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

Catalogue reference: ZSPC 11/498/20

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This record is about the Card section divider, typed 'Great Western Railway, Specimen Prepaid Parcel Stamps,... dating from [1900 - 1947] in the series W E Hayward Collection. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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ZSPC 11/498/20
Date
[1900 - 1947]
Description

Card section divider, typed 'Great Western Railway, Specimen Prepaid Parcel Stamps, small', two empty envelopes attached to reverse, twenty stamps attached to front, each approximately 30 mm x 33 mm, [two joined as single item], undated [1900 - 1947] except where shown:

1) White paper, red image, '1d' [one penny], overprinted in black '45115', cancelation stamp 'Exeter Bridge [Street]'.

2) White paper, blue image, '2d' [two pennies], overprinted in black '37761', cancellation stamp 'Exeter Bridge [Street]'.

3)White paper, green image, '3d' [three pennies], overprinted in black '34996', cancellation stamp 'Exeter Bridge [Street]'.

4) Orange paper, black image, '5d' [five pennies], overprinted in black '312006', cancellation stamp 'Exeter Bridge [Street]'.

5) Blue paper, black image, '6d' [six pennies], overprinted in black '126432', cancellation stamp 'Exeter Bridge [Street]'.

6) Red paper, black image, '7d' [seven pennies], overprinted in black '132415', cancellation stamp [unreadable].

7) Purple paper, black image, '8d' [eight pennies], overprinted in black '154521', cancellation stamp 'Exeter St Davids'.

8) Yellow paper, black image, '9d' [nine pennies], overprinted in black '152716', cancellation stamp 'Exeter'.

9) Green paper, black image, '10d' [ten pennies], overprinted in black '25146', cancellation stamp 'Exeter Bridge [Street]'.

10) Pink paper, black image, '1/- s' [one shilling], overprinted in black '143533', cancellation stamp 'GWR 17 [August] 1907, Exeter St Davids'.

11) Pink paper, black image, '1/- s' [one shilling], overprinted in black '608446', cancellation stamp 'Exeter Bridge [Street]'.

12) White paper, green image, '3d' [three pennies], overprinted in black '407795', cancellation stamp [unreadable].

13) White paper, black image, '4d' [four pennies], overprinted in black '254756', cancellation stamp '4 [February] 1904'.

14) Orange paper, black image, '5d' [five pennies], overprinted in black '674285', cancellation stamp 'Exeter Bridge [Street]'.

15) Blue paper, black image, '6d' [six pennies], overprinted in black '674285', cancellation stamp ''4 [January] 1905'.

16) Two stamps joined, yellow paper, black image, '9d' [nine pennies], overprinted in black '128978' and '128977', cancellation stamp 'Exeter Bridge [Street]'.

17) Yellow paper, black image, '9d' [nine pennies], overprinted in black '29036', cancellation stamp 'Exeter Bridge [Street]'.

18) Green paper, black image, '10d' [ten pennies], overprinted in black '199981', cancellation stamp 'Exeter'.

19) White paper, orange image, '11d' [eleven pennies], overprinted in black '106955', cancellation stamp 'Exeter'.

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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/C16549642/

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ZSPC 11

W E Hayward Collection

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