BOX FACTS

SERIES :

Regular Wheels

FIRST YEAR OF PRODUCTION :

1956

BOX TYPES :

B

SIZES AVAILABLE :

2

TOTAL VARIATIONS :

2

NUMBER OF MAJOR VARIATIONS :

2

 

 

 

 

 

GENERAL INFO

Appearing for the first time in 1956, the 28A Bedford Compressor was packaged in a B2, size box and the drawing was quite blurred. It was replaced with a sharper picture on a second B2 box, but the front and back are different: one has the left #28 slightly to the left of the picture.

RARITY

There is no noticeable rarity in boxes for this model.

VARIATION LIST

A picture containing transport, orange, toy, concrete mixer Description automatically generated

RW28A - BEDFORD COMPRESSOR TRUCK

 

 

Front/Back

#

Type/Sub-type

Size

Top/Bottom

End Flap

Variation Name

C:\Users\Patrice\Documents\Pictures\Images\Matchbox Images\Matchbox\VintageLesneyOnTheWeb\NewVintageLesneyOnline2006\images\28A-BBoxBlurr.jpg

(Blurred picture, large #28, light background)

1

B2

2

Blue/Black

Text Description automatically generated with medium confidence

RW-28A-B2-1a

C:\Users\Patrice\Documents\Pictures\Images\Matchbox Images\Matchbox\VintageLesneyOnTheWeb\NewVintageLesneyOnline2006\images\28A-BBoxSharp.jpg

A close-up of a stamp Description automatically generated with low confidence

(Sharp picture, small #28 with wide "N". Other side of box has left #28 slightly to the left of scroll)

2

RW-28A-B2-2a