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Delivery Vans

All Delivery Vans are similar to the original 1990 Tetley TeaVans but are different in size and details due to the retooling of molds and small changes made throughout the mold use. The mold was slightly altered for different uses. The Festive Van Moneybox was issued in 1997 at the Christmas Extravaganza. License plate on the Festive Van reads "Christmas." Issue price was £25.

Issued 1997

Festive Van

LE 225

All Plain Van Moneyboxes were sold through the Wade Factory shop. The cobalt blue van with the oval window is the 1990 Tetley Tea van without any decals. The other vans were the same mold and color as the 1996 Jim Beam vans but did not have any of the decals applied.

In 1997, Keenan Antiques put clear stickers on 8 blue and 8 cream vans. These advertising vans were given to collectors that spent a certain dollar amount at their booth at the Oconomowoc Wade Fair.


Issued 1990 Plain Tetley Tea Van	Issued 1997 Plain Jim Beam Van

Issued 1997 Plain Jim Beam Van	Issued 1997 Keenan Antiques Label LE 16

For the 1998 Alton Towers show, Wade had a raffle for one-of-a-kind moneyboxes! 29 moneyboxes were produced in the same colorway. The difference in the pieces are their license plates. The license plates were "Wade 1", "Wade 2" etc. This made 29 one-of-a-kinds.

Issued 1999

Alton Towers Van

#2 of 29

In 2003, Wade issued a new mold moneybox with an embossed Wade logo. The vans were sold through the Wade Collectors Club and were also part of the Wade Retail line. The license plate was 255255 which is the phone number for the Wade Collectors Club. Issue price was £10.50.


Issued 2003 Wade Logo Moneybox	Issued 2003 Wade Logo Moneybox

Issued 2003 Wade Logo Moneybox	Issued 2003 Wade Logo Moneybox

In 2006, Wade released two all new historic delivery vans into the retail line. The license plate on the brown/black van was 255-255 which is the phone number for the Wade Collectors Club. For some reason, the grey has a license plate number of 225-255. Was that a modelling error? USA Retail price was $15.45 each.


Issued 2006 1930's Grey Delivery Van	Issued 2006 1920's Brown/Black Delivery Van

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