| Lot | Description |
| 1 | CHATHAM & DISTRICT TRACTION Co. official BUS TIMETABLE booklet dated Nov 1946. 33pp yellow card covers with photo illustration of company double decker. (1) | £20 |
| 2 | LT bullseye style enamel UNIFORM CAP BADGE “Conductor Instructor”. Two tone blue and white enamel on chrome. Manufactured by JR Gaunt. VGC. (1) | N/S |
| 3 | LGOC “General” POCKET ROUTE MAP & GUIDE for Summer 1919. Faded and a little fragile with one or two small tears at folds, but good for age. (1) | £38 |
| 4 | METROPOLITAN RAILWAY official publication “METROLAND”. British Empire Exhibition number with coloured pictorial card covers showing one of the Wembley towers. 118pp complete with fold-out Metropolitan Railway map of extension lines into Metroland. Small tear to map, otherwise VGC. (1) | £160 |
| 5 | Six BRUSH ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING COMPANY 9” x 11” OFFICIAL BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPHS of buses built by the company. Shows single deckers from North Western, East Kent, Cumberland, Barnsley & District Traction Co, unidentified Wrexham area operator and double decker from City of Portsmouth. Appear 1920’s. Good quality. (6) | £20 |
| 6 | RED & WHITE SERVICES Ltd. BUS TIMETABLE. 122pp plus fold-out map, dated May 1949. Coloured pictorial covers showing map of area served. (1) | £20 |
| 7 | MENU from the commemorative luncheon held at the Oddfellows Hall, Watford to celebrate the opening of the MET & LNER RAILWAY to Watford. Card covers, ribbon bound holding 2pp menu and toast list. Dated Oct 1925. Plus MENU from the first re-union dinner of the Metropolitan Railway Old Comrades’ Association held at Farringdon Street Restaurant, December 1928. Card covers, ribbon bound holding 2pp menu and toast list. Both VGC. (2) | £50 |
| 8 | CENTRAL LONDON RAILWAY. Early 2-fold “Stingemore” type MAP OF UNDERGROUND RAILWAYS. Green cloth bound card opening to show system map. Reverse details first and last train times. Probably issued c.1909/10. (1) | £75 |
| 9 | A TIM TICKET ISSUING MACHINE in full working order. Company of origin unknown. Full working order. (1) | £20 |
| 10 | SOUTH METROPOLITAN ELECTRIC TRAMWAYS brass COLLAR BADGE with initials “SMET” complete with original backing plate in good condition. (1) | N/S |
| 11 | LONDON TRANSPORT “RED ROAD GUIDE” BUS TRAM & TROLLEYBUS TIMETABLE booklet dated August 1936 covering services 5/8/1936 - 6/10/1936. 296pp, rear cover loose. (1) | N/S |
| 12 | LCC/LPTB Tramways small sized SERVICE INFORMATION POSTERS. Each blue and red print, 9½” x 4”, dated 1932 – 1933. Advertising service alterations for Barnet Fair, service 66 Christmas Day, times of first cars on service 40. Filing holes. (3) | £30 |
| 13 | LCC TRAMS POCKET MAP & GUIDE dated November 1914 with cover showing York Water Gate. Good condition for age. (1) | £50 |
| 14 | GLASGOW CORPORATION TRANSPORT RULES & REGULATIONS FOR MOTORMEN AND CONDUCTORS book. Hardback, 246pp Revised Edition dated 1935. Good condition. (1) | £20 |
| 15 | Two LT enamel BUS STOP “E” PLATES: “298 Alder Valley” and “400 Eastern National”. Both green on white. VGC. (2) | £30 |
| 16 | SOUTH WALES TRANSPORT Co. BUS TIMETABLE. Pocket sized with coloured pictorial covers showing company double decker. 130pp plus fold out map. Dated May 1947. (1) | £16 |
| 17 | Approx 200 black & white and colour postcard sized PHOTOGRAPHS of single and double deck buses in the West Country including some minor companies. The majority are modern but some show examples from the 1940’s onwards. Contained in three albums. (Qty) | £50 |
| 18 | SHAMROCK RAMBLER MOTOR COACHES GUIDE. Fold-out style with coloured covers, opening to show map of south coast area and of Bournemouth. Details company tours and shows nice illustrations of company open top vehicles. Although a little worn it is in reasonable condition for an early 1920’s guide. (1) | N/S |
| 19 | An “UNDERGROUND” quad-royal POSTER MAP dated 1932 with blue edging showing all lines in geographical form, probably the last issue before Beck. Canvas backed and a little dusty, but good generally. (1) | £130 |
| 20 | Brush Electrical Engineering Company brass BUILDERS PLATE removed London E/1 tram No.1602, scrapped in 1952. Good condition. (1) | £42 |
| 21 | LONDON TRANSPORT Country Area South BUS TIMETABLE dated June 1937. 240pp in pale yellow covers. (1) | £20 |
| 22 | Eight pocket sized LT information LEAFLETS. Mostly for line extensions circa late 1940’s plus Earls Court Travel Guide 1938, Royal Coronation illuminations guide 1937, Road Rail Seasons 1932. (8) | £32 |
| 23 | LCC TRAMS POCKET TRAMWAY MAP and TIMETABLE dated May 1933 with cover illustration of York Water Gate; together with early LPTB early transitional issue dated November 1933 with illustration of Waterloo Bridge on the cover. (2) | £10 |
| 24 | HARDBACK BOOK: “RT- THE STORY OF A LONDON BUS” by Ken Blacker published by Capital Transport in 1980, a good condition copy of this long out-of-print classic complete with dust jacket with a slightly faded spine. (1) | £50 |
| 25 | Thirteen THORNYCROFT mostly half plate OFFICIAL BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPHS of buses built by the company. Shows single deckers from Perth Corporation, a few unidentified, but most show LNER buses operating in Scotland. Appear 1930’s. Good quality. (13) | £30 |
| 26 | CHILTERN MOTOR BUS Co. BUS TIMETABLE booklet. Red paperback covers with photograph of company vehicle. 12pp dated May 1935. VGC. (1) | £20 |
| 27 | LT griffins supporting bullseye type UNIFORM CAP BADGE in chrome with red enamel circle with light blue inner with the legend “Tour Guide”. (1) | N/S |
| 28 | Collection of TIMETABLE BOOKLETS. Chesterfield Corporation July 1944, Kirkcaldy local area September 1961, Bradford City Transport 1958, Maidstone 1966, Baird’s North Irish area 1942, Westlinks Express Coach Service 1953. Wear to some. (6) | £16 |
| 29 | 35mm COLOUR TRANSPARENCIES showing views of Huddersfield Corporation trolleybuses. Reasonable quality, all identified, all taken in 1966. (14) | £22 |
| 30 | LONDON TRANSPORT small sized red, blue and white bullseye type ENAMEL SIGN “No Parking” within LT roundel. 15” x 11”, VGC. (1) | £40 |
| 31 | SOUTHERN NATIONAL OMNIBUS Co. Somerset, Dorset, Devon and Cornwall Area BUS TIMETABLE booklet. 244pp complete with fold-out map and with coloured pictorial covers showing company vehicle over a map of the West Country. Dated July 1933. A little worn and with slightly ceased covers. (1) | £22 |
| 32 | LPTB (TRAMS & TROLLEYBUSES) DUTY SCHEDULE from New Cross Depot for Service 74 on Saturdays only commencing 9/6/1945, complete with enclosure containing details. (1) | £34 |
| 33 | UNDERGROUND “What to See & How to Travel” POCKET MAP of the “Electric Railways of London” for Winter 1924/25 also Summer 1928; together with MET/LUT/SMET “Tramways Route and Guide” for 1928. Generally VGC. (3) | £20 |
| 34 | Hardback book “THE ELECTRIC TROLLEY BUS” by R.A.Bishop. 193pp pub by New Era Publishing circa late 1930’s/early 1940’s. Rare. (1) | £40 |
| 35 | Postcard size mostly B&W BUS PHOTOGRAPHS of DMS type buses both in LT and post-LT ownership taken in the 1970s/80s. Quality varies, but mostly good. A few colour examples noted. All different. (105) | £24 |
| 36 | MIDLAND RED (BIRMINGHAM AREA) BUS TIMETABLE booklet dated September 1940, 512pp. Despite wartime restrictions, the timetable has a superb pictorial cover showing company single deck vehicle. Spine missing causing rear cover to detach. Plus similar (with plain cover) dated February 1948. (2) | £22 |
| 37 | BIRMINGHAM CORPORATION TRAMWAY AND OMNIBUS DEPARTMENT RULES & REGULATIONS BOOK. Blue cloth bound covers, 137pp dated 1937. VGC. (1) | N/S |
| 38 | Four LCC Trams POCKET MAPS all with pictorial covers; 1920-21 showing Embankment (worn), November 1925 showing Westminster Bridge, May 1933 showing York Water Gate, November 1931 showing Victoria Embankment (small fold tears). (4) | £24 |
| 39 | Blue enamel and chrome “General” UNIFORM CAP BADGE, bullseye shape, 1¾” long (smaller version) with name in capitals across central bar. Rare badge in VGC. (1) | £50 |
| 40 | LT. An oil burning HAND LAMP painted in red and hence for emergency use. Clearly stamped “LT” on the side, complete with red, green lenses and plain slot, plus unmarked burner and copper vessel. Produced in the 1950s. Very good working order. (1) | £70 |
| 41 | THAMES VALLEY TRACTION Co. BUS TIMETABLE booklet dated May 1939. 164pp plus fold out map. Coloured photographic cover shows company single decker crossing bridge. (1) | £24 |
| 42 | LT griffins supporting bullseye type UNIFORM CAP BADGE in gilt with red enamel circle with light blue inner with the legend “Instructor”. Use of gilt implies senior rank. (1) | £820 |
| 43 | SCOTTISH BUS GROUP TIMETABLES: A complete set for Summer 1952 in excellent condition comprising Alexander’s Fife, Midland and Southern areas, Central SMT, Highland, SMT and Western SMT – providing a fascinating archive depicting Scottish bus operation at its post-war peak. (7) | £170 |
| 44 | BIRMINGHAM CORPORATION TRAMWAY AND OMNIBUS DEPARTMENT RULES & REGULATIONS BOOK. Blue clothbound covers with title in black on front. 137pp, dated May 1937. Good condition. (1) | £38 |
| 45 | 13 AEC half plate OFFICIAL BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPHS of buses built by the company. Shows single deckers from mostly unidentified companies but those identifiable are from BOC, National, Hodges, Magnet. Appear 1930’s. Good quality. (13) | £30 |
| 46 | Three METROPOLITAN DISTRICT RAILWAY WORKING TIMETABLES: No.86 dated September 1925, No.92 (weekdays) dated March 1928, No.93 (Sundays) dated May 1928. Each 37–145pp. (3) | £170 |
| 47 | LCC/LPTB Tramways small sized SERVICE INFORMATION POSTERS. Each blue and red print, 9½” x 4”, dated 1932 – 1933. Advertising service alterations for service 62 Good Friday, times of first and last cars on service 66, additional road-rail facilities via Finsbury Park etc. Filing holes. (3) | £40 |
| 48 | EDINBURGH CORPORATION TRAMWAYS AND MOTORS coloured SYSTEM MAP showing tram and bus routes also places of interest. Lots of advertising on back. Folded paper with one or two nicks but good condition overall. Circa late 1920’s. (1) | N/S |
| 49 | LPTB double-royal POSTER: “MAP OF DISTRICT WITHIN ¼-MILE RADIUS OF THIS STATION” (Green Park) dated 1934. Linen backed, VGC. (LTM Ref. 1629). (1) | £20 |
| 50 | A “GREEN LINE” Ltd. COLLAR “DOG” BADGE in triangular shape in black and green enamel on chrome and issued for a short period c.1930. VGC. (1) | £210 |
| LOTS 51–75 ARE ALL TICKETS FROM BUS, UNDERGROUND, TRAM AND TROLLEYBUS OPERATORS. | |
| 51 | LCC TRAMWAYS (16) LPTB TRAMWAYS (19) and LT TROLLEYBUSES (34) all different mostly geographical punch type TRAM AND TROLLEYBUS TICKETS from Services to Hampstead Heath and Parliament Hill Fields all loose mounted in an album with notes by the vendor. A selection of tickets is offered to show changes in stage names/route patterns during the period covered. Condition is mostly good with some unusual/rare issues noted. Note: This is the continuation of the disposal of a comprehensive collection of London Bus, Tram and Trolleybus tickets assembled over 50 years ago which commenced in 2001. They have been sorted and lotted into “geographical” areas and in this catalogue the routes serving the Kings Cross area are featured in this selection. The “geographical” theme will continue in further batches of tickets from this collection in our April and July catalogues. Be sure to look out for the other lots in this catalogue. (69) | £140 |
| 52 | UNDERGROUND TICKETS. A comprehensive collection of mostly issued whole Edmondson card tickets dating from LPTB transitional types through to LT pre-Decimalisation mostly from issuing stations beginning A to N. Little, if any duplication. (225) | £55 |
| 53 | EAST HAM CORPORATION TRAMWAYS 1d white with red diagonal cross punch type TRAM TICKET for the route “D & W” (Docks and Wanstead) in good condition; together with WALTHAMSTOW CORPORATION LIGHT RAILWAYS 1d mauve Transfer Ticket Hoe St – Higham Hill Terminus and Palmerston Road/Ferry Lane in slightly faded condition. (2) | £32 |
| 54 | LONDON GENERAL OMNIBUS Co. Ltd. geographical punch type HORSE and MOTOR BUS TICKETS at 1d, 2d and 3d fares issued between 1900-1913. Two examples have the anonymous “Omnibus Ticket” heading. All different and mostly VGC. (9) | £42 |
| 55 | METROPOLITAN & GREAT CENTRAL JOINT COMMITTEE issued and audit whole Edmondson card UNDERGROUND TICKETS from Amersham, Aylesbury, Chesham (3 different including an early type-creased), Chorley Wood, Harrow-on-the-Hill (2 different), Northwood and Verney Junction. Mostly VGC. (10) | £40 |
| 56 | LT BUSES. A sealed bundle of all different geographical punch type BUS TICKETS from Route 73 serving the Kings Cross area issued during the wartime and post-war period. A selection of tickets is offered to show changes in stage names/route patterns. Condition is mostly good, but one or two may be a little faded with age, with some unusual/rare issues noted. See note at lot 51. (115) | N/S |
| 57 | UK OPERATORS’ selection of several hundred BUS and TRAM TICKETS mostly punch type, but others noted, from concerns starting with the letters A to L. Minor duplication. Worth sorting. (Qty) | £20 |
| 58 | LNE & SOUTHERN RAILWAYS 1/-d white punch type “Motor Saloon” BUS TICKET as issued between the London termini Waterloo, Victoria, Kings Cross and Marylebone. Used, VGC. (1) | £75 |
| 59 | LT COACHES. Approx 300 unused numbered stage geographical BUS TICKETS printed for use on “Green Line” services in the 1940s/50s. All appear to be different. (Qty) | £75 |
| 60 | GREAT NORTHERN PICCADILLY & BROMPTON RAILWAY Edmondson card UNDERGROUND TICKET Piccadilly Circus (GNP&BR) – Knightsbridge (dated 1907) in good condition. (1) | £40 |
| 61 | EAST LONDON punch type TRAM TICKETS: Walthamstow Corporation Light Railways/Tramways geographicals (8) and numerical stage type (4); East Ham Corporation Tramways numerical stage (1); West Ham Corporation Tramways numerical stage (9). All different and mostly VGC. (22) | £34 |
| 62 | UNDERGROUND TICKETS selection of 45 whole Edmondson card/machine issues and 13 severed halves from Metropolitan, District Railway, Met & GW, Met & GC, Central London Railway, LER, LPTB and LT including Rickmansworth 1d Platform Ticket, etc. (58) | £40 |
| 63 | LT BUSES. A bundle of approx. 180 wartime and post-war geographical pinch type BUS TICKETS with a good variety of route and fare combinations. All appear to be different. (Qty) | £44 |
| 64 | HULL CITY TRAMWAYS selection of early punch type TRAM TICKETS comprising 1d green “Hessle Rd Route” (2 different), 1d pink “Hedon Rd. Route,” 1d mauve “Holderness Rd. Route” and 1d orange “Stoneferry Bus Route.” One or two slightly rubbed and creased, good generally. (5) | £26 |
| 65 | LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL ELECTRICAL TRAMWAYS ½d punch type souvenir TRAM TICKET issued in connection with the opening of the first electrified line on 15th May 1903 by HRH The Prince of Wales. Princes of Wales feathers emblem in gold at head of ticket. VGC. (1) | £42 |
| 66 | LGOC (10) and LGOC & ASSOCIATED Cos. (23) all different fareboard geographical punch type BUS TICKETS from Routes 73, 173 and 273 serving the Kings Cross area. A selection of tickets is offered to show changes in stage names/route patterns in the period covered. Condition is mostly good, but one or two may be a little faded with age, with some unusual/rare issues noted. See note at lot 51. (115) | £120 |
| 67 | LER, CLR, METROPOLITAN, DISTRICT, MET & GW selection of issued Edmondson card (12) and thin card machine issue (8) UNDERGROUND TICKETS. Condition varies, mostly good. (20) | £5 |
| 68 | LPTB/LT BUSES. An album of over 430 punch type BUS TICKETS of which nearly half are LPTB fareboard at 2d fare, also featured are large and small overprint LT Buses geographicals issued before 1952, together with a small number of independents. All loose mounted and VGC. Viewing essential. (Qty) | £130 |
| 69 | THE NEW CENTRAL OMNIBUS COMPANY LIMITED 2d blue geographical punch type BUS TICKET for the route Camberwell Green – Hampton Court in good condition. (1) | £20 |
| 70 | CITY & SOUTH LONDON & GREAT NORTHERN & CITY RAILWAYS issued Edmondson card UNDERGROUND TICKET London B’ge (Subway) – Finsbury Park in good condition although clipped twice. (1) | £60 |
| 71 | LCC TRAMWAYS (27) and LPTB TRAMWAYS (17) all different geographical punch type TRAM TICKETS from services to Highgate Village via Kings Cross and/or Caledonian Road all loose mounted in an album with notes by the vendor. A selection of tickets is offered to show changes in stage names/route patterns during the period covered. Condition is mostly good with some unusual/rare issues noted. See note at Lot 51. (44) | £310 |
| 72 | LPTB (36) and LT (BUSES) (4) fareboard geographical punch type BUS TICKETS with a good range of fare/route combinations. (40) | £60 |
| 73 | DELVER’S DELIGHT of approx 2,000 LT BUS and UNDERGROUND TICKETS including Edmondson card, machine issues, UTS, Travelcards, etc., plus Setright, Ultimates, TIM, Almex, etc., mostly dating from 1960s – 1980s. Extent of duplication unknown, but thought to be minimal. (Qty) | £30 |
| 74 | METROPOLITAN ELECTRIC TRAMWAYS Ltd. punch type TRAM TICKETS: geographicals (4) including 2d pink (3 different) and 2½d buff Waltham Cross – Smithfield; numerical stage types including early issues from “S&H, S and WG” depots. All different and mostly VGC. (30) | £140 |
| 75 | METROPOLITAN RAILWAY issued Edmondson card UNDERGROUND TICKETS of various types issued between 1890s-1930s including from Baker Street 5 (Child issue), Chesham, Edgware Road, Kilburn & Brondesbury, Mark Lane, Notting Hill Gate, Old Street, St John’s Wood, West Hampstead, Willesden Gn & Cricklewood, etc. Some examples have adverts on back. Mostly VGC. (20) | £48 |
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| 76 | RHONDDA TRAMWAYS COMPANY Ltd. folded card BUS TIMETABLE for services between Pontypridd and Cardiff. 6pp, printed on pink card, dated Winter 1925. VGC. (1) | £38 |
| 77 | Menu, table plan and invitation for LMS CENTENARY CELEBRATIONS luncheon at the Adelphi Hotel, Liverpool, September 1930. Card, ribbon bound menu with photo on front, separate table plan in card covers and gilt edged invitation. Quality items for a major event. All VGC. (3) | £42 |
| 78 | UNDERGROUND RAILWAY COMPANY DIRECTORS REPORTS: C&SLR 1924; LER 1922 and 1924; Metropolitan District 1922; CLR 1922 and 1924. Contain a wealth of statistical information. One or two examples have slight defects, good overall. (6) | £32 |
| 79 | BRITISH ELECTRIC TRACTION brass UNIFORM CAP BADGE in “wheel and magnet” design. Believed ex Swansea & Mumbles Tramways. Good condition. (1) | £50 |
| 80 | A “boat type” LT 1966-7 split Central Buses and “Red Arrow” BUS STOP ENAMEL FLAG with holes where E-plate slots would have been fitted. The fixing bolts have also been removed. The white black and red enamel is in excellent condition. A rare sign in this “combined” pattern. (1) | N/S |
| 81 | CROSVILLE “GREY” MOTOR SERVICES TIMETABLE BOOKLET. Blue paperback covers with small illustration of company single decker at top. 36pp dated January 1923. Rare early timetable in excellent condition. (1) | £160 |
| 82 | LCC TRAMS. 50 postcard sized black & white PHOTOGRAPHS. Good variety. (50) | £20 |
| 83 | POCKET MAPS: Trolleybus and Trams: No. 1 of 1937; No. 2 1937/8; No. 1 1938; No. 1 1939; No. 2 1947; “General” Bus Routes No. 3 of 1931; LT Central Area Buses: No. 4 1938; No. 2 1946; No. 2 1947; LT all services June 1958. Mostly VGC. (10) | £26 |
| 84 | WOLVERHAMPTON CORPORATION TRANSPORT pocket sized book of REGULATIONS AND BYELAWS for Trolley Vehicles. Card covers, 12pp listing each route and the various speed restrictions imposed. Undated, VGC. (1) | £20 |
| 85 | Postcard size mostly B&W BUS PHOTOGRAPHS of DMS type buses both in LT and post-LT ownership taken in the 1970s/80s. Quality varies, but mostly good. One or two colour examples noted. All different. (105) | £24 |
| 86 | UNDERGROUND TIMETABLE booklet of District Line services on the Richmond Line. Paperback, 10pp dated November 1923. VGC. (1) | £16 |
| 87 | EDINBURGH CORPORATION RULE BOOK TYPE BOOKLET ‘Bye-Laws for the Regulation of the Edinburgh Tramway Traffic 1872.’ Cloth bound card covers with title on label on front. 14pp, VGC. (1) | £20 |
| 88 | LONDON UNDERGROUND ELECTRIC RAILWAYS DISPLAY and POCKET MAP on folded card as issued by the GNP&B Rly c.1907/8. Colourful illustration of train and platform scene, this example featuring Finsbury Park with details of fares and first and last trains. 5” x 2½” folded opening out to 14¼” x 2½” . Fold tear. (1) | £160 |
| 89 | LT. A small collection of PANEL POSTERS from timetable displays, bus and Underground car frames, including Football Excursions, Ranger Tickets, Lord Mayor’s Show, Please Help the Conductor, “Red Arrow” Service Introduction, etc. All date from 1958-1966. (14) | £50 |
| 90 | LONDON TRANSPORT. An Edmondson TICKET DATING PRESS as removed from the ticket office at North Ealing on conversion to the UTS system on 6th July 1988. Good, ex-office condition. (1) | £42 |
| 91 | SOUTHDOWN MOTOR SERVICES BUS TIMETABLE booklet. Pocket sized, coloured pictorial covers showing company vehicles and scenic views. 240pp plus fold-out map, dated July 1934. Plus similar dated May 1934. No rear cover. (2) | £18 |
| 92 | LONDON BUSES chrome and enamel UNIFORM CAP BADGE. Griffins supporting bullseye type with dark blue outer circle and light blue inner with the legend “Instructor” in the lower portion and “London Buses” across centre bar. VGC. (1) | £70 |
| 93 | LGOC “General” POCKET MAP & GUIDE dated June 1913. Faded and fragile with one or two small holes at fold corners. Good generally. (1) | N/S |
| 94 | HARDBACK BOOK “Trolleybus” by Ken Blacker. 124pp published by Capital Transport in 1975. Dustjacket a little creased. (1) | £20 |
| 95 | An early BR “ACME THUNDERER” GUARD’S WHISTLE in black Bakelite and chrome clearly stamped “BR” in chrome inset in side of whistle. (1) | £10 |
| 96 | TIMPSON’S MOTOR COACH SERVICES. Two different COACH GUIDES dated 1932 and 1938. 16 and 36pp, pocket sized, paperback with pictorial artwork covers. (2) | £18 |
| 97 | Approximately 210 POSTCARD SIZE BLACK & WHITE PHOTOGRAPHS of trams. A good variety with operators from many parts of the UK except London. Variable quality. (Qty) | £50 |
| 98 | MIDLAND RED ‘POCKET MAP OF ROUTES – Where to go and what to see’. Red and blue front showing early company vehicle, circa 1930s. VGC. Plus similar MIDLAND RED ‘POCKET MAP OF ROUTES – All over the Midlands’. Coloured pictorial front showing company vehicle and scenic view. Circa 1940s. Fold tears, one almost severing map in two. (2) | £10 |
| 99 | An LCC TRAMWAYS small round alloy UNIFORM CAP BADGE “Ticket Inspector” with the grade in capitals surrounding the company initials in script. A rare badge in VGC. (1) | £300 |
| 100 | LGOC “General” blue, red and black on white ENAMEL “BUSES STOP HERE” SIGN in excellent condition. 23¾” (max) x 18” tombstone style with company name in roundel at top. A small hole has been neatly drilled by the previous owner to facilitate wall mounting. A scarce sign seldom seen. (1) | £390 |
| 101 | LONDON TRANSPORT AREA TIMETABLE of Buses, Coaches & Main Line Railways covering North-West area. Yellow paperback covers, 252pp, dated September 1934. Some wear and staining to front cover. (1) | £26 |
| 102 | Two “RT” type MANUFACTURER’S PLATES: Saunder’s Engineering and Shipyard Ltd and Weymann’s Ltd. Both ex vehicle condition. (2) | £24 |
| 103 | ABC GUIDE TO LONDON dated 1911 complete and in fair condition, but all the more interesting because an early owner has pasted a selection of 5 further UNDERGROUND AND BUS MAPS dating from the early 1900/10s. Must be viewed. (1) | £40 |
| 104 | Seven Capital Transport published HARDBACK BOOKS: Routemaster Volumes 1 & 2 (Blacker), London Buses in the 1960’s, London Buses Before the War, London Buses of the 1950’s, Last Years of the General (all Glazier), London Trolleybus Routes (Taylor). (7) | £80 |
| 105 | LCC TRAMWAYS/LPTB metal “stencil” type TRAM ROUTE NUMBER “35” as displayed on the side of the vehicle. 28” x 8½” painted in black and with the number made clearly visible by the contemporary use of a white sheet riveted in from behind. VGC. (1) | £55 |
| 106 | MIDLAND RED BUS TIMETABLES: Leamington Spa Area Oct 1954, Birmingham Area May 1960, Oct 1954. Plus FARE TABLES Leicester Area July 1955, Leamington Spa Area July 1955, Birmingham Area Jan 1952, July 1955. (7) | £16 |
| 107 | Approx 420 black & white postcard sized PHOTOGRAPHS of single and double deck buses in the West Country mostly Western National and Plymouth City Services. The majority are modern but a good quantity appear from the 1960’s. Contained in two albums. (Qty) | £110 |
| 108 | Paper “Stingemore” MAP one side showing the “Underground Railways of London” the reverse showing “Connections with Main Line Termini”. Undated, but probably printed c.1930 as Piccadilly line extensions shown as under construction. VGC. (1) | £44 |
| 109 | 35mm COLOUR TRANSPARENCIES showing views of Nottingham City Transport trolleybuses. Reasonable quality, all identified, all taken in 1966. (17) | £20 |
| 110 | LT bus BONNET PLATE “RT624” in lined gold on red. Good, ex-vehicle condition. (1) | £110 |
| 111 | GIANT’S CAUSEWAY ELECTRIC TRAMWAY timetable. 4pp, dated June 1949. (1) | £32 |
| 112 | LONDON TRANSPORT. A chrome and enamel UNIFORM CAP BADGE “ADVERTISING” in cut out bullseye design with dark blue enamel. Approx. 2” long with name in capitals across the centre. In superb condition and rare. (1) | £200 |
| 113 | LGOC “General” POCKET ROUTE MAP & GUIDE for Winter 1919-1920. Faded and a little fragile with one or two small tears at fold and a little edge loss, but good for age. (1) | £38 |
| 114 | BIRMINGHAM CITY TRANSPORT rule book type publication CONDITIONS OF SERVICE – PLATFORM STAFF. Cloth bound card covers, 39pp, dated July 1950. (1) | £26 |
| 115 | Postcard size all B&W BUS PHOTOGRAPHS of DMS type buses both in LT and post-LT ownership taken in the 1970s/80s. Quality varies, but mostly good. All different. (105) | £16 |
| 116 | CENTRAL LONDON RAILWAY WORKING TIMETABLE No. 63 dated November 1927. 24pp. (1) | £22 |
| 117 | SCOTTISH TRAMS. 50 postcard sized black & white PHOTOGRAPHS. Good variety. (48) | N/S |
| 118 | Various LT and pre-LPTB Bus Coach Tram and Underground LEAFLETS, BROCHURES, MAPS and GUIDES etc. dating from the 1910s – 1950s. All different and mostly VGC. (45) | £240 |
| 119 | Three different JOHANNESBURG TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT enamel and chrome UNIFORM CAP BADGES. Oval design showing city coat of arms on different coloured backgrounds with initials in chrome above. Lugs missing on one otherwise VGC. (1) | £20 |
| 120 | A METROPOLITAN STAGE CARRIAGE TROLLEYBUS DRIVER’S LICENCE BADGE “T 3539”. Signs of use but generally OK. (1) | £200 |
| 121 | TRENT MOTOR TRACTION BUS TIMETABLE booklet. Black white and red covers showing company single decker. 144pp dated September 1939. (1) | £20 |
| 122 | LCC/LPTB Tramways small sized SERVICE INFORMATION POSTERS. Each blue and red print, 9½” x 4”, dated 1932 – 1933. Advertising last cars on Sundays to North Finchley, earlier cars on route 60, additional road-rail facilities via Highgate. Filing holes. (3) | £34 |
| 123 | LT Central Area pocket map sized BUS, TROLLEYBUS & TRAM ROUTES GUIDE. Wartime issue dated No.2 1945. Rare. (1) | £46 |
| 124 | THOMAS TILLING LIMITED Motor Operating Department Rules & Regulations booklet. Green, clothbound hardback covers with title in gold on front, 79pp, dated 1928. (1) | £42 |
| 125 | A “BELL PUNCH” Printing Co London Ltd TICKET PUNCH MACHINE with the serial number 28948 in full working order and in excellent condition. No evidence of company ownership, but thought to be from a London system. (1) | £40 |
| 126 | LT. A roll of 11 double-royal pictorial artwork and letterpress POSTERS and 10 panel displays mostly modern and dating from the 1980s/90s depicting various fares offers etc. All different. (21) | £20 |
| 127 | LT COUNTRY BUSES & COACHES. Two BOUND VOLUMES of TRAFFIC CIRCULARS covering the years 1943 and 1944. Each 150+pp, hardback, part leather bound covers with title in gold on front. (2) | £85 |
| 128 | CARDIFF CORPORATION TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SOUVENIR BOOKLET “Golden Jubilee of the Passenger Transport Undertaking 1902-1952”. Card covers, 32pp. (1) | £20 |
| 129 | BRITISH RAILWAYS ATHLETICS ASSOCIATION enamel and gilt COLLAR BADGE. 1” diameter with title surrounding coat of arms. Specially issued for the 1953 Coronation and manufactured by H.W.Miller. VGC. (1) | £16 |
| 130 | LT ENAMEL STATION SIGN “Camden Town” in red and blue on white background 25½” x 25½” in excellent condition. (1) | £40 |
| 131 | CROSVILLE BUS TIMETABLES: Areas 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 dated September 1955. All with blue and white covers showing small illustration of company vehicle. (5) | £42 |
| 132 | LT UNIFORM CAP BADGE. Griffins holding bullseye design in gilt with outer circle in green and inner in cream enamel. Produced for issue to Divisional Mechanical Inspector. VGC and a rare badge. (1) | £300 |
| 133 | LCC TRAMWAYS POCKET MAP & GUIDE to Car Services dated July 1913 (details of Cricket at The Oval and Essex Ground at Leyton) with artwork of tram passing Cleopatra’s Needle on The Embankment. Cover a little tired, but contents clean. (1) | £70 |
| 134 | A 1951 LT Recruitment 20” x 30” POSTER for “Men Conductors Required” apply to Chiswick Works, Cricklewood Garage, Manor House, Camberwell. Semi-pictorial with artwork illustration and photograph. LTM ref: 2475. (1) | £36 |
| 135 | An LPTB METROPOLITAN & DISTRICT LINE single-sided enamel TRAIN DESTINATION ENAMEL “Whitechapel” in white lettering on black and with brass ends. Totally ex-car condition, a couple of chips requiring attention. (1) | £26 |
| 136 | EAST YORKSHIRE MOTOR SERVICES Ltd Official BUS TIMETABLE dated July 1933. Yellow and black covers show photo views including company single decker. 208pp plus fold out map. Good condition. (1) | £36 |
| 137 | Approximately 210 POSTCARD SIZE BLACK & WHITE PHOTOGRAPHS of trams. A good variety with operators from many parts of the UK except London. Variable quality. (Qty) | £55 |
| 138 | A DISTRICT RAILWAY MAP OF GREATER LONDON & ENVIRONS 2nd edition 1907. Cloth bound part coloured map in illustrated hardback covers. Signs of use but OK. (1) | £42 |
| 139 | NORWICH ELECTRIC TRAMWAYS Co. UNIFORM CAP BADGE. Oval design with company name around outside and number “179” in metal on leather background in centre. A lion sits atop. An early badge in good condition for its age. (1) | £140 |
| 140 | GLASGOW CORPORATION TRAMWAYS cast alloy DOUBLE SIDED SIGN: “FARE STATION”. Painted red & white, 7” x 15” in good ex-stop condition. (1) | £30 |
| 141 | SCOTTISH MOTOR BUS TIMETABLE covering the services of SMT, Alexander’s, etc. Red white and blue covers, 340pp dated August 1932. (1) | £120 |
| 142 | Four items relating to the opening of ARNOS GROVE station on the Piccadilly line extension; free ticket and its envelope for use on 19 September 1932, pocket sized leaflet for road/rail seasons showing map of the line, pocket sized guide to the new service showing map of route and service details. (4) | £38 |
| 143 | LGOC “General” POCKET MAP OF BUS ROUTES: No. 3 of 1928, No. 4 1927, No. 4 1928 (signature on cover), No. 9 1929; plus “List of Motor-Bus Routes Shewing Alterations to Route Numbers” from 1st December 1924 (2-fold pamphlet). Mostly VGC. (5) | £14 |
| 144 | HARDBACK BOOK complete with original dust jacket, ‘GREEN LINE’ by A.McCall. 1st edition, 208pp, pub by New Cavendish Books in 1980. The definitive guide to the history of London’s country bus services. Plus two related SOFTBACK BOOKLETS, ‘Green Line’ by London Country Publications and ‘Green Rover’ by Blake & James, published 1987. (3) | £28 |
| 145 | Postcard size mostly B&W BUS PHOTOGRAPHS of DMS type buses both in LT and post-LT ownership taken in the 1970s/80s. Quality varies, but mostly good. A few colour examples noted. All different. (105) | £22 |
| 146 | TIMPSON’S MOTOR COACH SERVICES. Three different COACH GUIDES dated 1935, 1951 and 1955. 32 - 36pp, pocket sized, paperback with pictorial artwork covers on the first example. (3) | £20 |
| 147 | LT bullseye supported by Griffins type UNIFORM CAP BADGE. Red enamel circle with “London Transport” across centre bar in black enamel, all on hallmarked silver. Number 201 stamped into reverse. Manufactured by JR Gaunt. Good condition. (1) | £140 |
| 148 | BIRMINGHAM CORPORATION TRAMWAYS card covered booklet ‘FARES, STAGES, DISTANCES’. 50pp dated July 1911. VGC. (1) | £48 |
| 149 | LT TROLLEYBUSES canvas ROUTE NUMBER BLIND from Finchley Depot dated 4/3/1958 in good condition. (1) | £30 |
| 150 | LONDON TRANSPORT COUNTRY BUSES griffins supporting bullseye type UNIFORM CAP BADGE. Chrome and enamel design with green enamel outer circle and light blue inner with the legend “Instructor.” Mint condition. (1) | £150 |
| LOTS 151–175 ARE ALL TICKETS FROM BUS, UNDERGROUND, TRAM AND TROLLEYBUS OPERATORS. | |
| 151 | LGOC (5) LGOC & ASSOCIATED Cos. (21) and LPTB/LT BUSES (35) all different fareboard geographical punch type BUS TICKETS from Service 14 serving the Kings Cross area all loose mounted in an album with notes by the vendor. A selection of tickets is offered to show changes in stage names/route patterns during the period covered. Condition is mostly good with some unusual/rare issues noted. See note at Lot 51. (61) | £310 |
| 152 | DELVER’S DELIGHT of well over 1,000 TRAM and BUS TICKETS from a wide variety of UK operators. Mostly punch type issues, but others types noted also. Worth sorting. (Qty) | £34 |
| 153 | LONDON TRANSPORT COACHES selection of approx. 350 geographical punch type BUS TICKETS from routes CS1 – CS5 at a wide range of values including many used examples. All appear to be different from several different sets from each route. (Qty) | £160 |
| 154 | UK TRAMWAYS selection of mostly geographical punch type TRAM TICKETS comprising issues from Gateshead Tramways early 1d buff , Dover Corporation 1½d green Scholars Return, Manchester Corporation 1½d green, Middlesbrough Corporation 1d green and 2d white, City of Oxford Tramways 1d white. VGC. (6) | £30 |
| 155 | EAST LONDON RAILWAY (JOINT COMMITTEE) mostly issued Edmondson card UNDERGROUND TICKETS including issues from Shadwell (machine issue), Surrey Docks (including unissued whole Late Workman Return), Wapping and Whitechapel. All different and mostly VGC. (8) | £60 |
| 156 | LONDON PASSENGER TRANSPORT BOARD (106) and LT BUSES (37) fareboard geographical and geographical punch type BUS TICKETS from a wide range of routes and values, mostly in VGC. (143) | £60 |
| 157 | LPTB BUSES all different fareboard geographical punch type BUS TICKETS from Route 73, 73 & 173, 73 & 73A, 73A & 522 and 273 serving the Kings Cross area issued in the pre-war period. A selection of tickets is offered to show changes in stage names/route patterns. Condition is mostly good, but one or two may be a little faded with age, with some unusual/rare issues noted. See note at lot 51. (56) | £220 |
| 158 | DELVER’S DELIGHT of approx 2,000 BR London Area and LT UNDERGROUND TICKETS including Edmondson card, machine issues, platforms, seasons, Travelcards, tours, experimental types, etc., mostly dating from 1930s – 1980s. Extent of duplication unknown, but thought to be minimal. (Qty) | £70 |
| 159 | LCC TRAMS/TRAMWAYS selection of geographical punch type TRAM TICKETS including 2d Cheap, and 5d (Streatham Depot) and 8d Returns. All different (17) | £40 |
| 160 | BAKER STREET & WATERLOO RAILWAY Edmondson card UNDERGROUND TICKET Trafalgar Square 1 – Piccadilly Circus or Oxford Circus. (1) | £40 |
| 161 | SUSSEX MOTOR ROAD CAR COMPANY Ltd. 10d grey punch type BUS TICKET for the route Worthing – Kemp Town in good condition; together with two severed pieces of tickets for Worthing Motor Services’ “Long Furlong Circular Trip” and New London & Suburban Omnibus Co. Ltd 2d blue for the route Hampton Court – Richmond Station. (4) | £42 |
| 162 | LONDON mostly geographical punch type TRAM & BUS TICKETS including examples from LCC Trams, North Metropolitan Tramways, LGOC, Balls Bros., LT T&T (mostly numericals) and some provincial concerns. etc. Duplication. (80) | £55 |
| 163 | LPTB/LT/MET&GC/LT&LNE/LNER/LPTB&GW mostly issued whole Edmondson UNDERGROUND TICKETS from a wide variety of stations offering an unusual variety of types including Soldiers Furlough Special, First Train to East Finchley, Last Day Steam Shuttle, Workman’s Weekly, Wartime Shelter Ticket at Liverpool Street, various Sports Clubs, etc. All different. (32) | £30 |
| 164 | UK OPERATORS’ selection of several hundred BUS and TRAM TICKETS mostly punch type, but others noted, from concerns starting with the letters M to Y. Minor duplication. Worth sorting. (Qty) | £42 |
| 165 | DISTRICT RAILWAY Edmondson card UNDERGROUND TICKETS of various types issued 1890s-1930s including from Blackfriars, Charing Cross DR, Earls Court SO, Ealing Broadway (scuffed), Ealing Common, Hammersmith RO, Putney Bridge, Temple, Walham Green, West Kensington, Westminster, etc. One example has advert on back. Mostly VGC. (20) | £30 |
| 166 | LCC TRAMWAYS (11) LPTB TRAMWAYS (Service 77 (7)) and LT TROLLEYBUSES (Service 677 (41)) all different geographical punch type TRAM and TROLLEYBUS TICKETS from services via Kings Cross all loose mounted in an album with notes by the vendor. A selection of tickets is offered to show changes in stage names/route patterns during the period covered. Condition is mostly good with some unusual/rare issues noted. See note at Lot 51. (59) | £310 |
| 167 | UNDERGROUND TICKETS. A comprehensive collection of mostly issued whole Edmondson card tickets dating from LPTB transitional types through to LT pre-Decimalisation mostly from issuing stations beginning P to W. Little, if any duplication. (225) | £55 |
| 168 | LONDON AREA punch type TRAM TICKETS: Croydon Corporation Tramways geographicals (2); Croydon/LCC Joint (1); LCC (3) geographicals including early ½d and 2d Workman’s Return Ticket pre-printed for use on “October”; SMET numerical stage (1); LUT numerical stage (1); LPTB (MET type Transitionals) numerical stage (12). All different and mostly VGC. (20) | £110 |
| 169 | SOUTHAMPTON CORPORATION TRAMWAYS selection of mostly geographical (one is numerical stage Transfer) punch type TRAM TICKETS including Ordinary, Workman’s, Children’s, “Last Day” overprint, etc., at 1d, 1½d, 2d, 2½d, 3½d and 4d (poor) fares. Mostly VGC. All different. (12) | £28 |
| 170 | CITY & SOUTH LONDON & BAKER STREET & WATERLOO RAILWAYS issued Edmondson UNDERGROUND TICKET London Bridge – Westminster Bridge Road or Waterloo on white/green striped card in good condition although clipped. Westminster Bridge Road was renamed Lambeth North on 15/4/1917. (1) | £42 |
| 171 | LPTB TRAMWAYS/LT TRAMS selection of geographical punch type TRAM TICKETS for North London routes (odd numbers) and three pre-paid tickets including geographical for West Ham area. Mostly VGC. (39) | £85 |
| 172 | LTE Underground 1d buff PLATFORM TICKETS from: Aldgate East A, Cannon Street, Charing Cross, Chesham, Cockfosters, Edgware, Elephant & C. B, Euston Square, Farringdon, Finsbury Park M, Hammersmith M, Highgate, Hillingdon, Hude Park Corner, Leytonstone, Moorgate N, Moor Park & Sandy Lodge, Oval, Parsons Green, Stamford Brook. (20) | £95 |
| 173 | LONDON ELECTRIC RAILWAY whole Edmondson card UNDERGROUND TICKETS of station-station and station of origin types including Aldwych, Finsbury Park LL, Holborn, Russell Square, Tottenham Ct. Rd., etc. Mostly VGC. (10) | £22 |
| 174 | LT BUSES sealed bundle of all different geographical punch type BUS TICKETS from Route 14 serving the Kings Cross area issued in the wartime and post-war period. A selection of tickets is offered to show changes in stage names/route patterns. Condition is mostly good, but one or two may be a little faded with age, with some unusual/rare issues noted. See note at lot 51. (93) | £410 |
| 175 | CENTRAL LONDON RAILWAY machine issued and Edmondson card UNDERGROUND TICKETS from British Museum, Liverpool St 1, Post Office 2 – Wood Lane (Shep Bush) (bold initial letters in destination) (creased), Queens Road 1, Tottenham Crt Rd 2. Wood Lane was closed by LPTB on 23/11/1947. Mostly VGC. (5) | £38 |
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| 176 | Twenty EFE MODELS of Leyland and AEC double deck buses in provincial liveries. All in original boxes. (20) | £90 |
| 177 | Fifteen EFE MODELS of London Transport and Green Line double and single deck buses. All in original boxes. (15) | £75 |
| 178 | Twenty EFE MODELS of non London Transport single and double deck buses. All in original boxes. (20) | £65 |
| 179 | Thirteen EFE MODELS of provincial single and double deck buses. All in original boxes. (13) | £40 |
| 180 | Large quantity of unboxed MODELS. Many different manufacturers, many buses noted. (Qty) | £36 |
| 181 | Various boxed bus MODELS including LT Museum sets and EFE RTL Story Volume 3. (Qty) | £85 |
| 182 | Thirty three EFE (and others) MODELS of commercial vehicles and cars. All in original boxes. (33) | £60 |
| 183 | Sixteen EFE MODELS of single deckers and coaches. All in original boxes. (16) | £40 |
| 184 | Various boxed bus MODELS including LT Museum sets. (Qty) | £70 |
| 185 | Approx 60 Matchbox, Lledo, Days Gone (and others) MODELS including buses, commercial vehicles and cars. All boxed. (Qty) | £60 |
| 186 | Twenty EFE MODELS of double deck buses in provincial liveries. All in original boxes. (20) | £65 |
| 187 | Twenty five MODEL BUSES and cars from various manufacturers including Corgi, OOC, etc. All boxed. (25) | £60 |
| 188 | Nineteen EFE MODELS of single and double deck buses including London Transport examples. All in original boxes. (20) | £75 |
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| 189 | 40 bus and rail VIDEOS. (40) | £75 |
| 190 | LT bus BONNET PLATE “RT538” in lined gold on red. Good, ex-vehicle condition. (1) | £75 |
| 191 | Two EAST KENT ROAD CAR SERVICES BUS TIMETABLES booklets dated June and September 1954. Both covers show colour photo illustration of double decker. (2) | £28 |
| 192 | LT TRAMS. 50 postcard sized black & white PHOTOGRAPHS. (50) | £20 |
| 193 | LCC TRAMWAYS POCKET MAP & GUIDE dated April 1915. Front shows illustration of Abbot’s Pew, Westminster Abbey. VGC. (1) | £100 |
| 194 | Eighteen IAN ALLAN published HARDBACK BOOKS including Buses Annuals and publications of London Interest. (18) | £46 |
| 195 | A “THUNDERER” WHISTLE in chrome clearly stamped “L&NWR P. WAY 5114” in good working order. (1) | £30 |
| 196 | LONDON ELECTRIC RAILWAY (PICCADILLY LINE) WORKING TIMETABLE No. 108 dated May 1928. 27pp. (1) | £48 |
| 197 | Approximately 210 POSTCARD SIZE BLACK & WHITE PHOTOGRAPHS of trams. A good variety with operators from many parts of the UK except London. Variable quality. (Qty) | £32 |
| 198 | COUNTY BOROUGH OF WALLASEY MOTOR BUS DEPARTMENT SOUVENIR BOOKLET “50 Years of Public Service and Progress 1901 - 1951”. Paperback, 16pp. (1) | £38 |
| 199 | LPTB double-royal POSTER: “To Box Hill” by Green Line K1, K2 and K3 and “To Chalfont St Giles” by Green Line R, with artwork attributed to Aufseeser. Dated 1938, linen backed, VGC. LTM Ref. 2020 (?). (1) | £24 |
| 200 | LGOC. Blue enamel and chrome “General” UNIFORM CAP BADGE, bullseye shape, 2½” long with name in capitals across central bar. VGC. (1) | £320 |
| 201 | MAIDSTONE & DISTRICT MOTOR SERVICES (Kent Area) BUS TIMETABLE booklet dated April 1939. Green and black paperback covers, 370+pp plus fold out map. (1) | £50 |
| 202 | LCC/LPTB Tramways small sized SERVICE INFORMATION POSTERS. Each blue and red print, 9½” x 4”, dated 1932 – 1933. Advertising last cars on Sundays from Cricklewood, earlier first car from Hayes to Shepherds Bush, earlier cars on route 66. Filing holes. (3) | £34 |
| 203 | LCC TRAMS POCKET MAP AND GUIDE dated November 1925. Green print with cover illustration of Westminster Bridge and Big Ben. Good condition. (1) | N/S |
| 204 | LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL engineer’s note book. HARDBACK BOOKLET containing 5 hand drawn plans and accompanying notes relating to the building of the Post Office Railway in 1917. Interesting insight in to the construction of the railway. (1) | £34 |
| 205 | “LEYLAND ATLANTEAN” BUS RADIATOR PLATE in chrome with relief of “Atlas” in bronze holding the globe in coloured enamel. Size 15 x 7½”, in ex-vehicle condition. Thought to be from Sheffield/S.Yorks area. (1) | £60 |
| 206 | RIBBLE MOTOR SERVICES BUS TIMETABLE of Express & Limited Stop Services with map and fares. Dated June 1946, 148pp with pictorial cover. Plus 9 timetable revision leaflets from the 1940’s. (10) | £50 |
| 207 | LT COUNTRY BUSES & COACHES. Two BOUND VOLUMES of TRAFFIC CIRCULARS covering the years 1947 and 1948. Each 150+pp, hardback, part leather bound covers with title in gold on front. Spine taped on first example. (2) | £100 |
| 208 | SOUTHDOWN MOTOR SERVICES Ltd. ROUTE MAP of omnibus and express coach services. Yellow card covers, fold out paper map with many adverts for local companies. Circa 1950’s. Good condition. (1) | £26 |
| 209 | CITY OF PORTSMOUTH PASSENGER TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT UNIFORM CAP BADGE. Enamel and nickel showing number 446 and coat of arms with C. of Portsmouth P.T.D in blue enamel scroll at top. Some damage to enamel. Plus SMT Co. Driver brass UNIFORM CAP BADGE showing company initials with legend ‘Driver’ across centre bar. (2) | £20 |
| 210 | LONDON TRANSPORT. An Edmondson TICKET DATING PRESS as removed from the ticket office at Hounslow East on conversion to the UTS system on 6th July 1988. Good, ex-office condition. (1) | £42 |
| 211 | BARTON TRANSPORT Ltd. BUS TIMETABLE booklet. Thin card covers show photo illustration of company single decker. 80pp dated March 1933. Covers a little dusty but OK. (1) | £42 |
| 212 | LT UNIFORM CAP BADGE. Griffins holding bullseye design in gilt with outer circle in dark blue and inner in cream enamel. Produced for issue to a Divisional Mechanical Inspector. VGC and a rare badge. (1) | £200 |
| 213 | LGOC “General” POCKET MAP OF BUS ROUTES: No. 1 of 1926, Nos. 9 and 12 1927, No. 5 & 6 1929, plus “List of Motor-Bus Routes Shewing Alterations to Route Numbers” from 1st December 1924 (2-fold pamphlet). Mostly VGC. (5) | £36 |
| 214 | THE SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE TRAMWAYS (LESSEE COMPANY) LTD booklet ‘COMPANY’S BYE-LAWS AND BOARD OF TRADE REGULATIONS. Cloth covers, 16pp, dated 1914. Office copy with original hanging string in left hand corner. (1) | £55 |
| 215 | Postcard size mostly B&W BUS PHOTOGRAPHS of DMS type buses both in LT and post-LT ownership taken in the 1970s/80s. Quality varies, but mostly good. A few colour examples noted. All different. (105) | £12 |
| 216 | MIDLAND RED Leamington Spa Area BUS TIMETABLE dated January 1946. 184pp with colourful pictorial covers showing different company vehicles. VGC. (1) | £16 |
| 217 | RAILLESS LIMITED published paperback booklet RAILLESS TRACTION AT BIRMINGHAM. 12pp fully illustrated reprint from The Tramway and Railway World issued to commemorate the replacement of trams with trolleybuses on the route to Nechells. Undated. Contains some nice illustrations of early trolleybuses. Good condition. (1) | £34 |
| 218 | BIRMINGHAM “Tram Omnibus & Street” GUIDE. Black and red covers, 150+pp detailing where each tram/bus starts from and how to reach every street. Also gives fares information. Dated 1950. VGC. (1) | £18 |
| 219 | EAST HAM brass CAP BADGE showing the corporation coat of arms with Latin motto below. Thought to be tramways. Good condition. (1) | £50 |
| LOTS 220-235: 35mm colour transparencies mostly of London area buses and coaches taken over the years 1989 – 1998 the majority of buses in operation at the time but one or two earlier and preserved vehicles noted also. They are all to a high professional standard but there may be a little duplication of subject and location. All copyright passes to the successful purchaser. | |
| 220 | Years 1989, 1991 and 1992 in three slide boxes. (88) | £45 |
| 221 | Year 1992 in three slide boxes. (114) | N/S |
| 222 | Year 1992 in three slide boxes. (107) | £45 |
| 223 | Year 1992 in three slide boxes. (115) | N/S |
| 224 | Year 1993 in three slide boxes. (115) | N/S |
| 225 | Year 1993 in three slide boxes. (117) | N/S |
| 226 | Year 1993 in three slide boxes. (116) | £45 |
| 227 | Years 1993, 1994 in three slide boxes. (105) | N/S |
| 228 | Year 1994 in three slide boxes. (118) | N/S |
| 229 | Year 1994 in three slide boxes. (118) | N/S |
| 230 | Year 1994 in three slide boxes. (114) | N/S |
| 231 | Year 1994 in three slide boxes. (114) | N/S |
| 232 | Years 1994, 1995 in three slide boxes. (118) | N/S |
| 233 | Years 1995, 1996, 1997 in three slide boxes. (104) | N/S |
| 234 | Years 1997, 1998 in four slide boxes. (126) | N/S |
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| 235 | Postcard size mostly B&W BUS PHOTOGRAPHS of DMS type buses both in LT and post-LT ownership taken in the 1970s/80s. Quality varies, but mostly good. A few colour examples noted. All different. (105) | £22 |
| 236 | DEVON GENERAL OMNIBUS Co. BUS TIMETABLE booklet. Red and white paperback cover with illustration of company single-deck bus. 104pp dated February 1946. Plus similar dated June 1954 showing coloured map type cover. (2) | £46 |
| 237 | Approx 360 black & white postcard sized PHOTOGRAPHS of single and double deck buses in the West Country including some minor companies. The majority are modern but some show examples from the 1940’s onwards. Contained in two albums. (Qty) | £85 |
| 238 | PARIS AREA OFFICIAL GUIDE OF MOTORBUSES, TRAMWAYS AND BOATS. Pocket sized hardback booklet containing 242pp guide to transport in the city. Circa early 1930’s. Text in English and French. A little worn and bindings loose. (1) | £20 |
| 239 | BIRMINGHAM CITY TRANSPORT 12” x 16” LETTERPRESS POSTER ‘Omnibus Services Christmas 1937’. Black and red print listing all the routes and first and last bus times on Christmas Day and Boxing Day. Folded. (1) | £20 |
| 240 | LONDON AREA Public Service Vehicle double-sided enamel CONDUCTOR’S LICENCE PLATE No. N763 in oval shape with number in black on white centre surrounded by red border with lettering in white. Severe edge chipping and rusting. (1) | £30 |
| 241 | COUNTY BOROUGH OF WEST BROMWICH TIMETABLE BOOKLET of Motor Bus Services. 44pp, pocket size, dated January 1934. (1) | N/S |
| 242 | OXFORD MOTOR SERVICES Ltd. GUIDE BOOK ‘Motor Charabanc Excursions’. Brown card covers, 96pp fully illustrated guide to tours of the area. Includes fold out map. Circa late 1920’s. VGC. (1) | £42 |
| 243 | POCKET MAPS: LT Trams: No. 2 of 1935 (Sellotape repair); LT Railways: No. 1 1948; LT Trolleybus and Trams: No. 1 of 1940 (grubby); January 1950; “General” Bus Routes No. 7 of 1928 (dusty); LT General Bus Routes: No. 2 of 1934; LT Central Area Buses: No. 2 1947 (2 copies); LT “Olympic Games” 1948; LT/BR “Coronation” 1953. Mostly VGC. (10) | £22 |
| 244 | Six books in the Alan Townsin written series “THE BEST OF BRITISH BUSES”: AEC Regents, The Utilities, Leyland Titans, AEC Q Family, 75 Years of Aldershot and District, AEC Regals. (6) | £16 |
| 245 | LONDON TRANSPORT EXECUTIVE. A wooden framed and glazed CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE as awarded to William W. Lee Operating Manager’s Dept (Railways) upon his retirement after 44 years service, dated 19th August 1949. VGC. (1) | £10 |
| 246 | BRADFORD CORPORATION TIMETABLE BOOKLET. Orange card covers showing photo of bus, trolley and tram. 144pp plus fold out map, dated July 1936. (1) | £65 |
| 247 | LCC/LPTB Tramways small sized SERVICE INFORMATION POSTERS. Each blue and red print, 9½” x 4”, dated 1932 – 1933. Advertising route 79 withdrawn and diverted to Enfield, earlier cars Sundays on route 40, earlier cars Sundays Shepherds Bush to Hounslow etc. Filing holes. (3) | £30 |
| 248 | LGOC MAP OF SOME MOTOR-BUS EXTENSIONS of the London Underground Railways dated September 1916, one of the infrequent WW1 issues. Although listed under Bus Maps by “Burwood & Brady”, this is really an Underground Map with bus routes shown as dotted lines. Some small fold tears but OK. (1) | £30 |
| 249 | BIRMINGHAM CORPORATION TRAMWAYS UNIFORM CAP BADGE “Conductor” showing corporation coat of arms surrounded by name in capitals with laurel leaves and with conductor in blue enamel scroll at bottom. A little damage to enamel otherwise good. (1) | £50 |
| 250 | LT “Chief Examiner” UNIFORM CAP BADGE. Griffins supporting bullseye type in gilt with dark blue outer circle and light blue inner. VGC. (1) | £400 |
| LOTS 251–275 ARE ALL TICKETS FROM BUS, UNDERGROUND, TRAM AND TROLLEYBUS OPERATORS. | |
| 251 | LGOC (5) LGOC & ASSOCIATED Cos. (14) and LPTB/LT BUSES (29) all different fareboard geographical punch type BUS TICKETS from routes 44 and 45 serving the Kings Cross area all loose mounted in an album with notes by the vendor. A selection of tickets is offered to show changes in stage names/route patterns during the period covered. Condition is mostly good with some unusual/rare issues noted. See note at Lot 51. (48) | £420 |
| 252 | LT BUSES. Over 300 mostly geographical wartime and post-war punch type BUS TICKETS loose mounted in an album offering a good range of route and fare combinations. A few Country and Coaches noted but very minor. No duplication noted. (Qty) | £60 |
| 253 | LONDON geographical punch type HORSE and MOTOR BUS TICKETS: LGOC (17) at ½d, 1d, 1½d and 2d fares issued between 1900-1913; London Road Car Co. (2). All different and mostly VGC. (19) | £20 |
| 254 | A blue painted WOODEN BUS CONDUCTORS TICKET RACK with 16 sprung compartments filled with several packs of Gresswell’s, Hulley’s (Baslow) and Bury & Salford Corporation numerical stage punch type tickets. Good condition. (1) | N/S |
| 255 | WHITECHAPEL & BOW RAILWAY issued 5d Dog and 7d Bicycle Edmondson card UNDER-GROUND TICKETS from Bow Road. VGC. (2) | £44 |
| 256 | LCC (6) and LPTB (36). Selection of 1/-d All Day and later 1/-d Day punch type TRAM TICKETS issued between 1929-1941, plus LPTB 4d Scholar June/July 1934. All different. (42) | £160 |
| 257 | METROPOLITAN RAILWAY (20) and DISTRICT RAILWAY(10) issued whole Edmondson UNDER-GROUND TICKETS mostly of the later green card type, but some earlier and unusual issues noted. Two machine issues also included. All different. (30) | £55 |
| 258 | LONDON TRANSPORT COACHES selection of approx. 280 geographical punch type BUS TICKETS from routes CS6 – CS10 at a wide range of values including many used examples. All appear to be different from several different sets from each route. (Qty) | £90 |
| 259 | LPTB/LT TROLLEYBUSES/LT T&T all different (code 245) mostly geographical punch type TROLLEYBUS TICKETS from Route 611 serving the Kings Cross area issued between 1938-1950. A selection of tickets is offered to show changes in stage names/route patterns. Condition is mostly good, but one or two may be a little faded with age, with some unusual/rare issues noted. See note at lot 51. (26) | £220 |
| 260 | GREAT NORTHERN PICCADILLY & BROMPTON RAILWAY undated 4d yellow station of origin type Edmondson card UNDERGROUND TICKET from Russell Square. (1) | £110 |
| 261 | LTE/LT Board PLATFORM TICKETS comprising 90 Edmondson card issues at 1d – 25p mostly on buff card, and 14 early and experimental machine issues. All appear to be different. (104) | £20 |
| 262 | LONDON TRANSPORT DELVER’S DELIGHT of approx. 1,200 BUS TRAM and TROLLEYBUS TICKETS comprising punch, card and machine issues including c.400 large and small overprint geographicals and fareboard types. (Qty) | £65 |
| 263 | LONDON TUBE RAILWAYS. Various machine issued UNDERGROUND TICKETS from CLR, LER, C&SLR. All appear to be different. (67) | £10 |
| 264 | LONDON TRAM TICKETS: an assortment of about 200 punch tickets comprising 25 from municipalities and companies, 60 LPTB (including Bexley and Walthamstow transitionals) and about 120 LTE. Some duplication, mostly good/VGC. (Qty) | £95 |
| 265 | JOINT RAILWAYS issued Edmondson card UNDERGROUND TICKETS: Met & Gt Northern Aldersgate Street; Met & Midland Aldersgate Street, Farringdon Street; Met & SE&C Aldersgate Street – Snow Hill; Met & LC&D Moorgate Street – Snow Hill (2nd Class) (creased). Snow Hill was renamed Holborn Viaduct Low Level on 1/5/1912 and closed 1/6/1916. Mostly VGC. (5) | £55 |
| 266 | LGOC (2) LGOC & ASSOCIATED Cos. (10) and LPTB/LT BUSES (20) sealed packet of all different fareboard geographical punch type BUS TICKETS from Routes 18, 18/118, 18/18A and 18A/25. 518 and 18B serving the Kings Cross area. A selection of tickets is offered to show changes in stage names/route patterns during the period covered. Condition is mostly good, but one or two may be a little faded with age, with some unusual/rare issues noted. See note at lot 51. (67) | £160 |
| 267 | LONDON AREA punch type TRAM TICKETS: Metropolitan Electric Tramways (2) 1d blue geographicals; LCC Tramways (4) 1d white, 1d blue, 1½d green geographicals and buff Exchange Ticket; Croydon Corporation & LCC Tramways joint issue 1d white from service 16/18. All different and mostly VGC. (7) | £75 |
| 268 | UK OPERATORS’ boxed selection of over 200 punch type BUS TICKETS from a wide selection of companies and municipals. Worth sorting. (Qty) | £42 |
| 269 | UNDERGROUND TICKETS. A collection of over 500 pre- and post-Decimalisation machine issues including some early types, plus post-Decimalisation whole Edmondson cards mostly from stations beginning A to H. Little, if any, duplication. ( Qty) | £20 |
| 270 | A LONDON CAMBERWELL & DULWICH TRAMWAYS Co. 1d white roll type HORSE TRAM TICKET for the route Queen’s Rd Peckh’m – Pl’gh Inn L’dship Lane in excellent condition. Opened in 1887 and beset by financial problems, the company finally went into liquidation in 1900. LCC Tramways bought the line for £6,500 and electrified the system soon afterwards. (1) | N/S |
| 271 | LT BUSES. A sealed packet of all different geographical punch type BUS TICKETS from Routes 18/18B serving the Kings Cross area issued during the wartime and post-war period. A selection of tickets is offered to show changes in stage names/route patterns. Condition is mostly good, but one or two may be a little faded with age, with some unusual/rare issues noted. See note at lot 51. (116) | £160 |
| 272 | LONDON INDEPENDENT OPERATORS mostly numerical stage punch type BUS TICKETS including examples from Alberta, Allen’s, Ambassador, Gordon, Cleaner (geographical), Enterprise, Eastern, Gray’s, Miller Traction, National Steam Car (geographicals), Prince, Reliance, Triumph, Westminster, etc., and 3 Timpson’s London & Hastings coach tickets. (31) | £70 |
| 273 | LT whole Edmondson card UNDERGROUND TICKETS for accompanied articles: Dog, Pram, Bicycle, etc., both singles and returns from a nice range of stations, some earlier issues noted including LT & LNE and LT & GW. Many are unissued, but all different. (34) | £14 |
| 274 | LPTB selection of geographical punch type TRAM TICKETS all issued before 1940 from a variety of routes 1d Scholars, 5d, 6d and 9d Returns. All different. (20) | £50 |
| 275 | CITY & SOUTH LONDON RAILWAY Edmondson card and thin card machine issued UNDERGROUND TICKETS from Bank (badly creased), Clapham Road, Clapham Common 1, Colliers Wood (machine), Elephant & Castle, Kings Cross 1 (machine), London Bridge, Oval, Sth Wimbledon (machine) and Stockwell. Mostly VGC. (10) | £60 |
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| 276 | RAILWAY CLEARING HOUSE BOOKLET: “List of Ticket Nippers in use by Railway and Steamship Companies” dated March 1909, including 4pp of amendments and additions. Paperback, 54pp, slight foxing to cover, good otherwise and a useful archive for the dedicated ticket collector. (1) | £30 |
| 277 | MIDLAND RED PUBLICITY BOOKLET: “Midland Red Circular Tours by Ordinary Service Buses.” Red print on grey cover, 112pp, circa 1920s. VGC. (1) | £20 |
| 278 | Boxed edition of the children’s game, ‘LOBO’. Card game based on travel on the London Underground system where players collect cards in order to complete their ‘journey’. Station cards include closed stations. 71 cards contained in original box. Produced by De La Rue circa 1930’s. All VGC. (1) | £38 |
| 279 | NORWICH ELECTRIC TRAMWAYS Co. UNIFORM CAP BADGE. Oval design with company name around outside and number “91” in metal on leather background in centre. Unfortunately the lion atop is missing. An early badge. (1) | £85 |
| 280 | LT Green Line bus BONNET PLATE “RT4777” in lined gold on green. Good, ex-vehicle condition with traces of red underneath. (1) | £95 |
| 281 | CHELTENHAM DISTRICT TRACTION Co. BUS TIMETABLE probably dated October 1931. Paperback, pocket sized, 12pp printed on pink coloured paper. VGC. (1) | N/S |
| 282 | IRISH TRAMS. 50 postcard sized black & white PHOTOGRAPHS. Various locations. (50) | £20 |
| 283 | LGOC “General” POCKET MAP OF BUS ROUTES: No. 2 of 1928, Summer 1928, Nos. 10 and 11 & 12 1929; plus “Bus Route Guide” No. 8 1930. Mostly VGC. (5) | £18 |
| 284 | BIRMINGHAM DISTRICT POWER AND TRACTION COMPANY LTD booklet ‘COMPANY’S BYE-LAWS AND BOARD OF TRADE REGULATIONS’. Cloth covers, 16pp, dated 1914. Office copy with original hanging string in left hand corner. (1) | £30 |
| 285 | Postcard size mostly B&W BUS PHOTOGRAPHS of DMS type buses both in LT and post-LT ownership taken in the 1970s/80s. Quality varies, but mostly good. A few colour examples noted. All different. (105) | £10 |
| 286 | LONDON GENERAL COUNTRY SERVICES (NORTHERN DIVISION) BUS FARETABLE booklet. Green paperback covers, 36pp, dated 1932. (1) | £48 |
| 287 | Approximately 80 POSTCARD SIZE BLACK & WHITE PHOTOGRAPHS of London area trams. A good variety including many early shots. Variable quality. (Qty) | £28 |
| 288 | GREAT NORTHERN PICCADILLY & BROMPTON RAILWAY Finsbury Park – Holborn Section DRAWINGS of the “Proposed Station at Gillespie Road” at a scale 50ft:1” dated 1904, 24” x 18” on paper with Sellotape repairs; together with similar on canvas showing alterations to the station dated 1/9/1933 after it had been renamed Arsenal (Highbury Hill) station (from 31/10/1932); plus three letters head “Bell Punch & Printing Company” dated 1897 to London County Council concerning their premises in Tabernacle Street. (5) | £40 |
| 289 | LONDON TRANSPORT local area ROAD AND RAIL TIMETABLE booklet for Epping, Loughton and District. Brown covers, 96pp dated May 1938. (1) | £60 |
| 290 | LT. An Underground Northern Line FRIEZE ENAMEL “Bank” in black on white lettering with black edges. A handy size 32” x 9” but unfortunately has sustained considerable damage along the top edge (not affecting station name) which will require patient restoration. (1) | £18 |
| 291 | Two SOUTHERN NATIONAL (SOMERSET & DORSET AREA) BUS TIMETABLE booklets dated May 1946 and January 1954. Plus two SOUTHERN NATIONAL (NORTH DEVON & NORTH CORNWALL AREA) BUS TIMETABLE booklets dated May 1946 and June 1947. Each with nice pictorial covers showing coloured illustrations of company single deck bus over a map of the West Country. Some faults. (4) | £60 |
| 292 | Quantity of HARDBACK BOOKS. Various publishers. (Qty) | £20 |
| 293 | Early 2-fold Stingemore type MAP OF UNDERGROUND RAILWAYS. Green cloth bound card opening to show system map and connections with the tramways. Reverse details first and last train times. Undated, but probably a turn of the century issue. (1) | £50 |
| 294 | PAPERBACK BOOK: “Transports Publics A Londres.” 298pp published in France 1936. Rext in French. Fold-out charts/maps at back. Spine slightly worn, good otherwise. (1) | £20 |
| 295 | An “ACME THUNDERER” GUARD’S WHISTLE in chrome clearly stamped “L&NER” in good working order. (1) | £20 |
| 296 | MIDLAND RED Leicester Area BUS TIMETABLE dated September 1941. 312pp with colourful pictorial covers showing different company vehicles. VGC. (1) | £30 |
| 297 | LCC/LPTB Tramways small sized SERVICE INFORMATION POSTERS. Each blue and red print, 9½” x 4”, dated 1932 – 1933. Advertising alteration to times of first car on Sunday’s Shepherds Bush – Uxbridge etc, earlier cars on Sundays from Shepherds Bush. Filing holes. (2) | £32 |
| 298 | Paper “Stingemore” MAP one side showing the “Underground” Railways of London” the reverse showing “Connections with Main Line Termini”. Undated, but probably printed circa late 1920’s. VGC. (1) | £28 |
| 299 | Three LT Bus Garage STENCIL ALLOCATION PLATES for Uxbridge (UX), Upton Park (U) and Hounslow (AV) garages. (3) | £50 |
| 300 | LT “Examiner” UNIFORM CAP BADGE. Griffins supporting bullseye type in gilt with dark blue outer circle and light blue inner. VGC. (1) | £340 |
| 301 | LEAMINGTON & WARWICK ELECTRICAL CO Ltd Green Omnibus Services TIMETABLE BOOKLET. Paperback, 12pp, dated August 1932. (1) | £28 |
| 302 | Two LT Trolleybus Garage STENCIL ALLOCATION PLATES for Colindale (CE) and (HB) garages. (2) | £85 |
| 303 | LGOC “General” POCKET MAP & GUIDE dated August 1913. Faded and fragile with one or two small holes at fold corners. Good generally. Original owner name written on front. (1) | £20 |
| 304 | Five IAN ALLAN ABC BOOKLETS; Commercial Vehicles May 1953, Midland Red July 1949, Bristol Tramways August 1949, British Bus Fleets South Central Area January 1959, South Eastern Area June 1956. All good unmarked condition. (5) | £34 |
| 305 | 11 ASSOCIATED DAIMLER COMPANY half plate OFFICIAL BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPHS of buses built by the company. Shows single deckers from White’s Motors (South Wales), Western Valleys, Smiths Safety Services, Crosville, B&HH Motors, Palace Saloon, Timpson’s, plus a few unidentified. Appear 1920’s – 30’s. Good quality. (11) | £30 |
| 306 | LONDON ELECTRIC RAILWAY (BAKERLOO LINE) WORKING TIMETABLE No.110 dated October 1926. 29pp. (1) | £28 |
| 307 | LT Instructors Association COLLAR BADGE. Small size 1” diameter version of griffins supporting roundel type chrome badge with two tone blue enamel bullseye with black enamel centre bar with initials LTIA across centre. Manufactured by Simpson. Not common. (1) | N/S |
| 308 | Two BIRMINGHAM “Transport & Street” GUIDES. Card covers, 150+pp detailing where each bus starts from and how to reach every street. Also gives fares information. Dated 1958 and 1960. Both VGC. (1) | £20 |
| 309 | LT UNDERGROUND wooden painted “CENTRAL LINE” DEPOT ALLOCATION BOARD 30” x 15” lettered with 1960, 1962 and 1967 car types with spaces for daily requirements/availability figures to be chalked in. Depot unknown. VGC. (1) | £20 |
| 310 | x1938 Tube Stock BRASS WHISTLE. Approx 2” diameter and 12” long in good used condition. A manageable size and a nice addition to any collection. (1) | £42 |
| 311 | Two DERBY CORPORATION BUS TIMETABLE booklets. Undated but show trolleybus services. Plus two FARE TABLE booklets dated April 1951 and February 1952. (4) | N/S |
| 312 | EAST KENT ROAD CAR COMPANY GUIDE BOOK to the Isle of Thanet. Illustrated card covers, 74pp guide to the area. Includes fold-out map. Circa 1940’s. VGC. (1) | £40 |
| 313 | GEOGRAPHIA LIMITED published Daily Telegraph UNDERGROUND, RAIL AND TRAMWAY MAP OF LONDON. Green card covers showing the various transport types, coloured paper diagrammatic type map (fold tears), circa 1920’s. (1) | £10 |
| 314 | DUDLEY & STOURBRIDGE TRAMWAY COMPANY booklet ‘HINTS TO MOTORMEN AND LEARNERS’ by A.Massey, Motor Inspector on the company. Paperback, 11pp, undated. A little worn but OK. (1) | £28 |
| 315 | CITY OF OXFORD MS. Two BUS DESTINATION BLINDS in good condition complete with slotted brass ends. Thought to be from the 1950s. (2) | £55 |
| 316 | EAST YORKSHIRE MOTOR SERVICES Ltd Official BUS TIMETABLE. Green & cream covers, 108pp plus fold out map. Dated June 1946. (1) | £10 |
| 317 | LT COUNTRY BUSES & COACHES. Two BOUND VOLUMES of TRAFFIC CIRCULARS covering the years 1952 and 1953. Each 150+pp, hardback, part leather bound covers with title in gold on front. (2) | £75 |
| 318 | A DISTRICT RAILWAY MAP OF GREATER LONDON 5th edition. Cloth bound part coloured map in illustrated hardback covers. Tear and loss to bottom r/h corner of front cover. (1) | £10 |
| 319 | BIRMINGHAM CITY TRANSPORT 14” x 26” LETTERPRESS POSTER ‘Bye-Laws and Regulations’ listing the general regulations plus those specific to the tramways, listing all the speed restriction points on the system. Dated 1927. Folded. (1) | N/S |
| 320 | LT badge “OFFICIAL 53.” Circular design in chrome with LT bullseye design with dotted line in blue enamel in centre. Low number implies early issue. (1) | £300 |
| 321 | LONDON TRANSPORT AREA TIMETABLE of Buses, Coaches & Mail Line Railways covering South-West area. Orange paperback covers, 264pp, dated April 1936. (1) | N/S |
| 322 | METROPOLITAN ELECTRIC TRAMWAYS brass COLLAR BADGE showing company initials. Plus MET brass UNIFORM BUTTON again showing company initials but in a scroll style. (2) | N/S |
| 323 | LGOC “General” POCKET MAP OF BUS ROUTES: February 1922 (original owner’s name on front), November 1923; “Town & Country Motor-Bus Routes” December 1923; plus “List of Motor-Bus Routes Shewing Alterations to Route Numbers” from 1st December 1924 (2-fold pamphlet). Mostly VGC. (4) | £38 |
| 324 | CITY OF BIRMINGHAM paperback booklet BYE-LAWS AND REGULATIONS with respect to tramways as made by the council. 9pp, dated March 1909. VGC. (1) | £20 |
| 325 | Postcard size mostly B&W BUS PHOTOGRAPHS of DMS type buses both in LT and post-LT ownership taken in the 1970s/80s. Quality varies, but mostly good. A few colour examples noted. All different. (100) | £14 |
| 326 | Four WESTERN NATIONAL BUS TIMETABLES booklets: South Devon and East Cornwall Area, Cornwall Area, Somerset and East Devon Area, Gloucester & Wiltshire Area. All dated May 1946. All have nice coloured pictorial cover showing single deck bus over a map of the area covered. (4) | £85 |
| 327 | Approx 200 black & white and colour postcard sized PHOTOGRAPHS of single and double deck buses in the West Country including some minor companies. The majority are modern but some show examples from the 1940’s onwards. Contained in two albums. (200) | £40 |
| 328 | STANFORD’S MAP OF PROPOSED METROPOLITAN RAILWAYS as produced for the 1865 Parliamentary Session. Part coloured, clothbound map folding into brown clothbound hardback covers with title on a green label on the front. A little fading to spine otherwise good condition. (1) | £150 |
| 329 | DARLINGTON CORPORATION DOUBLE SIDED BRASS HANGING BADGE for “Driver 186” Company title around the edge, complete with original leather strap to attach to a button. VGC. (1) | £55 |
| 330 | LT COUNTRY BUSES UNIFORM CAP BADGE with green enamel outer ring supported by chrome griffins. “London Transport” is in black enamel with dotted line across centre of bullseye. Produced for issue to Area Inspectors. Manufactured by JR Gaunt . VGC. (1) | £170 |
| 331 | A collection of LT “Green Line” POCKET TIMETABLES for many of their routes dated between 1933 – 1937 in various early LPTB styles. Mostly VGC. (29) | £48 |
| 332 | LONDON UNDERGROUND UNIFORM CAP. 1980’s – 90’s issue with sew on gold braid badge. (1) | £10 |
| 333 | LONDON GENERAL OMNIBUS COMPANY POCKET MAP & GUIDE to omnibus services “Open Air to Everywhere” dated Nov 1911. Rather fragile with one or two very small tears at folds, otherwise unmarked. An early edition. (1) | £75 |
| 334 | An old SCRAPBOOK “Railway Notes & Scenes” dated 1903 with newspaper and magazine cuttings of railway developments both UK and overseas in the period up to the stated date. Some interesting facts and figures noted in the 48pp volume. (1) | £12 |
| 335 | An LPTB METROPOLITAN & DISTRICT LINE enamel TRAIN DESTINATION ENAMEL with “Plaistow” on one side, “Edgware Road” on the other, in white lettering on black and with brass ends. A little restoration has already been carried out, but one or two chips require further attention. (1) | £28 |
| 336 | SOUTH WALES TRANSPORT COMPANY BUS TIMETABLE booklet of bus and Mumbles Tramway services. Brown card covers, 104pp, dated May 1933. VGC. (1) | £90 |
| 337 | Collection of LT WORKING TIMETABLES. Mostly modern but including Easter 1936, Metropolitan Line July 1939, Metropolitan Line Emergency WTT, October 1939, Central and Bakerloo Line examples from the 1960’s. (Qty) | £30 |
| 338 | LIVERPOOL CORPORATION TRAMWAYS AND MOTOR BUS GUIDE with map. Orange card covers. 28pp guide to first and last tramcar services and motor bus routes, fold out map (tears). New edition dated December 1929. (1) | £22 |
| 339 | x35mm COLOUR TRANSPARENCIES showing views of Glasgow Corporation trolleybuses. Average quality, all identified, all taken in early 1960’s. (13) | £20 |
| 340 | BELL PUNCH type LT TICKET MACHINE. Probably manufactured by LT and has London Transport stamped into the side. Complete with backing plate. Has serial number A902 stamped into front. Good working order. (1) | £150 |
| 341 | SOUTHDOWN MOTOR SERVICES BUS TIMETABLE booklet. Green paperback covers, 64pp with centre page map, dated August 1921. Disbound and with no staples otherwise VGC. (1) | £46 |
| 342 | Pressed metal RADIATOR BADGE “AEC” in red, white and blue triangular shape. Origin unknown. VGC. (1) | £24 |
| 343 | MET/LUT/SMET “Tramways” POCKET MAP of Routes in the North, West & South London Suburbs dated 1932; plus later LPTB/LT “Trolleybus and Trams”: No. 3 Winter 1936-7, January 1950; “Bus Trolleybus & Tram Routes” Nos. 1 and 2 1945; also LPTB “Revised Route Numbers Bus & Tram” from 3rd October 1934 (12pp leaflet). (6) | £30 |
| 344 | BIRMINGHAM CORPORATION TRAMWAY RULES & REGULATIONS BOOK. Blue paperback covers, 109pp dated 1926. VGC. (1) | £40 |
| 345 | An aluminium alloy “Leyland” VEHICLE HUB CAP from an unidentified bus. Company monogram raised letters in centre against a green painted background with traces of orange coming through. Good condition. (1) | £7 |
| 346 | MIDLAND RED Stafford Area BUS TIMETABLE dated May 1943. 48pp with colourful pictorial covers showing different company vehicles. VGC. (1) | £20 |
| 347 | South Wales Transport Company MUMBLES RAILWAY 4pp leaflet “Parcel Delivery Service – Rates and Facilities”. Dated September 1934. (1) | N/S |
| 348 | LONDON TROLLEYBUSES. A box file containing official LT TROLLEYBUS CONVERSION MEETING MINUTES plus official Press Releases for most of the later Trolleybus to Bus conversions. Approx 160 foolscap pages including maps, diagrams, etc., plus 7 LT Pocket Maps dated 1959-1962 covering the conversion period. A fascinating archive. (Qty) | £190 |
| 349 | COUNTY BOROUGH OF WEST BROMWICH TIMETABLE BOOKLET of Motor Bus Services. 31pp, pocket size, dated May 1930. (1) | £28 |
| 350 | LONDON COUNTRY “GREEN LINE” National Bus Company UNIFORM CAP BADGE. 2½” wide oval design with lettering in green enamel on chrome background. VGC. (1) | £30 |