C266
Original Corgi Press Release Photographs of Corgi 266 Chitty Chitty Bang Bang & Corgi 802 Popeye's Paddle-wagon. More 'One of a Kind' ephemera item from the office of Marcel Van Cleemput, courtesy of The MBU Collection
Notes
Discovered in the office of Marcel Van Cleemput the chief designer for Corgi, these are just two of the many ephemera items given to the MBU Collector as a thank you for his help with ‘The Great Book of Corgi’.
1) Corgi 266 Chitty Chitty Bang Bang picture ( assumed press release image)
2) Corgi 802 Popeye’s Paddle-wagon Press Release image with the P.R. Company Woolf, Laing, Christie & Partners stamp on reverse.
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