheet metal baseplate using Hornby Train sheet metal left-overs (1946).
As discussed in The Dinky Toys Collectors’ Journal in Letters to the Editor, April, 2017.

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Gleaming bright paint finish has a couple of little chips.

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