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Card, marked '92' and typed 'Brynmawr (western valley) branch, specimen tickets,...

Catalogue reference: ZSPC 11/482/34

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This record is about the Card, marked '92' and typed 'Brynmawr (western valley) branch, specimen tickets,... dating from 1897 Feb 17-1947 Dec 31 in the series W E Hayward Collection. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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ZSPC 11/482/34
Date
1897 Feb 17-1947 Dec 31
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Card, marked '92' and typed 'Brynmawr (western valley) branch, specimen tickets, 11 Great Western Railway tickets mounted on front and one empty envelope on reverse:

1) First class return portion, Risca to Newport [High Street], [printer's initials] WL, fare 1/11, [serial No] 244, white with broad vertical red bar.

2) Third class single, Abercarn to Cross Keys, [series code] S16, fare 4d, [serial No] 9079, buff, clipped.

3) Third class single, Nantyglo to Cardiff (General), fare 3/3, [serial No] 2833, buff, clipped.

4) Third class single, Cross Keys to Risca, [series code] S2, fare 1½d, [serial No] 4617, blue with black diagonal outline 'CHILD', clipped.

Three Specimen cheap rail and cinema return tickets, right portion journey end-point stations Crumlin (Low Level) and Abertillery, left portion specifying 'cinema at Abertillery' and seat type, [printer's initials] WL, [serial No] 9999 over-stamped 'SPECIMEN':

5) Circle seats, blue with thick black 'C' on left portion and black outline 'CHILD' on both portions.

6) Stalls, buff with thick black 'S' on left portion.

7) Stalls, green with thick black 'S' on left portion and black outline 'CHILD' on both portions.

Four parliamentary third class single tickets, green:

8) Risca to Cross Keys, [series code] S12, [printer's initials] AI, fare 1½d, [serial No] 3419, clipped.

9) Cross Keys to Risca, [series code] S6, [printer's initials] AH, fare 1½d, [serial No] 8330, dated 17 February 1897.

10) Crumlin [Low Level] to Cross Keys, [printer's initials] HG, fare 4½d, [serial No] 9309, clipped.

11) Newbridge to Cross Keys, [printer's initials] HL, fare 3½d, [serial No] 1666, clipped.

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The National Archives, Kew
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Public Record(s)
Access conditions
Open on Transfer
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C19385424/

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W E Hayward Collection

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