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Card marked '91', typed 'Blaenavon (Eastern valley branch), Specimen tickets' with...

Catalogue reference: ZSPC 11/482/33

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This record is about the Card marked '91', typed 'Blaenavon (Eastern valley branch), Specimen tickets' with... dating from 1923 Jan 1-1947 Dec 31 in the series W E Hayward Collection. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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ZSPC 11/482/33
Date
1923 Jan 1-1947 Dec 31
Description

Card marked '91', typed 'Blaenavon (Eastern valley branch), Specimen tickets' with 10 Great Western Railway third class tickets mounted on front and two empty envelopes on reverse:

1) Half day excursion return, Pontnewynyd to Newport [High Street] via Caerleon, [serial No] 9170, buff, clipped.

2) Cheap day return, Ponthir to Abersychan [Low Level], [printer's initials] WL, [serial No] 1437, green with black outline 'C' on return portion, clipped.

Seven cheap rail and cinema return tickets, right portion journey end-point stations, left portion cinema details:

3) Blaenavon to Pontnewynyd, 'A' seats of Pavilion Cinema at Pontnewynyd, [printer's initials] WD, [serial No] 9999 over-stamped 'SPECIMEN', blue with broad white horizontal bar and thick black 'A' on left portion and black outline 'CHILD' on both portions.

4) Blaenavon to Pontnewynyd, 'B' seats of Pavilion Cinema at Pontnewynyd, [printer's initials] WD, [serial No] 9999 over-stamped 'SPECIMEN', blue with two broad white vertical bars and thick black 'B' on left portion and black outline 'CHILD' on both portions.

5) Sebastopol to Cwmbran, 'B' seats of Olympia Cinema at Cwmbran, [printer's initials] GM, [serial No] 1732, buff with broad white horizontal bar and thick black 'B' on left portion, clipped.

6) Llantarnam to Cwmbran, 'B' seats of Olympia Cinema at Cwmbran, [printer's initials] WD, [serial No] 086, buff with broad white horizontal bar and thick black 'B' on left portion, clipped.

7) Blaenavon [Great Western] to Pontnewynyd, 'B' seats of Pavilion Cinema at Pontnewynyd, [printer's initials] WD, [serial No] 9999 over-stamped 'SPECIMEN', green with thick black 'B' on left portion.

8) Sebastopol to Cwmbran, 'C' seats of Olympia Cinema at Cwmbran, [printer's initials] JD, [serial No] 1380, buff and white horizontal bars and thick black 'C' on left portion and red outline 'CHILD' on both portions, clipped.

9) Llantarnam to Cwmbran, 'C' seats of Olympia Cinema at Cwmbran, [printer's initials] JD, [serial No] 138, buff and white horizontal bars and thick black 'C' on left portion and red outline 'CHILD' on both portions, clipped.

10) Similar third class combined rail and cinema ticket but in three parts, outer blue portions give outward and return journeys between Sebastopol and Cwmbran, central white portion for 'C' seats at Olympia cinema at Cwmbran, thick black serif 'C' on central portion and black outline sans-serif 'R' on left return portion, [serial No] 9999 over-stamped 'SPECIMEN'.

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The National Archives, Kew
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Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C19385423/

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