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Nineteen coloured covers of publicity handouts from Great Eastern Railway together...

Catalogue reference: ZSPC 11/528/16

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This record is about the Nineteen coloured covers of publicity handouts from Great Eastern Railway together... dating from 1948 Mar 14 in the series W E Hayward Collection. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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ZSPC 11/528/16
Date
1948 Mar 14
Description

Nineteen coloured covers of publicity handouts from Great Eastern Railway together with a typescript note by W E Hayward dated 14 March 1948 attached at the front, recording that that the covers were collected and presented by G W J Potter and explaining that they are taken from 'Seasonal Notices' issued by the Railway and that the designer's initials L P which appear on most of the covers are those of the daughter of a GER official, the date of issue is given below for each of the covers which have designs mostly of flower motifs on the front and advertisements on the reverse either for reduced fares or other arrangements for rail or Continental ferry services at the Bank Holidays concerned or for the Company's travel facilities more generally:

1) Cover title 'Great Eastern Railway Whitsuntide Arrangements, GER Whitsun on the East Coast 1909'.

2) Cover title 'GER [Great Eastern Railway] Easter Excursions 1910'.

3) Cover title 'GER [Great Eastern Railway] Christmas Holiday Arrangements 1910'.

4) Cover title 'GER [Great Eastern Railway] Easter Excursions 1911'.

5) Cover title 'GER [Great Eastern Railway] Whitsuntide Excursions 1911'.

6) Cover title 'GER [Great Eastern Railway] August Bank Holiday Arrangements 1911'.

7) Cover title 'GER [Great Eastern Railway] Coronation Holiday Arrangements 1911'.

8) Cover title 'GER [Great Eastern Railway] Easter Excursions 1912'.

9) Cover title 'GER [Great Eastern Railway] Whitsun [Whitsuntide] Holiday Arrangements 1912'.

10) Cover title 'GER [Great Eastern Railway] August Bank Holiday Arrangements 1912'.

11) Cover title 'GER [Great Eastern Railway] Xmas [Christmas] Holiday Facilities 1912'.

12) Cover title 'GER [Great Eastern Railway] Easter Excursions 1913'.

13) Cover title 'GER [Great Eastern Railway]Whitsun [Whitsuntide] Excursions 1913'.

14) Cover title 'GER [Great Eastern Railway] August Bank Holiday Excursions 1913'.

15) Cover title 'GER [Great Eastern Railway] Christmas Excursions 1913'.

16) Cover title 'GER [Great Eastern Railway] Easter Excursions 1914'.

17) Cover title 'GER [Great Eastern Railway] Whitsun [Whitsuntide] Excursions 1914'.

18) Cover title 'GER [Great Eastern Railway] August Bank Holiday Excursions 1914'.

19) Cover title 'GER [Great Eastern Railway] Christmas Excursions 1914'.

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/C16652298/

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ZSPC 11

W E Hayward Collection

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