Well, my input today comes all the way from France. Daniel, this seller sent this car in a simple envelope (carefully wrapped) decorated with 10 different French postage stamps on the outside. If I was a stamp collector I might have kept the envelope and thrown away the car !
It is a French Hornby Saint Freres Covered Wagon or...SNCF Wagon Tombereau Bache "Saint Freres" . Postwar made between 1949 and 1954 . Here he is...
Best wishes everyone. I should also add, Arnie and NWL those are really beautiful sets. Thanks for posting.
Don