Yeah I've bought these 'tested and working' tubes before. In my experience that means you plug them in, they glow, and they sound like shit.
Anyway they're gone.
Well, I'm very happy to report that all 4 of these 1964 Blackburn Mullards (2 x 161 from March 1964, and 2 x 163 from September 1964) test very strong, have not shown any microphonics so far, and sound fantastic in my early 1965 Vox AC30!
Thanks for the tip @playloud !