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

Catalogue reference: ZSPC 11/498/24

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This record is about the Card section divider, typed 'Great Western Railway, Specimen Prepaid Parcel Stamps,... dating from [1940] - 1953 Feb 02 in the series W E Hayward Collection. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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ZSPC 11/498/24
Date
[1940] - 1953 Feb 02
Description

Card section divider, typed 'Great Western Railway, Specimen Prepaid Parcel Stamps, (current [and] last 'Company' issue)', two empty envelopes attached to reverse, twenty four stamps attached to front, white paper, black image 'Prepaid Parcel Stamp Label' [with originating station], undated [c 1940 to 1947] excepte as shown:

Stamps, approximately 70 mm x 36 mm:

1) [No] 'M00358', 'Bristol','1d' [one penny].

2) [No] 'E9041', 'Bristol [Temple Meads]', '2d' [two pennies].

3) [No] 'F06998', 'Bristol [Temple Meads]', '3d' [three pennies].

4) [No] 'M6998', 'Bristol [Temple Meads]', '4d' [four pennies].

5) [No] 'E09946', 'Bristol [Temple Meads]', '5d' [five pennies].

6) [No] 'E00007', 'Bristol [Temple Meads]','6d' [six pennies].

7) [No] 'M3998', 'Bristol [Temple Meads]', '7d' [seven pennies].

8) [No] 'E04922', 'Bristol [Temple Meads]', '8d' [eight pennies].

9) [No] 'F01876', 'Bristol [Temple Meads]', '1/-' [one shilling].

10) [No] 'M4029', 'Bristol [Temple Meads]', '1/6' [one shilling and six pennies].

11) [No] 'F7016', 'Bristol [Temple Meads]', '2/-' [two shillings].

12) [No] 'F0462', 'Bristol [Temple Meads]', '3/-' [three shillings].

13) [No] 'E1675', 'Bristol [Temple Meads]', '4/-' [four shillings].

14) [No] 'E3019', 'Bristol [Temple Meads]', '5/-' [five shillings].

15) [No] 'E02189', 'Bristol [Temple Meads]', '10/-' [ten shillings].

16) [No] '9008', 'Plymouth MB', '£1' [one pound].

17) [No] 'S2649', 'Paddington', '5d' [five pennies].

18) [No] 'M03998', 'Bristol [Temple Meads]', '9d' [nine pennies].

19) [No] 'F1733', 'Bristol [Temple Meads]', '10d' [ten pennies].

20) [No] 'F05596', 'Bristol [Temple Meads]', '11d' [eleven pennies].

21) [No] '2661', 'Marlborough', '4/-' [four shillings].

22) [No] '2661', 'Marlborough', '1d' [one penny], cancelled 'Marlborough Low Level, 2 [February] 1953, British Railways' [attached to 22].

Two 'Carriage Paid, Ledger Account' labels, approximately 50 mm x 50 mm, un-numbered, undated:

23) 'Redruth'.

24) 'Swindon [Junction].

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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/C16549646/

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W E Hayward Collection

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