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

Catalogue reference: ZSPC 11/498/23

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This record is about the Card section divider, typed 'Great Western Railway, Specimen Prepaid Newspaper Parcel... dating from [1940 - 1947] in the series W E Hayward Collection. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
ZSPC 11/498/23
Date
[1940 - 1947]
Description

Card section divider, typed 'Great Western Railway, Specimen Prepaid Newspaper Parcel Stamps, ( un-numbered [and] last 'Company' issue)', two empty envelopes attached to reverse, sixteen stamps, 42 mm x 39 mm, attached to front, grouped in joined pairs, uncancelled, undated [c 1940 to 1947]:

1) White Paper, blue image '¼d' [farthing].

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

3) White Paper, brown image '1½d' [penny half-penny].

4) Blue Paper, black image '2d' [two pennies].

5) White Paper, green image '3d' [three pennies], red horizontal bar.

6) White Paper, black image '4d' [four pennies].

7) White Paper, green image '5d' [five pennies].

8) Pink Paper, black image '1/-' [one shilling].

Held by
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/C16549645/

Series information

ZSPC 11

W E Hayward Collection

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