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Re: Origin of these printed bricks?
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lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.trains
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Date: 
Wed, 26 Mar 2003 13:03:06 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.uk, Ian Bishop writes:
Some time ago I obtained several printed 1x6 bricks; red ones with 'Royal
Mail' printed in white, and 3 different types of blue ones with 'London',
'Manchester' and 'Glasgow', also printed in white (I think I traded them off
Huw or Jon?). They appear to be 1960's vintage - does anyone know which
set(s) they came from? Recently at a toy fair I bought some more blue ones,
very probably from the equivalent set in Europe; 'Basel', 'Hamburg' and
'Genova'.

Bif

Bif,
I think these are from lego set 113 [a train]. The lugnet pic is poor for your
needs:
http://guide.lugnet.com/set/113_2

This is better [get yourself a coffee & enjoy]:
http://www.fgltc.org/bwoabs/trains/blue_era/blue_era.phtml

Scott A



Message has 3 Replies:
  Re: Origin of these printed bricks! + further 60ies train riddels
 
(...) Hi Scott + Bif, yes, those bricks are definitely from set 113. Thanks for quoting mmy homepage! I hope it needs a cup of coffee not because of a lame server connection, but because of the huge amount of information and pictures... Right now I (...) (22 years ago, 26-Mar-03, to lugnet.trains)
  Re: Origin of these printed bricks?
 
(...) The site states that the Basel / Genova / Hamburg printed bricks are very rare (though I guess the Glasgow / Manchester / London ones will be equally rare outside the UK). Bif (22 years ago, 29-Mar-03, to lugnet.trains)
  Re: Origin of these printed bricks?
 
(...) writing; mine are blue bricks with white writing? Unusual. (22 years ago, 29-Mar-03, to lugnet.trains)

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  Origin of these printed bricks?
 
Some time ago I obtained several printed 1x6 bricks; red ones with 'Royal Mail' printed in white, and 3 different types of blue ones with 'London', 'Manchester' and 'Glasgow', also printed in white (I think I traded them off Huw or Jon?). They (...) (22 years ago, 18-Mar-03, to lugnet.loc.uk)

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