Despite the “1964” front design showing the Beatles with “FLY BOAC,” flip this 6½” x 4¾” dish over, and the truth appears: a British Airways backstamp. BOAC and BEA didn’t merge into British Airways until 1974 — a decade after the tour it depicts. The lowercase “a” logo style and Wedgwood’s EC 1040 code date it to the mid-to-late ’70s, likely part of a wave of British Invasion nostalgia souvenirs, not an actual 1964 item.

Best known for sports games, Subbuteo pivoted in 1964 to hand sculptor Charles Stadden eight days to craft 2½” figures of the band for “The Pop Stars In Miniature Series.” The UK got standing plastic figures; the U.S. got pin-back versions sold as “Beatles Official Pins,” complete with countertop display cards. UK sales flopped — killing plans for similar Cilla Black or Dave Clark Five figures — but American teens made the pins a hit.