Originally Posted by
Josie & John
A nice find but (and I hate saying this bit), the box is slightly early for the transitional pistol you have placed with it. Some of these post June 1939 Seniors were boxed in the pre war style but these late pistols had labels pre-printed with the price of 45/- at lower left and right of the lid label. Ironically, the price of the Senior and other Webleys had remained constant throughout the 1930s but as soon as the price was printed on the label, prices started to rise. To rectify this, Webley started to fix various labels over the pre printed prices, so finding overstickers in these places would also be 'correct' for a pistol such as yours.
A fellow collector has carried out extensive research into transitional Seniors, their presentation and the various boxes they came in, so I don't want to go into too much detail here, suffice to say this research will be published when it has been completed and I for one am eagerly awaiting it.
Best regards,
John.