Matchbox Variations 1953 - 1969

46C MERCEDES BENZ 300 SE, 2 7/8" (74mm) 1968 Box types E & F
Clear windows, ivory interior, unpainted metal grille & baseplate with tow slot, opening front doors (with &
without pins on outside of door springs) & boot (with thick or thin studs between boot hinge arms), black
plastic wheels
__1. green body ($30 TM) ($20) 46C1 (E4) 46C2 (E4) 46C2 (F2)
__2. metallic blue body($50 TM) ($30 e) ($35)
47A 1 TON TROJAN VAN, 2 1/4" (58mm) 1958 Box types B, C & D
Red body, black baseplate with rear clip slot 0.75mm wide (A) or 1mm wide (B), silver trim (applied by hand
to headlights only in early models) headlights & grille, green leaf decal on side doors white lettered black
outlined "BROOKE BOND TEA" in 3 lines on sides
47A1
__1. clip slot (A), large mw, ca(90 TM) ($85)
__2. same as 1, large gpw, ca($60 e) ($90)
__3. clip slot (B), small kt gpw, ca ($85)
__4. same as 3, ra($135 TM)
47A4
47A2 (B2)
47B COMMER ICE CREAM CANTEEN, 2 1/2" (63mm) 1963 Box types D & E
Metallic blue, blue (various shades) or cream body, clear windows, black baseplate secured with slot & clip
(A) or rivet (B), cream or white plastic interior (brace in cab under driver's seat or on left of seat) with man
holding ice cream cone in 3 variations, 3 different sets of side & roof decals
man
(i) tall man with top of head above level of serving hatch, legs below coat
(ii) shorter man with head just below level of serving hatch, no legs below coat
(iii) short man, top of head well below level of hatch, no legs
side decals
(S1) 4.75mm high maroon rectangle with "Lyons Maid" on long 3 coloured strip
(S2) 4mm high maroon rectangle with "Lyons Maid" on long 3 coloured strip
(S3) maroon oval showing ice cream cone on white strip
47B8 (D2)
47B11
roof decals
(R1) large square roof decal in 5 colours
(R2) smaller rectangle roof decal in 5 colours
(R3) oval shaped roof decal in yellow & black 47B2 47B14
47B1
__1. metallic blue body, kt bpw, ra, man (i), base (A), side decal (S1), roof decal (R1) ($400)
__2. blue body, kt bpw, ra, man (i), base (A), side decal (S1), roof decal (R1) ($60) ($450 TM)
__3. same as 2, man (ii), base (A), side decal (S1), roof decal (R1)
__4. same as 2, man (iii), base (A), side decal (S1), roof decal (R1) 47B7
__5. same as 2, man (i), base (A), side decal (S1), roof decal (R2)
__6. same as 2, man (ii), base (A), side decal (S1), roof decal (R2)
__7. same as 2, kt gpw, man (i), base (A), side decal (S1), roof decal (R2)($500)
__8. same as 2, large fine tread bpw, man (i), base (A), side decal (S2), roof decal (R2) ($60) 47B13
__9. same as 8, man (i), base (B), side decal (S2), roof decal (R2) ($100 TM)
__10. same as 9, man (ii), base (B), side decal (S2), roof decal (R2)
__11. same as 10, man (i), base (B), side decal (S3), roof decal (R3) ($120 e) ($250 V)
__12. same as 11, man (iii), base (B), side decal (S3), roof decal (R3)
__13. cream body, large fine tread bpw, man(i), base (B), side decal (S2), roof decal (R2)($200)
__14. same as 13, man (i), base (B), side decal (S3), roof decal (R3) ($120 TM) ($140 e) ($75)
__15. same as 14, man (ii), base (B), side decal (S3), roof decal (R3)
__16. same as 15, man (iii), base (B), side decal (S3), roof decal (R3)