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MV012  Royal Mail  Edition 2,000

The release of this vehicle brings back a few memories. Dusty and I were talking about the way that the speed of information exchange has altered. Back in the late sixties the telex machine was a key bit of equipment, but that was only any good if everyone had one - and they didn’t. So many customers would place orders over the phone, but production wouldn’t take place until the arrival of written documentation which could sometimes take an age. The Express Post and Telegrams service was very useful, but as soon as it linked into overseas operators the service would break down. Mettoy exported to nearly 100 countries and some of these were very difficult to communicate with so it could take 9 months from order to production for a non standard item. On a brighter point internet ordering means a lot more mail order type deliveries are required with many small private companies being set up to deal with home deliveries - giving us a wealth of liveries for years to come !