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Card section divider, typed 'Great Western Railway, Specimen Prepaid Newspaper Parcel...

Catalogue reference: ZSPC 11/498/17

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This record is about the Card section divider, typed 'Great Western Railway, Specimen Prepaid Newspaper Parcel... dating from 1923 Jan 01 - 1947 Dec 31 in the series W E Hayward Collection. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
ZSPC 11/498/17
Date
1923 Jan 01 - 1947 Dec 31
Description

Card section divider, typed 'Great Western Railway, Specimen Prepaid Newspaper Parcel Stamps, (numbered)', two empty envelopes attached to reverse, eleven stamps, 43 mm x 37 mm, attached to front, undated [1923 - 1947], except as shown:

1) yellow paper, grey image, '1d' [one penny].

remainder white paper:

2) grey image, '1d' [one penny].

3) grey image, '4d' [four pennies].

4) green image, '5d' [five pennies].

5) red image, '6d' [six pennies], cancelled 'Worcester, 22 [April] 1943'.

6) red image, '1d', overprinted in black '56009'.

7) red image, '2d' [two pennies], overprinted in black '36209'.

8) red image, '3d' [three pennies], overprinted in black '74070'.

9) red image, '4d' [four pennies], overprinted in black '28261'.

10) red image, '6d' [six pennies], overprinted in black '16501'.

11) red image [smudged], '3d' [three pennies], overprinted in black '95820'.

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The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Non record material
Access conditions
Open Immediately
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16549639/

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ZSPC 11

W E Hayward Collection

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