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

Catalogue reference: ZSPC 11/498/18

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

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ZSPC 11/498/18
Date
Undated
Description

Card section divider, typed 'Great Western Railway, Specimen Prepaid Newspaper Parcel Stamps, (numbered)', two empty envelopes attached to reverse, fifteen stamps (two joined as one item), 39 mm x 37 mm, attached to front, undated [1900 to 1947], white paper except as shown:

1) red image, '1d' [one penny], overprinted in black '493672', manuscript cancel mark.

2) yellow paper, black image, '1d' [one penny], overprinted in black '430183', manuscript cancel mark.

3) black image, '1d' [one penny], overprinted in black '832824', manuscript cancel mark.

4) two joined stamps, red image, '6d' [six pennies], un-numbered, uncancelled.

5) black image, '1d' [one penny], overprinted in black '827809', uncancelled.

6) red image, '2d' [two pennies], overprinted in black '600894', manuscript cancel mark.

7) blue paper, black image, '2d' [two pennies], overprinted in black '693579', manuscript cancel mark.

8) blue-green paper, black image, '2d' [two pennies], overprinted in black '64304', manuscript cancel mark.

9) red image, '3d' [three pennies], overprinted in black '39717', manuscript cancel mark.

10) green paper, black image, '3d' [three pennies], overprinted in black '695123', uncancelled.

11) green paper, black image, '3d' [three pennies], overprinted in black '580921', manuscript cancel mark.

12) black image, '4d' [four pennies], overprinted in black '686327', uncancelled.

13) black image, '4d' [four pennies], overprinted in black '32628', manuscript cancel mark.

14) yellow paper, black image, '1d' [one penny], overprinted in black '224958', uncancelled.

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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/C16549640/

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Series information

ZSPC 11

W E Hayward Collection

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This record is held at The National Archives, Kew

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W E Hayward Collection

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File of magazine extracts and cuttings, booklets, etc, relating to Great Western...

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