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A J.H. Glasman (`Betal`) `General Transport` motor bus tinplate toy, red and cream with a silver
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A J.H. Glasman (`Betal`) `General Transport` motor bus tinplate toy, red and cream with a silver roof, carrying advertisments for `Walter`s Palm Toffee` (near-side), `Bisto` (off-side) and `Shredded Wheat` (rear), with a clockwork mechanism and battery-operated cyclops headlamp, complete with key, generally good condition (rust to roof; lacking headlamp bulb and with untested wiring), in working order, 27cm long, unboxed. [L] Literature: A rarer trolley-bus variant is pictured in Jack Tempest, Collecting Tin Toys (1987), pp.60-61. See also Marguerite Fawdry, British Tin Toys (1990), p.60.
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A J.H. Glasman (`Betal`) `General Transport` motor bus tinplate toy, red and cream with a silver roof, carrying advertisments for `Walter`s Palm Toffee` (near-side), `Bisto` (off-side) and `Shredded Wheat` (rear), with a clockwork mechanism and battery-operated cyclops headlamp, complete with key, generally good condition (rust to roof; lacking headlamp bulb and with untested wiring), in working order, 27cm long, unboxed. [L] Literature: A rarer trolley-bus variant is pictured in Jack Tempest, Collecting Tin Toys (1987), pp.60-61. See also Marguerite Fawdry, British Tin Toys (1990), p.60.
<p>The Transport Sale</p>
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St John's Place
Apsley Road
Clifton
BS8 2ST
United Kingdom
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