Dinky Toys 290 Double Deck Bus 'DUNLOP'
Double Deck Bus 'DUNLOP' by Dinky Toys, No. 290. Scarce version in LIGHTER GREEN & CREAM with GREEN PLASTIC WHEELS! Circa 1962. Very near mint/boxed. Very fresh picture box with original PERSPEX Packing Strip. Another scarce version from The Reference Collection. Starting bid £200. Please note that QDT apply 12.5% buyer's commission.
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Issued circa 1962 with a type 3 Leyland grille, this classic Dinky bus has plastic wheels – not an easy version to find. This Bus model presents well with a lustrous original lighter green and cream paint finish, green plastic wheels, treaded tyres. Sloping lettering on both sides.
Very close to mint.
Compare this model to the standard deeper green and cream version pictured here (for comparison only).
These models come in the correct late issue lighter yellow pictorial box. Crisp and vividly-coloured. Looks like old shop stock (minor handling creasing to one edge of an end flap).
With perspex packing strip.