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Card [mounting Great Western Railway Edmondson-style tickets, return, except as shown,...

Catalogue reference: ZSPC 11/499/78

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This record is about the Card [mounting Great Western Railway Edmondson-style tickets, return, except as shown,... dating from [1915] in the series W E Hayward Collection. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
ZSPC 11/499/78
Date
[1915]
Description

Card [mounting Great Western Railway Edmondson-style tickets, return, except as shown, thirteen tickets on front, and eighteen tickets on reverse], all numbered '9999' and over-stamped 'Specimen', [undated c 1915], [see ZSPC11/499/76 for overprinted codes, also amplified below]:

1) Buff, 'Paddington to Acton, third class', overprinted 'R' [Standard Return].

2) Buff, 'Liverpool (GW) to Paddington via Wrexham [and] Reading, third class, American', overprinted 'A' [American].

3) White, 'Liverpool Landing Stage to Paddington via Woodside Ferry, Wrexham [and] Reading, Single, First class, issued by Cook [and] Son, New York Broadway', overprinted 'A' [American].

4) Buff, 'Paddington 1 to Bourne End via Maidenhead, third class', overprinted 'AN' [Angler].

5) Buff, 'Birmingham [Snow Hill] to Earleswood Lakes, third class', overprinted 'AN'.

6) Buff, 'Paddington 1 to Bourne End via Maidenhead, third class, Five Days', overprinted 'AN'.

7) Buff, 'Paddington to Castle Bar [Park], third class', overprinted 'AC' [Athletic Club].

8) Buff, 'Paddington to Maidenhead, third class', overprinted 'B' [Bandsman].

9) Buff, 'Birmingham [Snow Hill] to Paddington, third class', overprinted 'BD' [Blind or Deaf and Dumb Pupil].

10) Buff, '[Port] Talbot [General] to Cardiff General via Peterston or Barry, third class, Bulk Travel', overprinted 'R' [Standard Return].

11) Buff, 'Paddington to Waterford via Fishguard [and] Direct Boat, third class', overprinted 'CA' [Cattleman].

12) Buff, 'West Ealing to Paddington, third class', overprinted 'C' [Cheap Ticket].

13) Buff, 'Paddington to Maidenhead, third class', overprinted 'C'.

14) Buff, 'Birmingham [Snow Hill] to Gloucester Hereford [and] Worcester, third class', overprinted 'CD' [Circular Day Trip].

15) Buff, 'Birkenhead GW [Great Western] to Shrewsbury via Wrexham, third class, Day', overprinted 'CT' [Commercial Travelller].

16) Buff, '[Port] Talbot [General] to Cardiff General via Peterston or Barry, third class, Overnight', overprinted 'CT'.

17) Buff, 'Birmingham [Snow Hill] to Stratford on Avon, third class, Week End', overprinted 'CT'.

18) Buff, 'Cardiff to Paddington via [Gloucester] or [Severn] Tunnel, third class', overprinted 'CL' [Continental Tour].

19) Buff, 'Paddington to Clevedon via Bristol, third class', overprinted 'CH' [Convalescent Home].

20) Buff, 'Birmingham [Snow Hill] to Stratford on Avon, third class', overprinted 'CY' [Cycling Tour].

21) Light Green, 'Paddington to Reading, third class', overprinted 'E' [Excursion].

22) Dark and Light Green horizontal stripes, 'Paignton Torquay or Torre to St Ives, third class, Half Day Excursion', [no overprinting].

23) Light Green, 'Birmingham [Snow Hill] to Warwick, third class', overprinted '½' [Half Day Excursion].

24) Light Green, 'Birmingham [Snow Hill] to Warwick, third class', overprinted '1' [Excursion Day Trip].

25) Light Green, 'Birmingham [Snow Hill] to Warwick, third class', overprinted '2' [Excursion Two Days].

26) Light Green, 'Chester GW [Great Western] to Dolgelley GW, third class', overprinted '10' [Excursion 10 Days].

27) Light Green, 'Chester GW [Great Western] to Dolgelley GW, third class', overprinted '14' [Excursion 14 Days].

28) Light Green, 'Llanelly to Birmingham [Snow Hill], third class', overprinted '15' [Excursion 8 or 15 Days].

29) Light Green, 'Blaenau Festiniog to Birmingham [Snow Hill], third class', overprinted '16' [Excursion 16 Days].

30) Light Green, 'Blaenau Festiniog to Birmingham [Snow Hill], third class', overprinted '17' [Excursion 17 Days].

31) Light Green, 'Frome to Paddington via Theale or Melksham, third class', overprinted 'P' [Period or Holiday Excursion].

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The National Archives, Kew
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Non record material
Access conditions
Open Immediately
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16549755/

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W E Hayward Collection

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