BOX FACTS

SERIES :

Regular Wheels

FIRST YEAR OF PRODUCTION :

1960

BOX TYPES :

B, C, D

SIZES AVAILABLE :

3

TOTAL VARIATIONS :

7

NUMBER OF MAJOR VARIATIONS :

6

 

 

 

 

 

GENERAL INFO

Taking over the first Trailer, 16B was issued in 1960 in a B4 with “Atlantic” in small letter between quotes. The drawing shows a short trailer and no background. A second B4 box, also used as a B5 box, was later made but the quotes surrounding Atlantic disappeared from the end flaps and the model is now longer.

The first C box made had the quotes back on the end flaps! The model is the short one used on the first B4 box. The second C box had the long model, and the quotes were one more time gone from the end flaps.

The D1 and D2 box show the orange trailer and gray wheels.

RARITY
C box with quotes on end flaps is less common, but the other C box is desirable as well.

VARIATION LIST

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RW16B -ATLANTIC TRAILER

 

 

Front/Back

#

Type/Sub-type

Size

Top/Bottom

End Flap

Variation Name

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(Short trailer, no background)

1

B4

3

Blue/Black

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RW-15B-B4-1a

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(Long trailer, no background)

2

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RW-15B-B4-2a

3

B5

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RW-15B-B5-2b

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(Short trailer, no background (same as B Box RW-16B-B4-1a))

4

C

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RW-6B-C-1a

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(Long trailer, no background (same as B Box RW-16B-B4-2a))

5

RW-6B-C-2a

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(Numbers without serifs)

6

D1

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RW-16B-D1-1a

 

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(Numbers with serifs)

7

D2

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RW-16B-D2-2a