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Their chief feature is, of course, / the notches or slots into which the bricks interlock, so that when a model has been constructed, whether it be a House, Fort or Windmill it can / be carried about and played with as if it were nailed or glued together. Even apart from the interlocking arragement the shapes and sizes / have been so arranged that the number of different models which can be made from a single box is quite extraordinary. The bricks are of high quality and have been / machined and planed to gauge, so that any brick (no matter what size) will interlock with another, and will not come apart until [illegible] / Illustrated booklet is supplied with each box.'","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":""},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"","position":"","script":"","translation":"","transliteration":"","type":"","note":"Printed on the label"},{"content":"'No. 1, 10½d. Postage 3d. / No. 1½, 1/9 \" [Postage] 4d. 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