BOAC sweetie tin
Hi,
Saw your message re looking for a BOAC oblong tin. I used to fly from Heathrow to KL in the 60's and some of the flights around start of school holidays were know as lollipop specials and they used to hand out the tins filled with sweets etc.. Over a few years I gained a fair number. Sadly most perished over the years and my own kids used them as pencil cases. However I have one that has survived. It is certainly not in mint condition, but it is still complete and its lid hinges are good condition. It has a picture of a VC 10 on the lid plus a number of other aircraft as well and more round the sides. On the underside of the lid each aircraft is depicted with some basic info. The tin shows signs of age on the base and is a bit tashed around the edges.
If you are interested let me know and I will send some photos of it. Not sure what a fair price would be, but we can deal with that later if need be.