C277
Original Corgi Press Release Photograph of Corgi 277 Monkeemobile with accompanying Press Release Letter. 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, this is one of many ephemera items given to the MBU Collector as a thank you for his help with ‘The Great Book of Corgi’.
Issued during 1968, Corgi 277 Monkeemobile is a popular model inspired by the t.v. show ‘The Monkees’.
The Public Relations company Woolf, Laing Christie & Partners letter details the features of the Monkeemobile and is dated 1968 (model was released during this year). The image has the company’s stamp on reverse too.
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