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The Eagle Pencils became the third livery to be released in 1985.

Livery: (Tampo)
'THE EAGLE PENCIL CO.' in red with black shadow effect below a flying eagle logo in gold, black, blue and white on both sides of van.
'TOTTENHAM, LONDON, N17' in black on both sides of van.
'EAGLE PENCILS' in red on header board.

Variations/Rarities: The Eagle Pencil co usually had open grab handles but closed grab handles are known but are hard to find.
Early versions used a slightly darker gold for the Eagles wings tampo and this version had a 'MATCHBOX © 1983 ENGLAND' baseplate inscription.
Later versions had a lighter gold used for the Eagle tampo and could have a 'MATCHBOX © 1983 ENGLAND', 'MATCHBOX © 1986 ENGLAND' or a 'MATCHBOX © 1986 ENGLAND LIMITED EDITION' baseplate inscription.

 

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The rare early Type A roof with the common later Type B version

Logo (Light or Dark gold)

3 various baseplate inscriptions
can be found on this model

 

Information as from "The Yesteryear Book 1956-2002"
D: EAGLE PENCIL
Issue Year of Release Colour Bonnet & Cab Floor Seats Hole In Cab Floor Roof Type Wheels Plated Parts Grab Handles Logo Baseplate Rarity Box
1 1985 Mid blue body, navy blue chassis Mid blue Dark red No White Type B Gold 12 spoke Brass Open EAGLE PENCIL (Dark gold) MATCHBOX © 1983 ENGLAND J/L
2 Mid blue body, navy blue chassis Mid blue Dark red No White Type B Gold 12 spoke Brass Closed EAGLE PENCIL (Dark gold) MATCHBOX © 1983 ENGLAND R J
3 1986 Mid blue body, navy blue chassis Mid blue Dark red No White Type B Gold 12 spoke Brass Open EAGLE PENCIL (Light gold) MATCHBOX © 1986 ENGLAND LIMITED EDITION D J
4 Mid blue body, navy blue chassis Mid blue Dark red No White Type B Gold 12 spoke Brass Open EAGLE PENCIL (Light gold) MATCHBOX © 1983 ENGLAND J/L
5 Mid blue body, navy blue chassis Mid blue Dark red No White Type B Chrome 12 spoke Brass Open EAGLE PENCIL (Light gold) MATCHBOX © 1983 ENGLAND D J
6 Mid blue body, navy blue chassis Mid blue Dark red No White Type B Gold 12 spoke Brass Open EAGLE PENCIL (Light gold) MATCHBOX © 1986 ENGLAND S J
Rarity: D - Difficult; S - Scarce; R - Rare; VR - Very Rare; ER - Extremely Rare
Box: J - Red 'Made in England' with clear panel

 

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