| Lot | Description |
| 1 | NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY issued 3rd single Eston (opened 1/1/1902; closed 11/3/1929) to Cargo Fleet, dated 10/2/1919 and in excellent condition. (1) | £220 |
| 2 | RHONDDA & SWANSEA BAY RAILWAY issued 3rd Parly single Swansea to Dany-graig (as spelt), dated 25/8/1911 and in excellent condition. Swansea was renamed 1/7/1924; both stations closed on 11/9/1933. (1) | £90 |
| 3 | POTTERIES BUS OPERATORS: Punch type BUS TICKETS comprising 1d from ALLEN’S MOTORS (printed by Keates), 1d, 2d and 3d numerical stage from THE COSY BUS SERVICE CO. (by Williamsons), six tickets in ½d stages from 1d to 3½d from COSY BUS CO. (by Bell Punch with imprints from 8777 to 8782), a 2½d issue from EVANS & FINNEY BUS SERVICES (by Keates), and 1d and 4d issues from GREYHOUND MOTORS (by Williamson). The Cosy Bus Service of Burslem became part of Associated NS Bus Proprietors in 1934. The Cosy Bus Co. tickets show an address of 29 Birches Head Road Hanley and are probably from a different operator. Evans & Finney were absorbed by T. Beckett in 1930. The Greyhound tickets show the operator as M.E. Allen & Sons of Sneyd Green, Hanley, a company absorbed by PMT in 1935. All in VGC. (13) | £150 |
| 4 | GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY selection of all different type G72 and G75 LUGGAGE LABELS with printed origin station. Origin stations are: G72: Cropredy, Fenny Compton, Handboro’, Maiden Newton, Oxford, Princes Risboro’, Salisbury, Somerton, Steventon, Tiddington; G75: Milford, Salisbury, Stow-on-Wold, Tiverton Junc., Tydee, Whitland, Woodstock Road. Mostly in VGC and includes some rare examples not listed in RPS Handbook H8. (20) | £660 |
| 5 | LONDON & NORTH WESTERN PLATFORM TICKETS comprising T6 Free issues from Rugby (white – arched name) and Stockport Up (brown – straight name), together with a T1A 1d roll ticket from Rhyl No.1 (hatched blob). (3) | £260 |
| 6 | MATLOCK URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL CABLE TRAMWAY: An untitled buff coloured 2¼” x 1¼” TRAM TICKET headed “Special Local Tickets : Up Journey Only”. Part of the text reads “This Ticket along with ONE PENNY must be handed to the Conductor, who will issue in exchange a 2d Ticket”. It was, in fact, a coupon torn from a pad, which had initially been purchased by a local resident / ratepayer. The arrangement was introduced in July 1910 and it is believed that this coupon probably dates from around that time, and was almost certainly produced by a local printer. In any case, it precedes December 1917 when the Up fare was increased from 2d to 3d. (1) | £55 |
| 7 | GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY undated “Emigrant’s Ticket” for a 3rd class single journey from Liverpool Landing Stage to London Paddington issued on board the White Star Line steamer “Megantic”. This vessel, which was named after the lake in Quebec, was built by Harland & Wolff in Belfast and launched in 1908. Perhaps its most famous passenger was Dr Hawley Harvey Crippen, who was arrested in Canada in 1910 and escorted back to England where he was hanged for murder! (1) | £170 |
| 8 | LONDON & SOUTH COAST HAULAGE CO. LTD. BRIGHTON 5d pink named stage punch type BUS TICKET available on Service B. This concern, started by Walter French in 1912, was initially engaged in haulage, but branched out into passenger transport in 1914. The company passed to Southdown Motor Services Ltd. on the formation of that company in June 1915. The ticket has light mounting marks on the back. (1) | £210 |
| 9 | LNER – EAST ANGLIA: A collection of 30 issued whole, of which 19 are from closed stations, such as Aldeburgh, Bradfield (closed 2/7/1956), Dereham, Hadham, Halstead, Leiston, Mardock, Melton (closed 2/5/1955), Orwell, Quy (outward half shown as ‘Ouy’), Sible & Castle Hedingham, Standon, Tivetshall. The lot also includes a 3rd single from Haughley to Brockford & Wetheringsett on the former Mid-Suffolk Light Railway (dated 7/5/1952). (30) | £160 |
| 10 | GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY – PLYMOUTH: A pre-grouping selection comprising a 2nd single Plymouth MB to Devonport (soiled), a Parly 3rd single Plymouth MB to Plymouth North Road (/), a 3rd single Mutley (closed 3/7/1939) to Plymouth N. Rd. or Millbay ‘In GW Trains’, and a 3rd Parly single Paddington to Plymouth dated 10/9/1874. (4) | £85 |
| 11 | BR(H) FROM AND TO THE WEST HIGHLAND AND CALLANDER & OBAN LINES all issued whole including from Appin, Ballachulish (both stations), Barcaldine, Benderloch, Killin, Whistlefield, etc. One or two more recent white and pink card issues included. (40) | £90 |
| 12 | PRE-GROUPING TICKETS TO HONOR OAK comprising LC&DR 3rd singles from Elephant & Castle (date illegible, but does not have printed fare) and Nunhead (closed 3/5/1925 Bd); SE&CR 2nd single from Ludgate Hill (closed 3/3/1929; minor Bd). (3) | £85 |
| 13 | RITZ MOTOR OMNIBUS CO. LTD 2d red punch type BUS TICKET set out in early horse bus style with stages between London Bridge and Marble Arch. (1) | WDN |
| 14 | SOMERSET & DORSET RAILWAY type S42 LUGGAGE LABEL to Pylle in good condition despite a little fraying of the edges. This full title label was printed between July 1874 and November 1875 and is therefore very scarce. (1) | £100 |
| 15 | EAST ANGLIAN PLATFORM TICKET SELECTION comprising: GER – T2 Haddiscoe. M&GN Joint – LNE T1GE Cromer Beach. N&S Jt. Com – LNE T3B Gorleston-on-Sea. LNER – T3A Hatfield Peverel A, Ingatestone DO A, Silvertown A; T3C – Battlesbridge A, Cromer Beach, Diss A, Liverpool St. A, Newmarket DO A, Wivenhoe A, Woodham Ferrers A, Woodham Ferrers G; Free issue – Wisbech. (15) | £110 |
| 16 | THE POTTERIES ELECTRIC TRACTION COMPANY LTD – WILLIAMSON PRINTS. Probably a complete series of 16 larger size punch type TRAM TICKETS with 28 stages and values from 1d to 1/2d, together 4 similar size tickets of different values (11d, 1/1d, 1/6d, 2/2d Return) with 14 stages on each side, and 3 smaller issues with different stage number ranges. (23) | £140 |
| 17 | AROUND HALIFAX AND BRADFORD: Issued GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY 3rd singles from Batley to Holmfield and Horton Park to Stanningley, together with issued HALIFAX & OVENDEN JOINT RAILWAY issues from 2 x Halifax North Bridge and Halifax Old Station. (5) | £70 |
| 18 | LONDON ROAD TICKET MISCELLANY of mostly geographical punch type BUS TICKETS comprising 7 “Omnibus Ticket” with stages (two the same, but different backs), 4 from London Road Car Co. (1 is numerical), Julius & Lockwood (numerical – company name on back), National Steam Co., Westminster Omnibus (numerical), Premier (5d orange geographical). Mostly VGC. (15) | £30 |
| 19 | SOUTH WALES PRE-GROUPING MISCELLANY comprising a BARRY RAILWAY blank Bicycle single from Barry made out to Lydney Junction (dated 3/3/1899), a RHYMNEY RAILWAY 2nd single from Cardiff (renamed 1/7/1924; closed 15/4/1928) to Aberdare GW (dated 31/8/1898), and a TAFF VALE RAILWAY Dog single from Porth made out to Merthyr (dated 13/9/1894? /). (3) | £60 |
| 20 | LM&SR issued 3rd single Grassington & Threshfield to Skipton, dated 14/9/1929. Grassington closed to regular traffic on 22/9/1930. Few ticket stocks would have been reprinted after the grouping, so LM&SR issues from the station are comparatively rare. This one is for the most common journey from the station and was probably printed around 1925 as it bears the Midland Railway audit code rather than the four figure one adopted by the LM&SR in 1926. (1) | £100 |
| 21 | LONDON & NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY – MAINLY LONDON AREA: Issued whole from Acton (N&SWJ), 2 x Bedford, Boxmoor (renamed 17/12/1912), Chalk Farm (Excess – issued at Willesden No.3), Kentish Town, Kilburn & Maida Vale No.2 (renamed 1/8/1923), London (Broad Street), London (Brondesbury), London (Chalk Farm), London (Highbury and Islington), London (Loudoun Road) (renamed 10/7/1922), London St. Quintin Park & Wormwood Scrubbs, St. Quintin Park & Wormwood Scrubbs No.2, Sandy, Willesden No.1, Willesden No.4, Woburn Sands (3rd or Motor Car). The lot also includes audit tickets from Uxbridge Road and Willesden (Circular Tour). Three of the tickets have adverts on the backs. (20) | £150 |
| 22 | BR(W) – TRANSITIONAL AND LATER 3RD CLASS PRINTS: A selection of 50 mainly singles, of which around 20 are from closed stations such as Challow, Cowley, Dursley, North Filton Platform, Sharpness, Tonyrefail, Upton & Blewbury, Woburn Green. (50) | £90 |
| 23 | EDINBURGH & DISTRICT TRAMWAYS CO. LTD. 1d white geographical stage punch type TRAM TICKET available for stages between Murrayfield and Nether Liberton (Route A), together with a longer 1d green available for a variety of named stages, but also including some numbered stages, Both in VGC. Opened 9/12/1893. Taken over by Edinburgh Corporation 1/7/1919. (3) | £45 |
| 24 | NORTH WEST OF ENGLAND: A collection of 70 issued and 40 audit BR whole Edmondsons. Includes transitional prints, a variety of types, and closed stations. Didsbury, Embleton, Hornby, Lower Ince, and West Leigh & Bedford noted in the issued tickets; Cockermouth, Golborne South, Haydock Park Racecourse, Seacombe, and Townley in the audits. (110) | £110 |
| 25 | SOUTHERN RAILWAY T1C RED BLOB PLATFORM TICKET from Guildford on orange card. A minor blemish on the face should not detract. (1) | £35 |
| 26 | LONDON TRAM AND BUS MISCELLANY of mostly geographical (three are numerical) punch type TRAM & BUS TICKETS comprising 1 x London Street Trams; 1 x MET; 5 x early LCC trams; 3 x LT Trams, 3 x LPTB trams, 1 x LPTB Trolleybuses; 2 x LT Trolleybuses; 3 x LPTB; 3 x LGOC, 9 x LGOC & Assoc Cos; 1 x Omnibus ticket. Mostly VGC. (32) | £60 |
| 27 | BR(H) TICKETS FROM AND TO WAVERLEY ROUTE AND BRANCHES comprising 17 issued and 11 audit including issued from Fountainhall, Galashiels, Gilnockie, Hawick, Melrose, Reedsmouth, St Boswells, etc. (28) | £140 |
| 28 | WEST YORKSHIRE ROAD CAR CO. LTD. A collection of 53 punch type BUS TICKETS of which 47 are different prints and 7 variations in colour shades. Also included in the lot are 7 tickets from KEIGHLEY – WEST YORKSHIRE SERVICES LTD. (60) | £85 |
| 29 | GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY MISCELLANY comprising: Pre-Grouping – 2nd Sgls from Birmingham SH, Paddington 1; Parly 3rd Sgls from Salisbury (closed 12/9/1932), Stapleton Road D; Pre-Nat from Abertillery, Bristol TM A, Bryngwyn, Cardiff General U, Draycott, Llandaff for Whitchurch, Pencader, Portbury, Taffs Well, Tavistock GW, Tirydail, Wellington Sal., Wellington Som., Wilmcote, Winscombe Som. All issued. (19) | £70 |
| 30 | GREAT NORTH OF SCOTLAND RAILWAY issued 1st single Culter to Murtle (/), together with an issued blank bicycle single from Torphins (made out to Aberdeen), an unissued two-piece 3rd child Rtn Findochty to Buckie (in VGC), and an audit blank Excursion Extension Ticket from Ballater. (4) | £200 |
| 31 | SOUTHERN RAILWAY: A collection of 50 issued and 5 audit whole Edmondsons. Includes examples from Baynards, Blackwater (IOW), Cowes, Hayling Island, Heathfield, Hole, Petrockstowe, Sidmouth, Wimborne, and Umberleigh. (55) | £160 |
| 32 | OXFORD TO CAMBRIDGE AND ADJACENT EX-L&NWR LINES whole Edmondsons comprising 9 issued LMS including Blunham, Marsh Gibbon & P (scruffy), Northampton Castle – Wappenham (closed 2/7/1951; on S&MJR); Winslow, Yelvertoft & SP, etc., and 21 BR mostly issued including Blisworth, Brixworth, Buckingham, Dunstable (North), Gamlingay, Great Linford, Newport Pagnell, Old North Road, Potton, Verney (Junction), Willington (iu), Buckingham Rail Motor (which was probably issued), etc. (30) | £80 |
| 33 | METROPOLITAN ELECTRIC TRAMS collection of 9 geographical and 5 numerical stage punch type TRAM TICKETS from a variety of routes including Muswell Hill – Bloomsbury (1d white), Stamford Hill – Glenthorne Road (1d Child green), Canons Park – Kingsbury Road (2½d green skeleton overprint), Action Terminus - Tramway Depot (1d blue), High Barnet – Euston Road (1d Child green – skeleton overprint), etc. Mostly VGC. (14) | £180 |
| 34 | RAILWAY LETTER STAMPS: Garstang & Knott End Railway 2d green 1st issue 1891; Wirral Railway 2d Fee red on white with company coat of arms; Wigan Junction Railway 2d green 1st issue 1900. All in mint condition. (3) | £85 |
| 35 | BR MIXED REGIONS (M,N&E) PLATFORM TICKETS comprising Edmondson: British Railways (M) (transitional no diamond): Liverpool Central 1, Liverpool Lime Street, London St Pancras B, Manchester Central, Manchester Exchange 1, Matlock, Morecambe Euston Rd; 1d Red Diamond (Rly Exec conditions): Birkenhead W’Side 2, Carlisle 3, Chester Gen, Liverpool Cent 1, Manchester Exchange, Morecambe Prom, St Pancras B; 1d Red Diamond (BTC conds); Carlisle 1; BR (E) 1d no diamond (transitional-name at base): Chesterfield Mid A, Liverpool Street A; BR(E) 1d Red Diamond (RE conds): Liverpool Street A, Rotherham Masboro, Sheffield Mid A, BR(N) 1d no diamond (transitional-name at base): Leeds City 4; 1d Red Diamond (RE conds): Leeds Cent B; plus AA issues: British Railways: 1 x M, 3 x E, 1 x N; BTC - 2 x M, 6 x E, 1 x N; BRB - 1 x E. (38) | £90 |
| 36 | LONDON COUNTRY AREA INDEPENDENT BUS OPERATORS: Punch type BUS TICKETS from Batten’s Coaches, 3 x Borough Bus Service (Windsor), 2 x Comfy Cars, 5 x East Surrey Traction Co. Ltd. (1 torn), 3 x The “Express” Motor Service, Lewis Omnibus Co. Ltd. (Watford), 2 x Premier Omnibus Co., 2 x Road Motors Ltd. (Luton), St. Albans & District Motor Services. (20) | £80 |
| 37 | MANCHESTER SOUTH JUNCTION & ALTRINCHAM RAILWAY: Issued pre-grouping whole comprising 4 different from Sale & Ashton-on-Mersey (renamed 11/5/1931), and one Manchester London Road, together with 16 issued and 55 audit pre-nationalisation prints from Altrincham & Bowdon, and 11 audit tickets from other stations. Includes some interesting journeys and types, including double singles. (87) | £120 |
| 38 | SOUTH WALES TRAMWAYS: A white 1d named stage punch type TRAM TICKET from The MERTHYR ELECTRIC TRACTION & LIGHTING CO., together with a SWANSEA IMPROVEMENTS & TRAMWAYS CO. 8d Second Class issue available between Swansea & Mumble Pier, 1½d yellow and 3½d white numerical stage issues from the same company (both glue marks on back), and a blue / red 6d single and blue Transfer Ticket from the Mumbles Railway & Pier Section of the SOUTH WALES TRANSPORT CO. LTD. (6) | £50 |
| 39 | CHARING CROSS, EUSTON & HAMPSTEAD RAILWAY single Belsize Park No.1 to Camden Town or Chalk Farm, with additional station code numbers. (1) | £60 |
| 40 | NORTH BRITISH RAILWAY issued whole from Barnhill, Caldercruix (cl. 9/1956 – to Plains cl. 18/6/1951), Cardross, 2 x Glasgow Queen St. (bicycle insurance, plus re-joined return to Yorkhill – cl. 1/4/1921), Grahamston (renamed 1/2/1903), and Grangemouth, together with undated Insurance Tickets from 2 x Linlithgow, and a Cycle Check Ticket, made out from Castlecary. (10) | £150 |
| 41 | BR(M): LINES FROM MANCHESTER CENTRAL AND LONDON ROAD: A collection of 68 issued and two audit tickets from all different stations, of which 21 are closed, such as Birch Vale, Bollington, Cheadle Heath, Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Didsbury, Dunham Massey, Hayfield, Heatley & Warburton, Higher Poynton, High Lane, Latchford, Longsight, Lymm, Macclesfield Hibel Road, Middlewood Higher, Timperley, and Warrington Arpley. Others are now unstaffed / renamed. (70) | £90 |
| 42 | LNER: Adult and child singles from Sinnington (closed 2/2/1953) to Pickering. Both are in VGC and dated 7/5/1952. (2) | £50 |
| 43 | NORTH WALES TRAM AND BUS MISCELLANY comprising: LLANDUDNO & COLWYN BAY ELECTRIC RAILWAY LTD. 1d single Gloddaeth Street Corner to West Shore Terminus and a 7d issue with 4 stages including Old Colwyn Terminus closed in 1930; LLANDUDNO COACHING & CARRIAGE CO. LTD : ROYAL BLUE MOTOR BUS SERVICES 2d white and 6d mauve numerical stage issues, both by Williamson (taken over by Crosville 2/1931); LLANDUDNO UD COUNCIL : GREAT ORME OMNIBUS SERVICE 2d Llwynon to Town Hall; J. FRED FRANCIS & SONS LTD. COLWYN BAY DE LUXE COACHES – 6d yellow named stage for Colwyn to Llandudno Service; BOROUGH OF COLWYN BAY 6d numerical stage single. (7) | £85 |
| 44 | GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY AND CONSTITUENT COMPANIES comprising: Brecon & Merthyr Railway – audit 3rd Parly single Cefn (renamed 1/5/1920) to Dowlais Top; Cambrian Railways – issued 3rd Parly single Dolgelley to Penmaenpool: Midland & South Western Jn. Railway – audit 3rd Parly R/F return Andover to Swindon Town; Taff Vale Railway – audit 1st A/F blank card single from Lavernock; GWR – issued pre-grouping 3rd singles from Albrighton, Birmingham SH, Bristol TM D, Faringdon (closed 31/12/1951), Slough (/), Stroud. (10) | £95 |
| 45 | LONDON TRANSPORT 1d buff PLATFORM TICKETS: LPTB Type 3 (with Board conditions): Aldersgate, Baker Street A, Covent Garden, Ealing Broadway, Hounslow East, Liverpool Street A, Mansion House, Marylebone, Neasden, St James Park, Tower Hill - issued late 1940s; same design (but with LT Exec conditions): Baker St A and B, Barons Court, Bow Road, Chalk Farm, Chesham, Ealing Common, Hammersmith, also EO and M, Hounslow Central, Paddington C, Rickmansworth, Trinity Road, Waterloo, West Kensington. (27) | £250 |
| 46 | WALTHAMSTOW COUNCIL TRAMWAYS named stage punch type TRAM TICKETS at values between ½d and 2d all valid over the Chingford Road Route including some scarce examples. The title was used for a short period after opening in 1905. Mostly VGC. (8) | £50 |
| 47 | BR(H) HIGHLAND LINES all issued whole including from Gollanfield Junc., Grantown on Spey West, Invergordon, Invershin, Kildonan, Kinbrace (with printed destination Borrobol Platform closed 29/11/1965), Lairg, Moy, Newtonmore, Plockton, Rogart, Struan, Wick (to Bilbster; closed 13/6/1960), etc. (20) | £90 |
| 48 | ASSOCIATED N.S. BUS PROPRIETORS: A selection of 19 punch type BUS TICKETS from this concern, which was formed in 1928 and became part of PMT in 1944. Thirteen of the tickets are named stage and appear to be earlier prints than those normally seen. Four refer to “N. Staffs Motor Bus Proprietors Ltd.”. All are printed by Keaton Ltd., of Hanley and are in VGC. (19) | £85 |
| 49 | GWR/BR(W) YATTON TO CLEVEDON AND WANSTROW: GWR 11 issued including from Congresbury, Draycott, Wanstrow, Wells GW, Winscombe Som, Yatton, etc; 1 audit; 4 issued to the line; BR 8 issued including Axbridge, Cheddar, Congresbury, Wells, etc; 1 undated. (25) | £80 |
| 50 | CAMBRIAN RAILWAYS issued 3rd Parly singles from Barmouth Up to Barmouth Junction, Criccieth to Manchester Exchange GW and Portmadoc Up to Barmouth. (3) | £40 |
| 51 | LEICESTER TO NUNEATON, RUGBY AND ST. ALBANS comprising LM&SR – issued from Croft, Higham Ferrers, Leicester, Leire, St. Albans City, Turvey; audit from Olney, Piddington; BR(M) – 20 issued and 1 audit, including Ampthill, Broughton Astley, Countesthorpe, Croft, Higham Ferrers, Irchester, Kibworth, Narborough, Rushden, Ullesthorpe, Wigston South. (29) | £50 |
| 52 | BR(W) SOUTH WALES all issued whole comprising 9 from closed stations, others now unstaffed. 8 are to halts/platforms. Origin stations include Aberaman, Aber Junc Halt, Bargoed, Darran & Deri, Dinas (Rhondda), Dingle Road Halt, Ffairfach, Glyncorrwg, Pantyfynnon, Pontypool Blaendare Rd Halt, Tredegar, Treforest, Whitchurch Glam, Wyndham Halt, etc. (30) | £80 |
| 53 | GLASGOW CORPORATION TRANSPORT: A selection of 25 punch type TRAM AND BUS TICKETS comprising 9 large size issues with numerous named (and numerical) stages and ‘Car’ in the conditions (1 soiled), 3 smaller issues showing limited named stages only and ‘Car’ in the conditions, 6 x 48 numerical stage issues with ‘Tram’ in the conditions, 3 x 51 stage numerical issues with ‘Bus’ in the conditions, a named stage issue (Springburn Park Gate, Aikenhead, etc) with ‘Bus’ in the conditions, and 3 x 51 stage numerical issues with ‘Bus’ in the conditions and large red ‘B’ overprints. Half a dozen tickets have marks from previous mounting, while 3 have small tears. (25) | £100 |
| 54 | MIXED LOT of WAGON LABELS, SINGLE LINE PILOTMEN TICKETS, NEWSPAPER LABEL etc. Various companies represented including Garstang & Knot End Railway, CDRJC, GNR(I), L&YR, LNWR, WL&WR, GS&WR, GWR, Port Talbot Railway & Docks Co., Rhondda & Swansea Bay Railway, and a few BR. Minor duplication. Mostly VGC. (48) | £55 |
| 55 | PRE-NAT/BR FREE PLATFORM TICKETS: LMS T1A: Crewe C, Prestatyn 1, Rugby; T3: Morecambe Euston Rd., Preston Station Dining Room; LNER T2: Derby, Grantham; BR(M): Stockport E U; BTC: Lincoln Central, Peterborough East A, Peterborough North, Taunton Down (2) and Up, Uttoxeter (July 1956); BRB Crewe (2), Preston 2; BR(W) roll ticket: Gloucester Central. (19) | £70 |
| 56 | LONDON GENERAL OMNIBUS CO. LTD. punch type BUS TICKETS from Services 3 (1d, 10d), 11 (1d child), 22 (3d), 25X (3d), 29 (2 x 2d, 4d), 41 (1½d, 3d), 43 (1d, 1½d, 3d, 6d), 43A (7d), 44 (2d), 51 (2d), 73 (5d), 73A (4d), 126 (5d), 143 (4d). A 1d LGOC & Associated Cos. issue from Service 74 is also included in the lot. A mixture of standard and long prints. Condition variable, but mainly good / VG. (22) | £90 |
| 57 | METROPOLITAN & GREAT CENTRAL JOINT COMMITTEE – BRILL BRANCH comprising issued 3rd single Brill to Wood Siding (dated 16/11/1935) and 3rd two-piece return Wotton O&AT to Westcott O&AT (dated 15/7/1935). The lot also includes an audit 3rd single Brill to Wotton and two-piece return Westcott to Brill. Passenger services were withdrawn from 2nd December 1935. (4) | £190 |
| 58 | AYR CORPORATION TRAMWAYS named stage punch type TRAM TICKETS comprising 1d ordinary, ½d Scholar’s Ticket and 2d Workman (slightly soiled). This system operated from 26/9/1901 to 31/12/1931. (3) | £80 |
| 59 | LNER CENTRAL SCOTLAND: A choice selection of issued whole Edmondsons, comprising Airdrie South (cl. 3/3/1952), Alva (cl. 1/11/1954), Bathgate Upper (cl. 9/1/1956), Bishopbriggs, Bo’ness (cl. 7/7/1956), Cardross, Carntyne, Charing Cross, Falkirk High, Garrowhill Halt, Hamilton (cl. 15/9/1952), Helensburgh, Manuel, Menstrie (cl. 1/11/1954), Methil (cl. 1/11/1954), Montrose (to Inverbervie – cl. 1/10/1951, Partick No.2, Philpstoun (cl. 18/6/1951), Stirling S&D (to Causewayhead – cl. 4/7/1955), Uddingston (rn 28/2/1953; cl. 7/7/1955). (20) | £180 |
| 60 | LONDON & SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY LONDON SUBURBAN AREA mostly issued 3rd class singles including from Brentford, Chertsey, Datchet, East Putney, Hounslow, Mortlake (/), Ravenscourt Pk (to Hammersmith Grove Road), Richmond (to Teddington & Bushey Park (renamed 1911)), Sunningdale, Turnham Green, Weybridge, Wimbledon (to Coombe & Malden renamed 11/1912), Wokingham, North Camp (pram), plus whole Rtn from Putney (Spec). (27) | £180 |
| 61 | BR(W): A selection of 80 issued and 70 audit whole Edmondsons. Includes transitional prints, a variety of types, and closed stations – particularly amongst the audit tickets. (150) | £150 |
| 62 | LNER EAST ANGLIA whole Edmondsons comprising 13 issued and 7 audit including from Chappel & Wakes Colne, Earls Colne, Halstead, Shelford, Sible & Castle Hedingham, White Colne (2 the same), etc. (20) | £90 |
| 63 | LPTB "Fareboard" geographical punch type BUS TICKETS from Hounslow Area routes 81, 81/95, 98 and 120 for 1933-1940 period. The tickets are in archival sleeves, along with a brief route history and descriptive notes of the sets. Condition good (42). | £110 |
| 64 | BR TRANSITIONAL PRINTS: A collection of 150 issued whole Edmondsons from stations in England – some of which are closed. Includes a good variety of types. (150) | £110 |
| 65 | SOUTHERN RAILWAY Red Blob PLATFORM TICKETS: T1B (11 with serial number right side only): Barming, Brasted, Chipstead, Frant, Ham Street & Orlestone, New Romney & Littlestone on Sea, Penshurst, Sharnal Street, Smeeth, Warlingham, Winchelsea; T1D: Baynards, Brookland Halt, Chilworth, East Farleigh, Harrietsham, Kemsing, Northam, Nutfield, Riddlesdown, Westenhanger. (21) | £75 |
| 66 | BY LGOC TO CRYSTAL PALACE: a selection of fareboard geographical punch type BUS TICKETS from services 2 and 3 at values from 1d to 6d. Different series/sets represented. Mostly VGC. (25) | £90 |
| 67 | MIDLAND RAILWAY LONDON AREA issued singles from Farringdon Street, Finchley Road (closed 11/7/1927), Harpenden. Hendon, Highgate Road for Parliament Hill (renamed 1/7/1903; closed 1/3/1918), Junction Road, King’s Cross HL. King’s Cross LL, Kentish Town, Kentish Town P, Leyton (soiled), Leytonstone (Revised Fare), London St. Pancras, Mill Hill, Moorgate Street (green), Radlett. South Tottenham & Stamford Hill, West Hampstead (18) | £85 |
| 68 | DARLINGTON CORPORATION LIGHT RAILWAYS: A dark red 1½d punch type TRAM TICKET available for stages between Harrowgate Hill Eastbourne or Barton Street. The system closed on 10th April 1926. (1) | £30 |
| 69 | SOUTH EASTERN & CHATHAM RAILWAY issued Revised Fare single from Aldershot Town to Aldershot North Camp and South Farnborough (renamed 9/7/1923), together with a 3rd single from Guildford to Wellington Col for Crowthorne (not official version? – renamed 17/6/1928) and a return half Wellington Coll to Wokingham. All in VGC. (2wh 1hlf) | £20 |
| 70 | GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY: A 4d mauve punch type Rail Motor Cars ticket available between Chalford and Stonehouse in pre-grouping days. Minor fading top edge, otherwise in VGC. (1) | £50 |
| 71 | PRE-NATIONALISATION MISCELLANY comprising 17 x GWR, 12 x LM&SR, 21 x LNER, 18 x SR, 12 x MSJAR, 2 x CLC, 1 x Mersey, together with 6 season tickets and 3 roll types. Includes closed stations such as Bournemouth West, Dulverton, Sealand, Three Cocks, Winscombe Som. A little duplication. (92). | £130 |
| 72 | LM&SR WHOLE EDMONDSONS WITH INSERT ADVERTS: A collection of 11 issued and 11 audit tickets. Included in the issuing stations (of which 11 are closed), are Barnton, Brownhills, Caster, Manchester Mayfield, Thelwall, Wansford and Wincobank & Meadow Hall. (22) | £50 |
| 73 | EDINBURGH CORPORATION TRAMWAYS 1d, 2d, and 3d named stage punch type TRAM TICKETS, together with six prints with the “TRAMS & MOTORS” title (but showing tram services) and a 1/6d “Tourist Route” ticket with the “TRAMWAYS & MOTORS” title. All are used and the condition is generally good. (10) | £35 |
| 74 | GREAT EASTERN RAILWAY unheaded type G37/4 LUGGAGE LABEL “Continental Luggage Harwich Parkeston Quay via March Doncaster Great Northern North Eastern and North British Railways to Aberdeen” in green printing on white paper. Together with similar but headed “LNER” transitional print “Continental Luggage via Harwich Parkeston Quay March Sleaford Grantham Doncaster and York to Durham” printed in blue on white paper. Both are a little faded, but in good condition otherwise. (2) | £210 |
| 75 | BR PLATFORM TICKET MISCELLANY comprising 2 x BTC Free, 1 x BTC 1d, 3 x BTC 2d, 3 x BRB 3d, 9 x BRB Red Diamond unpriced, 75 x BRB green diamond unpriced, 28 x British Rail green diamond unpriced, 3 x Flexiprinter, 21 x AA, 3 x large card. All are different and mainly from South East England. (148) | £40 |
| 76 | LONDON TRANSPORT TRAMWAYS: A selection of 20 long and 35 short mainly named stage TRAM TICKETS from various multiple routes, with numbers starting at 2, 8, 12, 31, 33, 34, 45, 46, 56, 65 and 66. (55) | £50 |
| 77 | GERMAN EMPIRE: A collection of 17 whole Edmondsons issued between 1890 and 1907. The names of the companies are not shown on the tickets – with the exception of the Drachenfelsbahn, which opened in 1883 – so you will need to do a little research. Also included in the lot is a severed half which was issued on 22/7/1884. (17wh 1 hlf) | £40 |
| 78 | AROUND DORSET: Numerical stage punch type BUS TICKETS comprising a 6d yellow from Miss Foott’s Motor Services (with Poole advert), 2d blue, 3d yellow and 7d orange from Hants & Dorset Motor Services Ltd. and 3d mauve and 6d green from Wilts & Dorset (punch tickets ceased being used c.1935). (6) | £110 |
| 79 | GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY – MAINLY LONDON AREA: A collection of 17 issued 3rd singles, from Aldersgate St. (/), Cambridge, 3 x Farringdon St to King’s Cross (different series), Finchley Church End, Finsbury Park (to Crouch End – ‘0000’ – Bd), 2 x Finsbury Park 1, Hatfield (/), 2 x Hornsey, 2 x King’s Cross London, Leeds, Winchmore Hill (/), Wood Green Alexandra Park PO. The lot also includes an audit two-piece Shilling Day return from King’s X York Road to Crystal Palace High Level (issued at Newcastle NE), and 4 severed halves. (18wh 4hlf) | £110 |
| 80 | OXFORDSHIRE, GLOUCESTERSHIRE AND ADJACENT COUNTIES all issued BR whole including 25 from closed stations. Origin stations include Abingdon, Appleford Halt, Blenheim & Woodstock, Brimscombe, Broadway, Broom Junction, Charlbury, Chinnor, Cirencester Town, Eynsham, Fairford, Haddenham, Kidlington, Long Marston, Pebworth Halt, Toddington, Towersley Halt, Winchcombe, etc. (30) | £100 |
| 81 | LONDON ELECTRIC RAILWAY issued whole including from Baker Street, Dover Street (renamed 18/9/1933), Embankment (Ch X), Finsbury Park HL, Goodge Street, Holborn, Kentish Town, Oxford Circus, Russell Square, Warren Street (Accompanied Merchandise) (/), etc. Condition varies, good mostly. (20) | £40 |
| 82 | GWR/BR West of Bristol issued whole including from Ashton (Devon), Brent Knoll, Churston, Creech St Michael Halt, Cullompton, Goodrington Sands Halt, Hemyock, Plymouth Docks, Uffculme, Wrangaton, Yelverton, etc. (20) | £50 |
| 83 | LCC TRAMWAYS geographical punch type TRAM TICKETS all 2d issues, mostly long prints. In route order 2/4 to 84, includes Workman, Cheap Fare, and Sunday Transfer. Mostly VGC. (20) | £35 |
| 84 | CARLISLE TO SILLOTH comprising: LNER – issued from Carlisle No.2, 2 x Silloth; audit from 4 x Abbey Town, Blackdyke Halt, Burgh-by-Sands, 2 x Carlisle; 8 x Carlisle No.2, 3 x Drumburgh, Kirkbride, Kirkandrews, 3 x Silloth; BR – issued from Carlisle No.2, Carlisle No.4, 4 x Silloth; audit from Abbey Town, 2 x Black Dyke, 2 x Burgh-by-Sands, Kirkbride, 3 x Kirkandrews, 2 x Silloth. The lot also includes a pair of unused tickets from the Dublin & Silloth Steamship Co. (46) | £55 |
| 85 | GREAT EASTERN RAILWAY T2 PLATFORM TICKET “WALTON ON NZE A”. (1) | £95 |
| 86 | SWANSEA AREA TRAM AND BUS TICKETS comprising 8 numerical stage punch type tickets from THE SWANSEA IMPROVEMENTS AND TRAMWAYS CO. – 5 by Bell Punch with mid-1920s imprints, and 3 by Hunt – together with 9 named stage tickets from THE SOUTH WALES TRANSPORT CO. LTD with the “Mumbles (Electric) Railway Section” suffix (2 by Bell Punch, 7 by Hunt), and 7 numerical stage issues from the same company, but without reference to the Mumbles Section (4, including two longer types, are by Bell Punch with mid-1920s imprints). All of the tickets, with one exception, have been properly issued. (24) | £30 |
| 87 | LM&SR AROUND LIVERPOOL all issued from all different stations including Ainsdale, Bescar Lane, Burscough Bridge, Eccleston Park, Edge Hill, Gathurst, Hillside (S’port), Kirkdale, Mossley, Parbold, Rufford, Sandhills, Thatto Heath, Waterloo, etc. (36) | £55 |
| 88 | LONDON PASSENGER TRANSPORT BOARD: 54 all different named stage “fareboard’ punch type BUS TICKETS from Services 73&73A upwards, plus 5 miscellaneous issues. Condition generally good/VGC. (59) | £60 |
| 89 | DISTRICT RAILWAY singles with skeleton letter and red ‘O’ and ’I’ overprints from Blackfriars (Bd), 3 x Earls Court, Mansion House, Sloane Square, Temple, and 2 x Victoria DR. Destinations include Mill Hill Park (renamed 1/3/1910), Putney Bridge & Hurlingham (renamed 1932), and Addison Road (Kensington) ‘by Great Western Train’. The lot also includes a METROPOLITAN & DISTRICT RAILWAYS single from Mark Lane (Auto) and a machine print from Mark Lane 1, 2 BR tickets from the London area and 8 LONDON TRANSPORT issues (6 issued; 2 audit – including an ‘Admit to Shelter ticket from Shepherd BH Cent’). (21) | £80 |
| 90 | GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY ISSUED PRE-GROUPING SINGLES from Abingdon, Hannington (closed 2/3/1953), High Wycombe, Marlborough (renamed 1/7/1924; closed 6/3/1933; / paper back), Paddington 1 (to Tetbury), Reading D, Savernake (renamed 1/7/1924), Swindon (to Stratton – closed 2/3/1953; paper back), Uxbridge High St. (closed 1/9/1939), Windsor. (10) | £140 |
| 91 | BR(H) SOUTH OF GLASGOW: 29 issued and 9 audit whole including 22 from closed stations. Origin stations include Ardrossan (Montgomerie Pier), Auchengray, Carnwath, Cobbinshaw, Dalmellington, Johnstone, Kilmarnock, Larkhall Cent, Milliken Park, Moffat, Sandilands, Stonehouse (Lnrk), Uplawmoor, etc. (38) | £70 |
| 92 | LMS - SOUTH AND WEST OF LEEDS AND BRADFORD all issued whole including 13 from closed stations. Origin stations include Altofts & Whitwood, Cleckheaton Cen, Crigglestone W, Haigh, Heckmondwike C, Horbury M Rd., Hunslet, Lightcliffe, Morley, Tanshelf, etc. Mainly VGC. (20) | £95 |
| 93 | LONDON INDEPENDENT BUS OPERATORS numerical stage punch type BUS TICKETS comprising examples from Universal Omnibus Co., Tally Ho, Thackery, Alam Omnibus, Phoenix Motor & Omnibus Co., Edward Paul Ltd., Durrell Omnibus, Alberta Omnibus, Webber Bros., The Earl Omnibus Co. All VGC and loose mounted on album sheets. Brief historical notes are included with the lot. (10) | £110 |
| 94 | SCOTTISH FERRY AND STEAMER SERVICES comprising: Kyle of Lochalsh / Kyleakin Ferry – 27 thin card, plus 7 others; Caledonian MacBrayne Skye Swift Steamer – 11 whole Edmondsons, plus 11 severed halves. All bear dates in 1902 and cancelled stamps; Dundee Harbour (Tay Ferries) – 17 whole Edmondsons, plus 2 others. Three bear dates in 1906/38/48; Nine have Bd; Loch Katrine Steamboat Co. Ltd. – one Edmondsons and 10 roll etc. tickets; Alexander Paterson (Princess Louise) – Two Edmondsons; one pre-dated 1938 in conjunction with Oban Games. (77wh 11hlf) | £180 |
| 95 | BTC(M) 1d Red Diamond PLATFORM TICKETS: Bushey & Oxhey EO, Carlisle 1, Chester General (2 different series), Chester Northgate, Cricklewood, Crouch Hill, Finchley Rd & Frognal, Harrow & Wealdstone, Kentish Town West, Llandudno, London Broad Street (2 different series), London St Pancras (3 different series), Market Harborough and A, Nottingham London Road High Level, Nuneaton Abbey Street, St Albans City (2 different series), Stoke-on-Trent, Watford High Street. (24) | £100 |
| 96 | MALTA: Roll/small paper tickets from the island’s transport systems comprising 1d white 1st Zone from the MALTA RAILWAY (closed 31/3/1931), 2 x different 1d white and a 2d blue from MALTA TRAMWAYS, with the heading ‘Macartney McElroy Co. Owners (closed 15/12/1929), a mauve MARSAMUSGETTO STEAM FERRY SERVICE (Red Flag) ticket, available between Valletta and Sliema, and a ticket headed N.S.F.B. Co. This is from the same source as the others and is by the same printer as the ferry ticket (Colley’s), but its purpose / the company is not known. The text reads: “SERVICE This Ticket is to be shown on demand and delivered to the Collector”. (6) | £30 |
| 97 | NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE RAILWAY issued whole from Newcastle-U-L, Hanley; audit from Cobridge, Crewe, Leek. VGC. (5) | £50 |
| 98 | LONDON GENERAL OMNIBUS CO. LTD. named stage “fareboard’ punch type BUS TICKETS from Services 25, 25&25A, 25&125 and 25B. A mounted collection, which includes some earlier (a few pre-1914) issues and scarce high values. (45) | £160 |
| 99 | SOUTHERN RAILWAY MISCELLANY: A collection of 34 issued whole Edmondsons, 2 thin card tickets and 77 severed halves. The Edmondsons include examples from Bembridge, Groombridge, Heathfield, Ifield, Reading, and Warlingham; the halves include tickets for rambles and NRA Meetings. (36wh 77hlf) | £70 |
| 100 | GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY issued 2nd single Oldbury (closed 3/3/1915) to Handsworth, dated 20/9/1897 and in excellent condition. (1) | £450 |
| 101 | THIN CARD AND RAIL MOTOR ISSUES: A selection of 43 tickets for journeys over the Waterloo & City line, comprising 8 x W&CR, 12 x SR and 23 x BR (7 of the tickets are Edmondsons), together with 5 pre-nationalisation and 52 BR tickets from various parts of the country. (100) | £75 |
| 102 | LMS/BR(M) CHESTER TO DENBIGH, WHITCHURCH AND CREWE comprising LMS (12) and BR (13) all issued whole including (LMS) from Beeston Castle & T., Broughton & Bretton, Broxton, Hope & Penyffordd, Kinnerton, Malpas, etc., (BR) from Bodfari, Caerwys, Mold, Nannerch, Rhydymwyn, Saltney Ferry, Star Crossing, Etc. (25) | £55 |
| 103 | BEXLEY COUNCIL TRAMWAYS AND DARTFORD LIGHT RAILWAYS named stage ‘’geographical’ punch type TRAM TICKETS at 1d, 1½d and 2d, all printed by Punch & Ticket. The lot also includes two LONDON TRANSPORT TROLLEYBUSES Bexley & Dartford Area 1/- All Day tickets for December 1939 to February 1940 and June to August 1941. Condition generally VG. (5) | £110 |
| 104 | MIDLAND AND SOUTH WESTERN JUNCTION RAILWAY selection of type M123 LUGGAGE LABELS to home and foreign destinations: Aldershot, Blackheath, Bournemouth (West), Charlton Kings, Exeter, Greenwich, Harrogate, Leicester, Manchester (Victoria), Portsmouth, Reading via Savernake, Romsey, Stockbridge, Weymouth. One or two have slight loss and edge nicks, VGC otherwise. (14) | £330 |
| 105 | PRE-NATIONALISATION PLATFORM TICKET MISCELLANY comprising; GWR – T1 Machynlleth; T3 Paddington 3. LM&SR – T3A Matlock Bath; T3B Liverpool Lime St. No.4, Sheffield B; Roll ticket Liverpool Exchange A; Machine issues Euston No.2, Manchester Victoria Set B. LNER – T3C Doncaster A, Hull M No.2 and No.3, Rotherham Mas., Sheffield A; AA type roll tickets Sheffield Victoria A and B. LNE&LMS Rlys – LNE T3C Leeds City No.4 M, SR – T3 Charing Cross No.2 and No.3, Machine issue Victoria No.6E? (19) | £95 |
| 106 | GATESHEAD AND NEWCASTLE TRAMWAYS: A collection of punch type TRAM TICKETS comprising: Gateshead Tramways: - 1d, 1½d and 1d Workman’s Exchange Ticket named stage, with Bell Punch mid-1920s / 4-figure references; Newcastle Corporation Tramways – 2 x 1d and 2 x 1½d named stage (3 by GNP, 1 by Hunt); 9d named / alpha stage; 1½d and 2d numerical stage; Newcastle Corp & Gateshead & District Trams – 1d, 2d, 2 x 2½d, 3d. (15) | £35 |
| 107 | GREAT CENTRAL & NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE JOINT RAILWAYS COMMITTEE: A collection of 39 issued and 64 audit whole tickets, together with 3 issued LNER tickets from Manchester London Road to stations on the line. Mostly VGC. (106) | £80 |
| 108 | BR(S) 1d Red Diamond PLATFORM TICKETS (Railway Executive conditions): Addiscombe, Ashford Kent 1 and 3, Blackfriars, Brighton 1 and 2, Brixton, Cannon Street 1 and 2, Canterbury West, Carshalton, Catford Bridge 2, Charing Cross 1, 2 and 3, Chatham, Collington Halt 2, Combpyne, Cranbrook, Crofton Park, Elmstead Woods, Etchingham, Fittleworth, Folkestone Cen 2, Hampden Park, Headcorn, Hither Green 1, Horsham 1. (28) | £140 |
| 109 | DERRY CENTRAL RAILWAY audit two-piece 2nd Special Excursion return from Aghadowey to Belfast. In VGC, but with ‘cancelled’ lightly stamped on the face. Aghadowey opened in 2/1880 and closed on 28/8/1950. The Derry Central Railway was purchased by the Belfast & Northern Counties Railway in 1901. (1) | £35 |
| 110 | ASHOVER LIGHT RAILWAY. A section of unused Bell Punch tickets consisting of 5d green (B6) and 10d lilac (B11) Singles, and 6d pink (At), 8d sage green (BX3), 10d yellow (BX5) and 1/- lilac (no prefix) Cheap Day Returns. When the line opened there were two series of tickets – A & B for singles and AX & BX for Cheap Day Returns – although the returns invariably on offer are from a fare rise just 3 weeks after the line’s opening! However, the 6d pink (At) and 1/- (no prefix) CDRs are later prints dating from c.1928. The tickets are in VGC, other than having minor mounting marks on the backs. (6) | £130 |
| 111 | SCOTTISH RAIL MISCELLANY comprising 9 issued LNER, and 49 issued and 2 audit BR(H). The LNER tickets include Craigellachie, Elie, Kintore, Dunfermline Upper, Ladysbridge and Lochailort. Noted amongst a number of closed stations in the BR issues are Bridge of Dun, Dalguise, Ibrox, Innerleithen, Kinaldie, Laurencekirk, Merchiston, Peterhead, Pitmedden, and St. Andrews. (60) | £100 |
| 112 | GWR CAMBRIAN LINES whole issued (except one is u) including Afon Wen, Llwyngwril, Minffordd, Moat Lane, Penychain, Rhyader, Talsarnau, Welshampton, Wrexham Cent (u), etc. (20) | £65 |
| 113 | RAIL MISCELLANY: Possibly more interesting than the usual end of collection assortment, this lot – which mainly consists of whole Edmondsons – includes 4 pre-grouping tickets (1 issued; 3 audit), a single from the District Railway, 11 SR and 3 BR platform tickets, 18 pre-nationalisation, 8 BR, 2 LT, 24 minor/preservation lines – including 3 issued and 1 audit from the K&ESR, an early 20th century ticket from the R&E and one from the Bishop’s Castle. There are also a few thin card/roll issues, including ones from Ryde Pier Tramway, Glasgow Underground, Tunnel Railway Ltd., and Walton Pier Railway. A little duplication. (c.90) | £140 |
| 114 | PORTUGAL: A colourful collection of LUGGAGE LABELS, all of which appear to be different. (127) | £40 |
| 115 | SOUTHERN RAILWAY T3 Red Diamond PLATFORM TICKETS from stations beginning “A” to “C”: Adisham, Aldershot, Ashford Kent 3, Ashford (M’sex), Bagshot, Balham & Upper Tooting, Barnham, Bexhill West, Birkbeck DO, Bracknell, Brentford, Brighton 3, Brixton, Broadstone, Brookwood, Burgess Hill (faded), Buxted, Cheam 2, Chertsey, Chestfield & Swalecliffe Ht 1. (20) | £190 |
| 116 | NORTH OF ENGLAND selection of punch type TRAM TICKETS from Blackburn, Dearne Valley, Halifax, Hull, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Salford and Southport, about half of which are geographicals. Mostly VGC. (14) | £40 |
| 117 | LNER – FORMER NER LINES. A selection of issued whole, including Arthington, Burton Salmon, Drighlington, Jervaulx, Leeds Marsh Lane, Monkwearmouth, Raskelf, St. Peters, Scotswood, Selby (to Cliff Common), Warkworth, Wetheral, Wetherby, Wormald Green. (27) | £55 |
| 118 | EAST MIDLANDS BUS AND TRAM SELECTION comprising 9 punch type and 4 Insert Setright BUS TICKETS from Trent Motor Traction Co., 2 named stage issues from Parkes’ Garage (Swadlincote) Ltd. and a 2d named stage TRAM TICKET from Nottingham Corporation Tramways covering routes 1-5-8&9 (minor corner damage). (16) | £65 |
| 119 | BR(H) CENTRAL SCOTLAND whole comprising 44 issued and 6 audit. Approx half from closed stations. Origin stations include Back O’ Loch, Blantyre, Burnbank, Cardross, Cleland, Crow Road, Flemington, Garrowhill, Lenzie Junc., Mossend, Mount Vernon, etc. (50) | £90 |
| 120 | MIDLAND & GREAT NORTHERN JOINT COMMITTEE: A collection of 34 issued whole from 27 different stations, together with 2 issued LNER and 7 issued BR (E) from all different stations on the M&GN system. (43) | £190 |
| 121 | BR(M): 66 issued and 4 audit whole, including a good number of closed stations, such as Brackley Central, Buckingham, Chapel-en-le-Frith Central, Denbigh, Loughborough Central, Manchester Central, Matlock Bath (later re-opened), Pantglas, Verney Junction, and Warrington Arpley. (70) | £75 |
| 122 | GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY ISSUED PRE-GROUPING ARTICLE TICKETS: An interesting selection comprising from North West England – Liverpool Landing Stage, Manchester LR. Warrington; ‘000’ issues – Steventon, Taplow, Wantage Road; with printed destination – Reading (to Wallingford), Reading D (to Nottingham GC); closed origins – Hermitage, Llangollen, Waterford North Wharf, Winchcombe. (12) | £130 |
| 123 | MIDDLESBOROUGH (as spelt), STOCKTON AND THORNABY ELECTRIC TRAMWAYS 1d white geographical stage punch type TRAM TICKET available for 5 specified journeys. Face in VGC; back has minor glue marks from previous mounting. Purchased by Stockton & Thornaby and Middlesbrough Corporations 3/4/1921, who worked the segregated sections until 1931 and 1934 respectively. (1) | £50 |
| 124 | TRANSPORT TOKENS: A collection of 150, mainly celluloid, tokens from a number of different concerns. Mainly “Transport”, titled, but also includes “Tramway” issues and a few of the more recent UDC concessionary tokens. No apparent duplication. The vast majority are believed to be different from those offered in Lot 394. (150) | £28 |
| 125 | LNER/BR PLATFORM TICKETS mostly from East Anglia: LNER T3B: Bures, Chappel & Wakes Colne, Derby Friargate, Halstead, Malton, Manchester Lond Road; BR(E) 3 different types: Audley End, Sudbury Suffolk, Long Melford; BTC 1d Red Diamond: Chappel & Wakes Colne, Marks Tey, Sible & Castle Hedingham; BTC 2d Red Diamond: Long Melford, March, Sudbury Suffolk, Wood Green. (16) | £60 |
| 126 | LONDON GENERAL OMNIBUS CO. named stage punch type BUS TICKETS comprising three x Service 6, five x Service 8, one x Service 10, two x Services 10 & 55, one x Service 13, one x Service 18, two x Service 25, and eleven x Services 25 & 25A. Eight of the tickets are “Fareboard, 18 are earlier issues. Three of the tickets are duplicated on the face, but have different adverts. Mostly VGC. (26) | £55 |
| 127 | WEST RIDING RAILWAY 3rd single Hemsworth to Laister Dyke. The ticket, which was issued in 1904, has a little Bd from previous mounting. (1) | £20 |
| 128 | LONDON ASSOCIATION punch type HORSE BUS TICKETS with the anonymous “Omnibus Ticket” heading from many different routes of the Atlas & Waterloo Association (22), Camden Town Assoc (7), Deptford & Poplar Assoc (1), Hackney Road Assoc (1), Camden & Bayswater Assoc (1), Kings Cross & Barnsbury Assoc (6), Stamford Hill Assoc (3), Victoria Station Assoc (3), Westminster Assoc (2) and one unidentified. Brief historical notes are included with the lot. (47) | £160 |
| 129 | OVER THE PENNINES: A selection of tickets from ex-Midland lines between Shipley and Carlisle, comprising LM&SR issued from Earby, Gargrave, Long Preston, Shipley, Thornton-in-Craven and BR issued from Appleby West, Giggleswick, Hellifield, Long Preston and Settle, together with a selection from the ex-NER line between Penrith and Barnard Castle, comprising LM&SR undated Penrith, BR issued Appleby East, Cliburn, Kirkby Stephen East, Penrith, and audit from Bowes, Cliburn, Musgrave. (18) | £80 |
| 130 | PRE-GROUPING SEVERED HALVES: A collection of tickets from the LM&SR and LNER groups comprising L&NWR (46), L&YR (11), MR (14), LT&SR (1), NLR (3), NSR (2), FR (3), MTR (1), GNR (13), NER (26), GCR (2), GER (8), GN&LBSCR (1), M&GN (1), T&WR (1). Includes less common types and closed stations such as Micklehurst, Icknield Port Road, Hagley Road, Cwm-y-Glo, Pontrug, Billingboro’ and Scrooby, etc. (133) | £130 |
| 131 | SOUTHERN RAILWAY T3 Red Diamond PLATFORM TICKETS: Cobham, Cosham 2, Crowhurst, Crystal Palace HL, Datchet, Exeter Cen 3, Hildenborough, Honor Oak, Hounslow 1, Horsmonden, Kenley, Lordship Lane, Lyme Regis, Midhurst, Northfleet, Ravensbourne, Rowfant, Ryde St Johns Road, Shortlands, Stonegate, Swanscombe Halt, Upper Sydenham, Wadebridge, Warnham, Waterloo 2, Whimple. (26) | £95 |
| 132 | BR (N) WHOLE EDMONDSONS: A collection of 60 issued and 40 audit tickets. Includes some less common types and closed stations. Kildwick & Crosshills, Lambley, Methley South, and Wetherby noted amongst the issued tickets; Ainderby, Leadgate, Redmire, Sexhow, and Stanhope in the audit tickets. (100) | £100 |
| 133 | LANCASHIRE TRAMWAY MISCELLANY comprising named stage punch type TRAM TICKETS from 2 x Bury Corporation Tramways, Liverpool Overhead Railway Co. (Tramways), Oldham Corporation Tramways, South Lancashire Tramways, 2 x Southport Corporation Tramways, 3 x Warrington Corporation Tramways and Stockton Heath light Railways, together with a numerical stage Child All day issue from MCTD (foxed) and a 1" x 2½” card coupon from the Southport Tramways Company Ltd. (12) | £110 |
| 134 | SOUTH DEVON RAILWAY all different selection of LUGGAGE LABELS comprising type S62 “For Oxford” (slight foxing) and 15 type S61 examples originating from Brixham Road, Churston, Kingskerswell, Lidford, Lustleigh, Staverton and Torquay. One or two examples are a little ragged edged, good mostly. (16) | £130 |
| 135 | LNER Type 3B PLATFORM TICKETS from East Anglia stations: Braintree & Bocking A, Buntingford A, Cambridge Hth A, Forest Gate EO A, Halesworth A, Halstead A, Harlow A, Ipswich A (no back paper), Lavenham A, Liverpool St F, Maldon East & Heybridge A, St Botolphs A, Saxmundham A, Woodham Ferrers G. Mostly VGC. (14) | £55 |
| 136 | LONDON PASSENGER TRANSPORT BOARD punch type fareboard BUS TICKETS from Services/ Routes 105&113, 143. 145&148, 147, 148&149, 155, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 171, 175&175A, 183, 201&213, 202, 208, 212, 214, plus a ticket from Route 163 headed London Transport (Buses). (20) | £18 |
| 137 | RAIL MISCELLANY OF BRITISH TICKETS comprising SER and SE&CR bicycle singles from Ash / Aldershot Town (both a little soiled), 10 pre-nationalisation whole (including Kildwick; 8 are SR), 5 British Railways Platform Tickets, 35 BR(S), 23 NCR21, 18 miscellaneous BR, 21 preservation lines and 4 Ultimatics. The lot also includes 22 SR and 32 BR severed halves. (118wh 54hlf) | £75 |
| 138 | NORWICH ELECTRIC TRAMWAYS CO. named stage punch type TRAM TICKETS, apparently torn from rolls, comprising 1d white, 1½d green and 2d pink. In good condition, but with minor mounting marks on the backs. The Norwich system opened on 30/7/1900 and closed on 10/12/1935. (3) | £50 |
| 139 | THE BLUEBELL LINE IN SOUTHERN AND BR DAYS comprising issued BR from Horsted Keynes, Newick & Chailey, Sheffield Park, West Hoathly; audit SR from 8 x Barcombe, 4 x Kingscote, Newick & Chailey, 6 x Sheffield Park, 5 x West Hoathly; audit BR from 25 x Barcombe, 8 x Kingscote, Newick & Chailey, 10 x Sheffield Park, West Hoathly. (73) | £190 |
| 140 | GWR THEATRICAL PRINTS 3rd Parly Sgls: “Demons Device Theatrical Co” Gloucester – Pontypridd (May 1900); ““Leon Vinta” Globe Choir Co” Swindon – Rugby (March 1903); 3rd Sgls: “Meister Singers” Winchester GW – Torquay (October 1900); “”The Great Ruby” Company” Bristol – Paddington (December 1899) (GNR print). VGC. (4) | £50 |
| 141 | BR(M/E) DERBYSHIRE whole comprising 25 issued (including 11 closed) and 15 audit (13 closed). Origin stations include Bakewell, Birch Vale, Buxworth, Chapel-en-le-Frith Central, Darley Dale, Duffield, Furness Vale, Ilkeston North, Millers Dale, Peak Forest, Rowsley, Sheepbridge, etc. (40) | £65 |
| 142 | WHITECHAPEL & BOW RAILWAY: A horizontally-printed 3rd single Mile End 1 to Bromley LMS, together with vertical prints from Bow Road (3) and Stepney Green (2), and an Ultimatic issue from Whitechapel. (7) | £50 |
| 143 | NORTHERN TRAMWAY MISCELLANY: A selection of punch type TRAM TICKETS from the following operators: Ashton under Lyne Corporation, Belfast City, 3 x Birkenhead Corporation, Bolton Corporation, Dearne District (unclipped), 2 x Douglas Corporation, 2 x Glasgow Corporation (1 Tramways; 1 Transport with ‘car’ in conditions), Liverpool Corporation, Newcastle Corporation, 3 x Rotherham Corporation (unclipped), Southport Corporation (part missing), 2 x Warrington Corporation (Bd). (19) | £30 |
| 144 | GWR (3) BR(W) (27) DEVON AND CORNWALL all issued whole including 14 from closed stations. Origin stations include Ashton Devon, Bideford, Bude, Camelford, Cullompton, Devonport Kings Road, Hemyock, Ivybridge, Plympton, Tavistock South, Tiverton (Devon), Torre, Wrangaton, etc. (30) | £100 |
| 145 | AA PLATFORM TICKETS: A selection of 120 mixed region issues from British Railways, BTC and BRB eras, around 70% of which are earlier examples without Red Diamond overprints. (120) | £90 |
| 146 | SCARBOROUGH TRAMWAYS CO. white named stage punch type TRAM TICKET, with a Bell Punch Uxbridge 4-25 imprint. The ticket is in excellent condition, but the fare – believed to be 2d – has been obliterated by the punch hole. The system closed on 30/9/1931. (1) | N/S |
| 147 | GW&GC JOINT RAILWAY whole comprising 15 issued and 9 audit (from Aylesbury). Issued origin stations include Denham Golf Club Platform, Haddenham (Bucks), Little Kimble, Princes Risboro’, Ruislip Gardens, Seer Green Halt, South Ruislip & Northolt Junc., West Wycombe, etc. Includes a couple of GWR transitional prints. All VGC. (24) | £140 |
| 148 | OVERSEAS MISCELLANY: A collection of perhaps 200 paper tickets from German municipal TRAM AND BUS operators. It is not possible to date these with accuracy, but many have fares in pfennigs. Also included in the lot are around 30 Edmondson and thin card RAIL tickets, including examples from Rhodesia, Egypt and India. (Qty) | £30 |
| 149 | LB&SCR 34 issued 3rd class singles, plus one re-ordering ticket, including from Banstead & Burgh Heath (renamed 8/1928), Bexhill, Croydon West, Hastings, Holmwood (to Warnahm (sic)) (/), Horsham, Mitcham, Petworth (closed 7/2/1955), St Leonards (War Sq’re) (/), Selhurst, Waddon, Wallington, West Worthing (to Ford Junction (renamed 9/7/1923), etc. (35) | £110 |
| 150 | SOUTHWOLD RAILWAY. Two unused folded SEASON TICKETS comprising 1st Class blank stations and date with a red leather cover and the wording "Southwold Railway" in gold on one side and "First Class Season Ticket" in gold on the other, also 3rd class blank stations and date with red card cover and similar wording, but in black printing, for Third Class. Both items in VGC. (2) | £70 |
| 151 | BISLEY CAMP BRANCH comprising a Southern Railway single to Brookwood dated 7/7/1950, a two-piece vertical return between the same points by the same company, with “Bisley Tramway” in the text (dated 12/7/1947), and a BR(S) transitional single from Brookwood to Bisley Camp, dated 19/7/1952 – the last day of operation. (3) | £40 |
| 152 | GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY: A selection of 100 whole Edmondsons, of which half are issued and half audit/undated. Includes a number of closed stations such as Andoversford Jn., Aston Rowant, Dudley, Malmesbury, Six Bells Halt, and Tiverton Devon. (100) | £160 |
| 153 | STOCKPORT CORPORATION TRANSPORT/TRAMS: A collection of 79 punch type tickets, with SCT (37), SCTD (29) and Stockport Corporation Transport (13) titles. The majority of the tickets are numerical stage and are probably for journeys by BUS – though the tram system did not close until 1951 – but five of the SCT issues have named stages and appear to have been for use on the TRAMS. All but 3 of the tickets are by Williamson (the others by Hunt), so it is difficult to date the prints, although 3 bear dates in 1934 and 1938 and others are from the same series. (79) | £50 |
| 154 | LNER EX GREAT CENTRAL RAILWAY LINES all issued whole including 12 from closed stations including Broughton Lane, Stairfoot, Wadsley Bridge, Waleswood, Wombwell, Wortley, etc. (25) | £65 |
| 155 | BRITISH RAILWAYS (E/N) PLATFORM TICKETS comprising BR(E) Transitional (no Red Diamond; blank back) – Hatfield, Leigh-on-Sea, Southminster, Stoke Newington, Wroxham; Transitional (no Red Diamond; RE conds back) – Audley End, Chalkwell, Laindon, Scunthorpe & Frodingham, Tilbury Riverside; Free issue – Shenfield & Hutton Jun. BR(N) Red Diamond; RE conds – Brighouse, Leeds Central B, Northallerton, Ponders End, Wakefield Westgate; BTC conds – Stockton; Beam – Bradford Exchange 2. The lot also includes AA issues without Red Diamonds, as follows: 6 x BR(ER), 9 x BR(E), 2 x BR(NE) and 1 x BTC(N). (36) | £60 |
| 156 | THE CHESTER TRAMWAYS CO. used 2d pink and 3d brown punch-type HORSE TRAM TICKETS by Williamson The system ceased operations on 27/12/1902. (2) | £28 |
| 157 | SOUTHERN RAILWAY: A collection of 41 issued and 15 audit whole Edmondsons, together with 135 severed halves. Issued whole tickets include St. Pauls and transitional prints; audit include Bisley Camp and tickets for Aldershot Show, Searchlight Tattoo, Motor Racing and Navy Week. (56wh 135hlf) | £55 |
| 158 | LGOC & ASSOCIATED Cos. punch type BUS TICKETS comprising 31 geographicals from Services 44, 45, 46, 48, 499, 51, 73, 74, 108B, 108D, 111, 112, 113, 120 and 122&222; plus a collection of 23 numerical stage, TIM, Exchange and Return tickets. (54) | £120 |
| 159 | PRE-GROUPING MISCELLANY: A selection of 22 issued and 38 audit whole Edmondsons from 19 different companies. Includes interesting types and closed stations. (60) | £150 |
| 160 | ISLE OF MAN RAILWAY: A collection of 200 all different issued whole Edmondsons. 174 are older tickets, most of which bear dates in the 1950s, but there are also a number from the early 1960s, a few from the 1930s and one issued in 1901. Twenty-two of the remaining tickets are new prints for the 1967 season – mainly with low serial numbers; the other 4 are later issues. There is a little duplication of some journeys, but not of individual prints. (200) | £130 |
| 161 | GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY – PRE-NATIONALISATION BUFF 3RD SINGLES: Issued from Banbury, Birmingham SH D, Birmingham SH U (/), Bromyard, Denham, Dudley, Ealing Broadway, Exeter (foxed), Marlborough HL, Olton (Bd), Paignton, Redruth, Solihull, Thame, Watlington (to Kingston Crossing Halt), Winchester GW, together with audit tickets from Chinnor, Hooton. (18) | £100 |
| 162 | LONDON MISCELLANY comprising a BAKER STREET & WATERLOO RAILWAY 3rd single Great Central (opened 27/3/1907; renamed 15/4/1917) to Victoria (dated 14/3/1908), together with a CENTRAL LONDON RAILWAY 3rd single from Post Office (renamed 1/2/1937 /), an Ultimatic ticket from Queens Road 1, a GWR 3rd single from Uxbridge Road, and a 1d punch type BUS TICKET from the Chocolate Express Omnibus Co. Ltd. (5) | £40 |
| 163 | BIRMINGHAM CORPORATION TRAMWAYS: A selection of 10 numerical stage punch type TRAM TICKETS, together with 18 from the BIRMINGHAM CORPORATION TRAMWAY AND OMNIBUS DEPARTMENT and 9 from BIRMINGHAM CITY TRANSPORT. Includes, workmen, exchange and child issues, and a named stage geographical Excursion print from the City Transport period. (37) | £20 |
| 164 | GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY ISSUED 3RD SINGLES from Algarkirk (stain), Cambridge, Cotham (closed 11/9/1939), Doncaster (By L&Y Train), Grantham, 2 x Lincoln (to Kirkstead – renamed 10/7/1922; South Willingham – closed 5/11/1951), Peterboro’, Pontefract (to Milford Junction – closed 3/9/1904), Sandy. (10) | £60 |
| 165 | GWR PLATFORM TICKETS: T1: Kensington A Rd W (poor); T2: Paddington 1, Plymouth N Rd D; T3: Bristol TM A, Cardiff Queen Street, Ealing Broadway, Newport High St 2, Oswestry, Paddington 2 and 3, Plymouth North Rd D, Swansea High Street (skeleton “A” overprint), Taunton D, Treorchy U, Westbury Wilts, Windsor & Eton. (18) | £75 |
| 166 | EDINBURGH AND LEITH TRAMWAYS: All different geographical stage punch type TRAM TICKETS comprising 3 x Edinburgh & District (including a nice luggage ticket), 3 x Edinburgh Corporation and 1 x Leith. Condition good. (7) | £95 |
| 167 | LMS (3) BR(M) (22) AROUND BLACKBURN AND BOLTON all issued whole including 11 from closed stations. Origin stations include (LMS) Brinscall, Feniscowles, Padiham; (BR(M)) Adlington (Lancs), Cherry Tree, Entwistle, Great Harwood, Hapton, Heapey, Horwich, Lower Darwen, Pleasington, Spring Vale, Simonstone, Turton & Edgworth, Todd Lane Junction, Withnell, etc. (25) | £65 |
| 168 | LGOC (7), LGOC & ASSOCIATES (42) geographical punch type BUS TICKETS from Services 5 to 299 at fares between 1d and 7d including Cheap Mid Day Fare and Return issues. (49) | £100 |
| 169 | PRE-NATIONALISATION/BR – KENSINGTON AND LINES FROM EUSTON: An all issued selection comprising: Kensington Addison Road/Olympia – 5 x LMS&GW Jt., 1 x GWR, 4 x SR, 6 x BR. Lines from Euston – 22 x LM&SR from different issuing points. (38) | £95 |
| 170 | LONDON, BRIGHTON & SOUTH COAST RAILWAY – CROYDON & OXTED LINE comprising an issued 2nd single East Croydon Main to Sanderstead (excellent cond.), together with 3rd singles from Oxted to Kensington (/), Sanderstead to East Croydon, and Upper Warlingham & Whyteleafe (renamed 1/10/1900) to Victoria (poor). The lot also includes an LB&SCR 3rd r/f single from East Grinstead LL to Oxted. (5) | £40 |
| 171 | BR(S): A collection of 138 issued and 2 audit whole Edmondsons. Includes examples from Broad Clyst, Cowes, Grain, Haven Street, High Halstow Halt, Holland Road Halt, Lyme Regis, Swanage, and Yeovil Town. (140) | £120 |
| 172 | GWR PRE-NAT 1ST CLASS SINGLES all issued including 11 transitional types and 12 later style blanks with hatched background. Origin stations include (printed) from Cheltenham Racecourse Station, Culham, Stourbridge, Wantage Road, Windsor & Eton, etc., (blank) from Birmingham SH (2-issued at Acocks G and Lye), Hullavington, Notgrove, Oakengates, Uxbridge Vine St., Wallingford, Woodhay, etc. (23) | £45 |
| 173 | CITY MOTOR OMNIBUS CO. LTD. “fareboard” punch type BUS TICKETS from Route No.536. All are long issues, with lengths up to 11.5cm. Nine are Williamson prints (1d to 6d plus Exchange), and 3 are by Harry Gilbert/Henry Booth (1d, 2d, and 7d). All different; condition generally VG. (12) | £55 |
| 174 | BR(E/N) comprising 40 issued and 4 audit whole BR(E) and 13 issued and 3 audit BR(N). A good proportion of the ER tickets are from Anglia and include issues from Forncett, Halstead, Mildenhall, Palace Gates, Peterborough East, Snettisham, Wisbech East, and Wolferton. Bradford Exch. (to Lightcliffe), Cloughton, Keighley (to Ingrow), and Leeds Central noted in the North Eastern Region tickets. (60) | £60 |
| 175 | PLATFORM TICKETS MISCELLANY comprising Edmondsons: GWR T3: Gloucester (“P” overprint); BR(H): Edinburgh P St 1, Fraserburgh, Dundee West; BR(E): Liverpool Street B (2 different types); BR(N): Saltburn; BR(S): Victoria 3, Waterloo 5; BR(W): Bridgend, Bristol TM C, Cardiff Queen St A, Neath General, Stroud, Swansea H St A and B, Wrexham General A (all RE conds except Dundee West); BTC 1d Red Diamond: Basingstoke, Cosham, Liverpool Central, Liverpool Lime Street; Beam/Roll: - 4 x GWR, 13 x BR. AA - 7 BR, plus 1 BTC. Machine - 4 x LMS. 1 x SR. 1 x BR. (52) | £75 |
| 176 | TRAMWAY (AND BUS) MISCELLANY of geographical and numerical punch type TRAM AND BUS TICKETS with examples from Provincial Tramways (Motor Runabout), SCTD, York-West Yorks Joint Services (bus), Dearne Valley, Derby, Dudley, LUT, Torquay Tramways, etc. (23) | £60 |
| 177 | PRE-GROUPING EDMONDSONS FROM EDINBURGH comprising: CALEDONIAN RAILWAY – From Edinburgh (b) 3rd sgl to Cramond Brig (renamed 1/4/1903) (slight foxing): From Edinburgh Princes St. 3rd sgl to Craigleith, 1st sgl to Leith Cal, 3rd Child sgl to any station on Leith Branch; From Edinburgh Prin. St. BO Blank Dog sgl made out to Merthyr (/). NORTH BRITISH RAILWAY – Edinburgh Waverley – 1st sgl to Dunbar, blank Cycle Check made out to Oxford; Edinburgh Wav. St’n No.2 3rd sgl to Portobello or Joppa (‘E’ overprint). (8) | £100 |
| 178 | LCC TRAMWAYS geographical punch type TRAM TICKETS from a wide variety of routes from 2/4 to 84 with a number of larger size issues included. Some routes have several (different) tickets. Two without routes also. Cheap Mid Day, Workman, Child and Returns noted. (25) | £40 |
| 179 | LM&SR SCOTTISH MISCELLANY: A collection of 50 issued and 30 audit whole Edmondsons. Includes a good number of closed stations, such as Almondbank, Carmyle, Glenbuck, Innerpeffray, Kirtlebridge, Lugar, Mossend, Netherburn, Old Kirkpatrick, and Tillietudlum. (80) | £200 |
| 180 | GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY: A 7d white punch type Rail Motor Cars ticket for use at halts between Newnham, Cinderford and Drybrook, which were opened in 1907. Includes Ruddle Road Halt, which closed on 30/4/1917, and Whimsey, Steam Mills Crossing, Nailbridge, and Drybrook Halts which closed on 7/7/1930. Also included in the lot is a 2½d white print by Williamson from late pre-grouping days, without Ruddle Road Halt in the names, and 1½d, 4d and 5½d prints from the post-Grouping period, all of which include the halts closed in 1930. (5) | £75 |
| 181 | LNER: A collection of 127 mainly audit whole Edmondsons. Includes less common types such as Mercantile and Juvenile Camping Party, and a good number of closed stations, including Barton-le-Street, Clifton-on-Trent, Flaxton, Goswick, Hougham, and Rushcliffe Halt. A few tickets from the ex-NER audit office are overstamped ‘Specimen’. (127) | £210 |
| 182 | GREAT NORTHERN PICCADILLY & BROMPTON RAILWAY: Different coloured singles from Finsbury Park LL, Kings Cross GNP&BR (/) and Russell Square. (2) | £30 |
| 183 | BOURNEMOUTH CORPORATION TRAMWAYS named stage punch type TRAM TICKETS comprising 2 x 1d, 1½d, 2d, 2½d, 3d, 4d, 5d, 6d, 1d Workman, 2d Return, and 1d headed “Motor Services”. Also included are a 1d issue from BOURNEMOUTH CORPORATION TRAMWAYS MOTOR OMNIBUS SERVICES and a similar 1½d issue without the word “Omnibus”. Ten of the tickets have Bell Punch Uxbridge dates between 1923 and 1927, while one has a 4-figure reference. (14) | £130 |
| 184 | RAILWAY LETTER STAMPS: Isle of Wight Central Railway 2d green 1st issue 1899; Isle of Wight Railway 2d green 1st issue 1899. Both mint. (2) | £28 |
| 185 | BTC Red Diamond PLATFORM TICKETS: BTC(E) 1d Red Diamond: Lowestoft Central A, Newark Northgate, Stratford, Tilbury Riverside, Wanstead Park, Westcliff-on-Sea 1, West Ham Manor Road, Witham, Yarmouth Beach; BTC(E) 2d Red Diamond: Colchester DO, Cuffley & Goffs Oak, Enfield Chase, Essendine, Felixstowe Beach, Finningham, Finsbury Park 1 and HL3, Forest Gate, Harold Wood, Hatfield, Highams Park, Hornsey, Maldon East, Malton, March. Maryland, North Woolwich, Pitsea, Rye House; BTC(N) 2d Red Diamond: Gateshead East. (30) | £80 |
| 186 | LONDON AREA punch type TRAM TICKETS including early Whiting prints from South London Tramways, geographicals from Croydon Corporation, London Trams Co., LCC, London United and Walthamstow Council Light Railways/Tramways and numerical stage examples from LCC, LUT and MET. Mostly VGC. (20) | £65 |
| 187 | NORTH LONDON RAILWAY: a selection of four 1st Class and eight 2nd Class singles from Broad Street with destination number overprints. (12) | £55 |
| 188 | SOUTHERN RAILWAY/BTC(S) PLATFORM TICKETS comprising: SR – T2A from Crediton, Ropley, Whitchurch; T3 from Brighton, Charing Cross No.1, London Bridge No.4, Ottery St. Mary, Oxshott, Ryde Esplanade, Semley, Sevenoaks TH No.1 (/). BTC(S) – Red Diamond 1d from Ryde Pier Head, Swanscombe Halt; Red Diamond 2d from Colyton, Cranleigh, Richmond, Rudgwick, Rye, Seaton, Slinford, Twickenham, Wimborne. (22) | £85 |
| 189 | SCOTTISH PRE-GROUPING MISCELLANY: Issued whole comprising: Glasgow & South Western Railway – 3rd single Dumfries to Annan G&SW; Highland Railway – 3rd Parly Actual Fare single Ballinluig to Dunkeld; Larne & Stranraer Steamers Joint Committee – Private State Cabin for Sleeping (Revised Fare) Stranraer Harbour to Larne Harbour; North British Railway – 3rd single Edinburgh to Skipton (/). (4) | £90 |
| 190 | SR/BR(S) POLEGATE – ERIDGE AND THE WESTERHAM BRANCH: SR - 3 issued from Hailsham (trans), Heathfield, Rotherfield & Mark Cross; 3 audit from Brasted (2), Hailsham; BR - 16 issued including from Heathfield, Hellingly, Horam, Mayfield, Westerham, etc; 2 audit; 3 platforms (1 BRB/2 BTC); 3 issued to the lines. (30) | £75 |
| 191 | SOUTHERN IRELAND RAIL MISCELLANY comprising: CIE – 39 issued and 65 audit whole Edmondsons, 1 issued and 11 audit thin card, and 52 severed halves; GSR – 3 issued and 14 audit whole, 5 halves; GS&WR – 3 halves. The lot also includes a quantity of CIE and IE paper, large card and machine issues. Issued CIE tickets included Attanagh, Ballyglunin, Dromod, Dundrum (Dublin), Gowran, Swinford, Waterfall, and Willbrook. (Qty) | £220 |
| 192 | GWR (11) AND BR(W) (5) RUABON TO DOLGELLEY & BLAENAU FESTINIOG LINES all except one issued including Acrefair, Bala, Blaneau Ffestiniog Central, Carrog, Cowen, Cynwyd, Glyndyfrdwy, Llanderfel, Llys Halt, Manod (u), Trevor, etc. (16) | £80 |
| 193 | GREAT YARMOUTH CORPORATION TRAMWAYS geographical punch type TRAM TICKETS comprising 1d yellow, 1d mauve, 1½d buff, 3d white issues in VGC. The system opened 19/6/1902 and closed 14/12/1933. (4) | £45 |
| 194 | SOUTHERN RAILWAY/BR(S). 63 Southern and 43 BR(S) audit tickets from the Bulford Branch (closed 30/6/1952), the Bordon Branch (closed 16/9/1957), and stations and halts on the Fareham to Alton and Petersfield to Pulborough lines (closed 7/2/1955). (106) | £150 |
| 195 | MANCHESTER SOUTH JUNCTION & ALTRINCHAM RAILWAY PLATFORM TICKETS comprising LNER T3B Altrincham & Bowdon, LM&SR T3B Altrincham & Bowdon, Timperley. (3) | £120 |
| 196 | BR(W): A selection of 69 issued and 61 audit whole Edmondsons. Includes a variety of stations, including a good number that are closed. Abingdon, Dudley, Leamington Spa Avenue, and Yeovil Town noted as origins in the issued tickets; Bow Street, Chipping Sodbury, Chiseldon, Cole, Cwmbargoed, Devizes, Fenny Compton, Holme Lacy, Marlborough, Okehampton, Shillingstone, Wallingford, and Woodborough amongst many in the audits. (130) | £160 |
| 197 | MIDLAND RAILWAY issued whole Edmondsons from Bedford (to Irchester), Birmingham (B’ge) (2 different), Clapham, Lancaster (Green Ayre), Leeds (to Tunbridge Wells (SE&C)), Nuneaton, Oakley, Stroud (/). Mostly VGC. (9) | £110 |
| 198 | LONDON punch type HORSE BUS TICKETS selection of LGOC, London Road Car and anonymous “Omnibus Ticket” examples from different services, all with menu style or full geographical named stages and with fascinating period advertisements on the reverse. Mostly VGC. (20) | £95 |
| 199 | EASTERN ENGLAND MISCELLANY comprising: LNER – 3 issued (including Cowbit) and 6 audit; BR(E) – 14 issued (mainly Alford Town, Firsby, Louth) and 1 audit; M&GN – 26 audit; CLC – 1 issued to Spalding. Minor duplication (51) | £50 |
| 200 | LANCASHIRE & YORKSHIRE RAILWAY FREE PLATFORM TICKET from Accrington No.1 Platform, printed in L&NWR T5 style with “7” and “C” in the bottom corners, the less common condition “This ticket must be given up when leaving the station”, and negative serial numbers. The ticket is somewhat stained – possibly having being found when a ticket collectors’ hut was demolished – but is of an unknown type and therefore very collectable. (1) | £55 |
| 201 | BR(H) EDINBURGH TO DUNDEE AND BRANCHES whole comprising 36 issued and 3 audit. Origin stations include Aberdour, Cameron Bridge, Cowdenbeath (New), Cupar, Dalmeny, Dysart, Kinghorn, Kinross Junc., Lundin Links, Markinch, Newport (West), Pittenweem, St Andrews, St Monance, Sinclairtown, Springfield, Tayport, Wormit, etc. (39) | £50 |
| 202 | GWR WEST MIDLANDS all issued whole including from Albrighton, Bilston WM, Claverdon, Danzey for Tanw’th, Hall Green, Hatton, Knowle & Dorridge, Lapworth, Wednesbury, Wilmcote, Yardley Wood, etc. (35) | £60 |
| 203 | THE LONDON CENTRAL MOTOR OMNIBUS CO. LTD. 1d white named stage punch type BUS TICKET from the Angel to Richmond (Star & Garter) service, with stages set out in the centre column in ‘menu’ format. In excellent condition. (1) | £210 |
| 204 | FORMER L&Y HOLCOMBE BROOK BRANCH comprising audit LM&SR from 4 x Greenmount, 10 x Holcombe Brook, 2 x Tottington, 5 x Woolfold, 2 x Manchester Vic (to Holcombe Brook, Tottington); Issued BR from 2 x Bury Bolton Street, Greenmount, Holcombe Brook, 2 x Tottington; audit from Greenmount, 4 x Holcombe Brook, 2 x Tottington; plus 3 x LM&SR thin card Rail Motor (one punched). The branch closed on 5/5/1952. (37) | £60 |
| 205 | SOUTHERN RAILWAY Red Diamond PLATFORM TICKETS: T2A: Aylesham Halt, Bekesbourne, Hollingbourne, Newhaven Harbour; T2B: Addiscombe, Ash, Bosham, Braunton, Chestfield & Swalecliffe Ht 2, Eastbourne, Gomshall & Shere, Grange Road, Guildford, Horsham 1, Horsted Keynes, Hothfield, Hythe Kent (cream card), Kingswood & Burgh H’th, Mottingham, Preston Park 1. (20) | £90 |
| 206 | THE CORK ELECTRIC TRAMWAYS AND LIGHTING COMPANY LTD. 1d white punch type TRAM TICKET with various named stages between Summer Hill and Power House, together with a DUBLIN UNITED TRAMWAYS CO. 2d white issue for a journey between Palmerston Park and Nelson’s Pillar on the “Palmerston Park Line” (slightly foxed). The Cork electric tram system opened in 1898 and closed on 30/9/1931. (2) | £40 |
| 207 | GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY issued 3rd single Halifax (North Bridge) to Manchester Road (closed 31/12/1915), dated 28/4/1904. (1) | £85 |
| 208 | LPTB GREEN LINE COACHES TICKETS in post-August 1939 style, with the "LONDON TRANSPORT (COACHES)" title. An all different selection of 17 singles and 11 returns from various routes and with various fares. (28) | £260 |
| 209 | IRISH RAIL MISCELLANY: a small selection of issued tickets comprising 5 x CIE, 2 x CDRJC, 4 x GNRB (including Dublin Amiens St. platform ticket), 3 x GNR(I), 1 x GSR, 1 x LM&SR, 1 x SL&NCR, 1 x UTA, 1 x BRB. Includes closed stations such as Clady, Drumshambo, Enniskillen, Newry Ed. St., Omagh. Six severed halves are also included in the lot. (19wh 6hlf) | £22 |
| 210 | SOUTH EASTERN & CHATHAM RAILWAY JOINT TITLES comprising a SE&C & L&SW Rys 3rd single Wandsworth Road to Battersea ‘in L&SW Trains only’, a L&NW & SE&CR 3rd single Woolwich to Dudley L&NW (printed by the L&NW and issued at that company’s agency – audit code 778; paper on back), and a MET & SE&C Rys 2nd single Moorgate Street to Snow Hill (renamed 1/5/1912; closed 1/6/1916 /). The lot also includes SE&C&D Rys 3rd singles from Elephant & Castle and St. Pauls (renamed 1/2/1937). (5) | £85 |
| 211 | BR (M) – FORMER L&Y LINES AROUND MANCHESTER: All issued whole including from Bess o’th’ Barn, Bradley Fold, Broadfield, Bury Knowsley St., Dean Lane, Failsworth, Heaton Park, Heywood, Irlam-o’-th-Heights, Middleton Junction, Miles Platting, Moorside & Wardley, Oldham Central, Park (Lancs), Pendlebury, Radcliffe (Bridge), Ramsbottom, Royton, Smithy Bridge, Stubbins, Waterfoot, Woodlands Road etc. Mostly VGC. (65) | £130 |
| 212 | NOTTINGHAMSHIRE MISCELLANY comprising LNER 2 issued and 1 audit; BR(M/E) 21 issued and 2 audit. Issuing stations include (LNER) Netherfield & Colwick, Radcliffe-on-Trent; BR(M/E) Aslockton (Trans), Basford Vernon, Bingham, Bleasby, Cottam, Hucknall Central, Nottingham (Victoria), Pye Bridge, Rolleston Junction, Sutton Junction, etc. (26) | £30 |
| 213 | MAIDSTONE CORPORATION TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT geographical stage punch type TRAM AND BUS TICKETS variously sub-titled Tramways Section (1d pink and 2d brown), Tramway & Trolleybus Sections (3d light brown), and Omnibus Section (1½d light brown). In VGC. (4) | £65 |
| 214 | LUGGAGE LABEL MISCELLANY: A collection of 193 mainly L41 to L44 examples from the London, Brighton & South Coast Railway, together with 22 from the SER, GER and Southern Railway. There is some duplication, but there are at least 55 different LB&SCR prints and no more than 4 examples of any individual label. (215) | £30 |
| 215 | BEAM AND ROLL PLATFORM TICKETS comprising: 15 x LM&SR, 1 x SR, 19 x BR(M), 1 x BR(N), 1 x BR(S), 21 x BR(W) – including 4 with Red Diamond – 7 x BTC(M), 15 x BTC(W). The lot also includes 1 x LM&SR and 1 x LNER AA issues, and 3 LM&SR and 5 BR(M) Rapidprinter types. (90) | £95 |
| 216 | GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY – LONDON AND SURROUNDING AREA comprising: Pre-grouping issued from Goring (dog), Paddington 2 (one-piece excn. to W.S. Mare /), Uxbridge High St. (closed 1/9/1939); Pre-Nationalisation issued from Aston Rowant, Chinnor, Cholsey & Moulsford, Cookham, Ealing Broadway 2, Furze Platt Halt, Henley-on-Thames, Maidenhead, Marlow, Reading D, Royal Oak, Ruislip Gardens, Wallingford, West Acton, Woburn Green, plus 7 undated, but unclipped issues – including Bourne End and Cookham. (26) | £55 |
| 217 | NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE LINES all issued whole comprising 7 LM&SR and 19 BR(M). Issuing stations include (LM&SR) Bosley, Leek, Meir, Rushton, etc., (BR) Alton Towers, Consall, Kingsley & Froghall, Rudyard Lake, etc. Of special note is an LMS Angling Ticket for Cliffe Park. Ideal for a member of the Churnet Valley Railway Society. (26) | £170 |
| 218 | YORKSHIRE TRAMWAY CONCERNS: A selection of 12 used numerical stage punch type TRAM TICKETS comprising 1 x Bradford City, 5 x Bradford Corporation, 2 x Doncaster Corporation, 1 x Sheffield Corporation, 1 x Hull City, 1 x Rotherham Corporation, and 1 x Yorkshire (WR) Electric. The lot also includes a “Bradford & Leeds”-titled 8d issue for a journey between the two cities by “Motor ‘bus”. (13) | £50 |
| 219 | PRE-LPTB SEVERED HALVES comprising 1 x B&WR, 1 x CLR, 1 x CXE&HR, 16 x C&SLR, 26 x District, 4 x GN&CR, 1 x GN&C&C&SLR, 3 x GNP&BR, 2 x LER, 4 x LER&LGOC (Tube / Bus), 36 x Met. Includes interesting types and closed / renamed stations such as Clapham Road, Gower Street, Great Central, Heston-Hounslow, Marlborough Road, and Portland Road. A number of tickets are to main line destinations. (95) | £20 |
| 220 | LONDON & SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY issued 3rd Parly single Poole New to Honiton (fare overstamped; Bd), together with issued 3rd singles from Bournemouth West (to Bailey Gate), 3 x Exmouth (to Budleigh Salterton, Exeter, Littleham), and Yeovil (Bd), an issued Bicycle ticket from Boscombe, an audit 3rd Parly single Exeter to Bude, and an audit Rail Motor single Lions Holt Halt to Exmouth. The lot also includes an L&SWR-printed Joint Railway Steamer 1st Excess Fare ticket from Portsmouth to Ryde on Boat No.6. (10) | £75 |
| 221 | LM&SR IN THE NORTH WEST: a collection of 50 issued whole from different stations/booking offices. Includes Bassenthwaite Lake, Bury Knowsley St., Caton, Didsbury, Farington, Keswick, Lakeside W, Lancaster Green Ayre, Morecambe Euston Road, Oldham Clegg Street, Ordsall Lane, Rawtenstall, and Seaforth & Egremont. (50) | £75 |
| 222 | LNER – ABERDEEN, EDINBURGH WAVERLEY, AND GLASGOW QUEEN STREET: A selection of 72 issued whole Edmondsons, comprising 8 x Aberdeen (including transitional Rtn to Kittybrewster issued in 1928, and one with C84 code), 49 x Edinburgh Waverley (including No.1, No.3, B, H, HWK, NS, and WS offices, and issues to 19 closed stations, including Ayton, Banff, Bonnybridge, Castle Douglas, Eddleston, Galashiels, and St. Monace), and 15 x Glasgow Queen Street. (72) | £170 |
| 223 | MIDLANDS AND NORTH OF ENGLAND PUNCH TYPE TRAM AND BUS TICKET SELECTION comprising: with tram title – 2 x City of Birmingham, Coventry, 5 x Hull, 2 x Leeds, Nottingham, 2 x Sunderland, Walsall; tram and bus title – 6 x Leicester, Sunderland, 2 x Wolverhampton; bus title – West Bridgford. (24) | £45 |
| 224 | GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY (IRELAND): A collection of 25 issued and 125 audit whole Edmondsons. Includes a wide variety of types and a good number of closed stations, both as origins and destinations. (150) | £65 |
| 225 | SOUTHERN RAILWAY T3 Red Diamond PLATFORM TICKETS from stations beginning “H” to “N”: Halling, Haslemere, Haydons Road (faded), Hither Green 2, Horsmonden, Hove 2, Kew Bridge, Lancing and 2, Launceston, Lee 2, Lingfield, London Bridge 3, Maidstone East, Margate 2, Mottingham, Motspur Park, New Cross, New Cross Gate 1, Newhaven Town (faded). (20) | £220 |
| 226 | DOUGLAS BUS CO. LD. 1d brown punch type BUS TICKET covering journeys between Railway Station and Victoria Pier, Victoria Pier and Broadway, and Broadway and Derby Castle. The ticket, which is in excellent condition, is believed to be for a horse bus service c.1900 and was probably taken over by Douglas Corporation. (1) | £130 |
| 227 | PRE-NATIONALISATION MISCELLANY comprising 32 issued whole Edmondsons, 2 thin card and c.100 mainly GWR severed halves. The Edmondsons consist of 2 x GWR & LMS Joint (Merthyr), 18 x GWR (including Aberbran Halt, Abergwynfi, Andoversford Jn., Brecon, Cirencester Watermoor, Colbren Jn., Crynant, Neath Riverside, Purton, 1 x M&GN (South Lynn), 6 x LNER (including Sutton Bridge, West Leigh & A.), 1 x LM&SR, 4 x SR. (34wh 110hlf) | £50 |
| 228 | EDINBURGH CORPORATION TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT named stage punch type tickets for TRAM SERVICES. All are different – 7 are by Bell Punch and 3 by GNP – used, and in VGC. (10) | £35 |
| 229 | LINES AROUND AYLESBURY comprising: GREAT CENTRAL RAILWAY – 3rd single Aylesbury Met to Leicester Central (dated 30/4/1904); L&NWR – 3rd single Buckingham to Aylesbury Met (Bd – 8/7/1902); MET & GC JOINT COMMITTEE – issued from 2 x Amersham (1 PG; 1 Dog), Pinner, Rickmansworth; audit from Quainton Road, Verney Junction; LM&SR – issued from Rickmansworth; LONDON TRANSPORT – issued from Harrow-on-the Hill, 4 x Stoke Mandeville (including platform). The lots also includes an LNER T3B PLATFORM TICKET from Marylebone No.2, three BR platform tickets (Marylebone/Stoke Mandeville) and an LNER thin card excess ticket. (19) | £230 |
| 230 | MAINLY NANTWICH TO WELLINGTON LINE comprising GWR – issued from 2 x Crudgington, Peplow (slight fading), Hodnet, Market Drayton, Tern Hill; audit from 3 x Ellerdine Halt, Ellesmere, Hodnet, Old Hill, Peplow, Stourbridge Junction, 2 x Wednesbury, 2 x Wolverhampton. BR(M/W) – issued from Afon Wen, Borth, Crudgington, Dolgelley, Market Drayton, Peplow, Wellington Salop (to Crudgington); audit from Adderley, Crudgington. (27) | £75 |
| 231 | NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY issued 4½” x 3” Third Class Fortnightly Tickets on thin card for the year 1883. One is from Leeds to Harrogate and was issued for the period between 6th and 19th September; the other, which has a small piece missing from the lower left corner, is from Leeds to Scarbro’ between 12th and 25th September. (2) | £55 |
| 232 | CALNE: A collection of 5 GWR and 7 BR issued whole Edmondsons from this branch terminus, which closed on 20/9/1965. Five of the tickets were issued in the last month of operation, but the others – including all the GWR ones – were issued in earlier years. (12) | £22 |
| 233 | POTTERIES BUS OPERATORS: Punch type BUS TICKETS comprising 1d and named stage issues from J.W. BRADLEY (printed by Keates), 1d, 1½d and 2d named stage from CITY MOTORS (one by Williamson; two by Victoria Printing), 1d, 2d, and 3d numerical stage issues from I. DUNN MOTOR SERVICE (Williamson), a 4d issue without stages from DUNN’S MOTOR SERVICE, 2½d and 6d issues from THE “DOROTHY” BUS SERVICE (Williamson), and 1½d issue from DAY’S BUS SERVICE (Keates). J.W. Bradley of Harpfields was absorbed by PMT in 1944. One of the City Motors tickets shows an address of Wood Terrace, Shelton. Services of G Day were absorbed by Evans & Finney (see Lot 3) in 1924. (12) | £120 |
| 234 | LONDON & NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY mixed lot of approx 400-500 mostly LUGGAGE LABELS and PARCELS LABELS including many examples of transitional prints. Sorting will repay. A little duplication noted. Mostly VGC. (Qty) | £55 |
| 235 | BTC(E) 1d Red Diamond PLATFORM TICKETS: Angel Road, Battlesbridge, Bishops Stortford UO and DO, Brentwood & Warley, Bromley 1 and 2, Chingford, Colchester DO and UO, Dagenham Heathway, Diss, East Ham, Elm Park, Enfield Chase, Enfield Town, Fenchurch St (John St), Gidea Park & Squirrels Heath, Goodmayes, Grantham, Grays 1, Harold Wood, Hertford East, Hertford North, Hoe Street UO. (25) | £80 |
| 236 | THE MOTOR OMNIBUS CO. LTD. “PILOT” 2d grey punch type BUS TICKET covering 6 named stages, including The Swan & Liverpool St. Station and London Bridge Station & Loughborough Jn. Historical notes accompanying the ticket record that the company began operations in July 1906 and that it amalgamated with others in April 1907 to form the Vanguard Motor Bus. Co. (see Lot 406) (1) | £26 |
| 237 | BR(H) FROM AND TO THE WEST HIGHLAND/OBAN LINES issued whole transitional prints from Banavie, Fort William (2), Mallaig (2), Oban; and to Arrochar & Tarbert (2), Oban (2). (10) | £26 |
| 238 | LGOC (& Associated Cos.) geographical punch type BUS TICKETS comprising six early LGOC types, four with menu listing of stages and all with no or mauve fare overprints, plus later LGOC & Assoc issues with skeleton red or green overprints. VGC. (15) | £26 |
| 239 | GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY AROUND OXFORD: Pre-grouping issued singles from Adderbury, Aynho, Aylesbury, Banbury, Bampton Oxon (/), Kidlington, Kingston Crossing Halt, Princes Risboro’, Oxford, Thame (/), (10) | £240 |
| 240 | DONCASTER TO LINCOLN AND TUXFORD comprising LNER issued from Cottam, Doncaster Central, Leverton, Saxilby, Torksey; undated from Tuxford North. BR(E) issued from Bawtry, Cottam, Gainsborough Central, Haxey & Epworth, Leverton, Lincoln Central, Misterton, Park Drain, Retford, Rossington, Torksey; undated from Walkeringham. (18) | £60 |
| 241 | BR(M) EX-L&NWR LINES SOUTH OF RUGBY all issued whole including from Belmont (London Midland), Bicester London Road, Blisworth, Brackley Town, Bradwell, Castlethorpe, Kilsby & Crick, Newport Pagnell, Roade, Stanbridgeford, Swanbourne, Weedon, Welton, etc. (25) | £60 |
| 242 | PRE-GROUPING MISCELLANY: An all different companies selection of issued whole singles comprising Caledonian Railway (Currie to Colinton – both cl. 1/11/1943), DR&CR (Nantclwyd), GD&HR (Glasgow – open carriage), GCR (Sheffield), GER (Cambridge), GNR (Lincoln), L&YR (Southport L&Y), LB&SCR (Tunbridge Wells), LB&SCR Croydon & Oxted Line (East Croydon), LC&DR (Catford /). L&NWR (Boxmoor – renamed 17/12/1912), L&SWR (Liss), L&SWR&LB&SCR (Streatham to Ludgate Hill – cl. 3/3/1929), NLR (Broad Street), SER (Tunbridge Wells to Westerham – 12/12/1888), SE&CR (Chislehurst). The lot also includes audit tickets from the Midland and NBR, and a severed half from the GNR. (18wh 1hlf) | £180 |
| 243 | GLASGOW CORPORATION TRAMWAYS/TRANSPORT geographical punch type TRAM TICKETS comprising six with “Tramways” title and one “Transport” (3d Night Service), with "car" in conditions. Fares included 1d, 1½d, 2d, 2½d and 3d. VGC. (7) | £200 |
| 244 | ISLE OF WIGHT RAILWAY selection of LUGGAGE LABELS comprising type I43 in pink paper to Woking SWR via Stokes Bay (a little frayed at edges), type I42 on yellow paper to Clapham Junc. South Coast Rly (good), type I41 on white paper to Brading and also to Freshwater Via Sandown and Newport (both VGC). Type I41 are the more difficult to find examples. (4) | £210 |
| 245 | SOUTH EASTERN & CHATHAM RAILWAY COMPANIES MANAGING COMMITTEE blue hatched blob BEAM issue PLATFORM TICKET from Reading (SE&CR). (1) | £310 |
| 246 | A MISCELLANEOUS SELECTION OF USED PUNCH TYPE BUS TICKETS from different companies, comprising Biss Bros. Bishop’s Stortford, Bond Bros. Motor Services Willington, E.H.M. Ltd. (Edwards Hall Motors), Green’s Motors Ltd Haverfordwest, Millers’ Motor Services Exmouth (soiled), Regal Bus Service (Isle of White – endorsed “1927” on back), Royal Bus (F. Wilson Hunwick), Scout Motor Services Ltd. (Preston), Seamarks & Son’s Bus Service Higham Ferrers (endorsed on back ‘5.20pm Rushden Post Office to Higham Ferrers 7/10/36”), Weardale Motor Service, West End Garage Bus Service Whittlesea, The White Bus Service, Wilkinson’s Motor Services, Sedgefield, Wright Bros Nenthead. (14) | £60 |
| 247 | SOUTHERN RAILWAY HYTHE (KENT) BRANCH: Three tickets from Hythe – 3rd single to Sandling Junction, blank privilege single made out to Eastbourne, and a PLATFORM TICKET, together with a 3rd single from Sandling Junction to Hythe. The branch closed to passenger traffic on 3/5/1943. It re-opened on 2/3/1946, but closed again – this time permanently – on 3/12/1951. The platform ticket is dated 14/5/1948; the three travel tickets were issued on the last day of operation 1/12/1951. (4) | £60 |
| 248 | EDINBURGH NORTHERN TRAMWAYS CO. 1d white punch type TRAM TICKET for journeys between Princes St. and Eildon St., and Fettes Row and Golden Acre on Car No.137. This cable tramway opened on 28/1/1888. It was sold to Edinburgh & District Tramways on 1/1/1897. VGC. (1) | £85 |
| 249 | MILLWALL DOCKS COMPANY 1st single Millwall Docks to South Dock, dated 21/5/1910. The stations opened on 18th December 1871 and closed on 4th May 1926. Excellent condition. (1) | £200 |
| 250 | GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY issued 3rd single Preston Platform to Torquay, dated 13/8/1914 and in excellent condition. Preston Platform was opened on 24/7/1911 for visitors to Preston Sands beach and was served by the Torquay to Paignton rail motor services, which had been introduced earlier in the year to compete with the tram services that operated between the two towns. It closed on 21/9/1914). (1) | £980 |
| 251 | GREAT EASTERN RAILWAY T2 PLATFORM TICKET: LEMAN ST. A. An issue not previously known and in VGC. (1) | WDN |
| 252 | SOUTHERN RAILWAY 3rd single Lyminge to Folkestone Central, dated 13/2/1947. Lyminge closed on 3/5/1943, but re-opened on 2/3/1946. The reprieve did not last long and the station was permanently closed on 16/6/1947. (1) | £230 |
| 253 | SOUTHPORT TRAMWAYS CO. LTD. 1½d red geographical stage punch type TRAM TICKET for the Roe Lane Route, together with a similar 2d white issue for the Cambridge Road Route. The company’s lines were taken over by Southport Corporation in 1918. (2) | £120 |
| 254 | GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY early print G71 “Passenger Luggage” type LUGGAGE LABEL Steventon to Minety. This example is not listed in RPS Handbook of GWR Luggage Labels (H8). VGC although a little faded with age. (1) | £110 |
| 255 | BRITISH RAILWAYS (S) 1d Red Diamond PLATFORM TICKETS Transitional (name at base): Chatham, Dorchester South, Eastbourne 4, Eastleigh, Guildford, Hampden Park, Launceston, Lewes, London Bridge 4, Merton Park, Seaton, Staines Central 1, Sutton, Waterloo 3, 5 and 8, West Byfleet, Windsor & Eton Riverside; BEAM: Weymouth UO. (19) | £120 |
| 256 | LONDON GENERAL OMNIBUS CO. named stage punch type BUS TICKETS comprising one x Services 25B, 26, 28 and 34, two x Service 35, one x Service 37, one x Service 38, three x Service 41, two x Service 42, three x Service 43, one x each of Services 43 & 43A?, 53, 60, 63, and 65, two x Service 76, one x Service 100, and one x Service 126. Nineteen of the tickets are “Fareboard” geographicals, 6 are earlier issues. Condition is good/VGC. (25) | £80 |
| 257 | GWR THEATRICAL PRINTS 3rd Parly Sgls: “Merry Gypsy Maid Theatrical Co” Shifnal – Wrexham (July 1898); “Uncle Tom’s Cabin Theatrical Co” Bristol TM – Swindon (October 1898); “French Maid Theatrical Co” Devizes – Shepton Mallet (October 1898); “Geisha Theatrical Co” Torquay – Bristol (Temple Meads) (October 1898). VGC. (4) | £40 |
| 258 | LPTB GREEN LINE COACHES 1933 to 1937: A selection of 8 return "halves" and 8 Exchanges from various routes, and with various fares. Condition is good. (16) | £110 |
| 259 | LMS PARKING TICKETS mostly issued mostly from closed stations including Auchengray, Beith, Biggar, Braidwood, Brixworth, Creetown, Fairlie Pier, Happendon, Inchgreen (Goods), Launton, Leicester (Fosse Road), Muirend, Old Cumnock, Renfrew, Stanmore LMS, Stockingford, Towcester, Turton & E., etc. (38) | £140 |
| 260 | NORTH BRITISH RAILWAY issued 1st single Innerleithen to Peebles (dated 7/4/1907), together with an undated 1st single (red, with white stripes) from Granton (closed 2/11/1925) to Edinburgh. (2) | £100 |
| 261 | GWR/BR(W) WEST COUNTRY all issued whole: 9 x GWR (one to the area); 16 x BR (one to the area); 4 Multiprinters from Plymouth to closed stations dated 1961/2 (two are to Tavistock South on the last day when trains got stranded in the snow). (30) | £80 |
| 262 | LMS/BR(M/W) BIRMINGHAM TO BRISTOL & BRANCHES whole comprising LMS - 11 issued including Berkeley Road, Bredon, Broom Junction, Frocester, Salford Priors, Tewkesbury, etc; 2 audit; BR - 11 issued including Ashchurch, Dursley, Eckington, Sharpness, Stonehouse Bristol Road, Yate, etc; 1 undated. (25) | £60 |
| 263 | GREAT EASTERN LONDON MOTOR OMNIBUS CO. LTD. 4d red punch type BUS TICKET with “D” overprint, showing stages Epping Forest to Elephant & Castle in ‘fareboard’ form, plus lettered stages A to C. A scarce example in VGC. (1) | £30 |
| 264 | GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY – WEST MIDLANDS AND SURROUNDING COUNTIES comprising Pre-grouping issued from Birmingham S.H., St Devereux (dog); Pre-Nat issued from Alcester, Bewdley, Blowers Green, Bordesley, Ellesmere, Handsworth, Hatton, Heyford, Highley, Ketley, Kidderminster, Soho & Winson Green, Wrexham Central, Wolverhampton (to Cosford Aerodrome Halt), Wyre Forest, plus 8 audit/undated, including Berrington SV, Dudley (Fruit or Hop Picker), Harton Road, Lawley Bank, Rowley Regis & B. (Hop Picker). Also includes a BR transitional print from Birmingham S.H. (26) | £90 |
| 265 | BTC(E/N) PLATFORM TICKETS: BTC(E) 1d Red Diamond: Stratford, Tilbury Riverside, Tilbury Town, Tottenham, Upminster (two different series), Upminster Bridge, Upton Park, Ware, Welwyn Garden City WS, Wickford, Witham, Woodgrange Park, Wroxham; BTC(E) 2d Red Diamond: Brentwood & Warley, Harlow, Harold Wood, Haverhill, Shenfield & Hutton, Southend-on-Sea Victoria, Sudbury (Suffolk), Theobalds Grove, Turkey Street, Wickford; 2d Flexiprinter: Enfield Town, Harlow Town; BTC(E) Free: Colchester C DO; BTC(N) 1d Red Diamond: Skegness C, Wakefield Kirkgate; BTC(N) 2d Red Diamond: Malton. (30) | £160 |
| 266 | GATESHEAD TRAMWAYS TRAM TICKETS comprising two early roll tickets from “Teams Section,” plus three slightly later (but still early) punch tickets (two by Williamson, one by GNP). VGC. (5) | £50 |
| 267 | LB&SCR CROYDON AND OXTED LINE 3rd single East Croydon to Oxted (dated 8/9/1903), together with a LB&SC & SE&C Rys – titled 3rd single from Oxted to Woldingham (dated 8/5/1915). (2) | £24 |
| 268 | NOTTINGHAMSHIRE AND LINCOLNSHIRE BUS OPERATORS: A collection of used punch type BUS TICKETS comprising 28 x Cleethorpes Corporation (mainly numerical, but with the odd named stage issue. 2 have 7/1937 date on back); 21 x Grimsby Corporation (named and numerical stage); 2 x Grimsby & Cleethorpes (named stage); 17 x Lincoln Corporation (mainly numerical stage); 21 x Lincolnshire Road Car Co. (named stage – includes 4 Setright); 20 x Mansfield & District Traction Co. (3 numerical; remainder by category of passenger); 33 x West Bridgford UDC Motor Bus Service (named stage; 3 with dates in 1936). (142) | £65 |
| 269 | MIDLAND RAILWAY: a colourful selection of issued whole Edmondsons comprising a green 3rd single Upper Holloway to Westbourne Park H&C, a 1st blank ¾ single fare ticket from Birmingham St’n St., a 3rd blank Privilege single from Coalville, a blank dog single from Cheltenham, and a vertically printed blank bike or pram single from Berkeley Road – all four made out to Worcester, a blank bike or pram single from Cheltenham made out to Dawlish, and a 3rd single from Cardiff to Swansea for a member of Leicester FC on 9/4/1898. The lot also includes an audit blank dog single from Plumtree. (8) | £95 |
| 270 | EXETER, SIDMOUTH JUNCTION AND EXMOUTH TRIANGLE comprising: Southern Railway – issued from 2 x Budleigh Salterton, Tipton St. John’s, Topsham; BR (S/W) – Budleigh Salterton (2 issued, 2 audit), East Budleigh (1i, 2a), Exeter Central (5i, 3a), Exmouth (5i), Exton (1i), Honiton (1i – to Ottery St. M.), Lympstone (1i), Newton Poppleford (1a), Ottery St. Mary (2i), Sidmouth (1i), Sidmouth Junction (1i, 6a), Tipton St. Johns (3i, 3a), plus 1 SR and 2 BR audit to the line and 2 issued BR severed halves. (47wh 2hlf) | £130 |
| 271 | L&NWR DOG, BIKE AND ARTICLE TICKETS including Armitage, Atherstone, Broxton, Harrington, Ludlow, Morecambe, etc. One example has a corner missing, good otherwise. (17) | £120 |
| 272 | GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY Pre-grouping buff 3rd singles from Ffrith to Brymbo (dated 20/8/1904 and in excellent condition) and Brymbo to Mold L&NW (dated 25/8/1904 – minor scuffing and /). The issuing stations closed on 27/3/1950. (2) | £430 |
| 273 | CAMBRIAN COACHES numerical stage punch type BUS TICKETS comprising 1½d white, 2d blue, 3d pink and 5d orange, all with skeleton fare overprints and Bell Punch Uxbridge imprints in the mid-1920s. (4) | £65 |
| 274 | JOINT LINE SELECTION: 97 pre-nationalisation whole Edmondsons comprising 3 x D&A, 40 x GC&M, 13 x GC&NS, 1 x GW&GC, 13 x LMS&GW, and 27 & OA&GB. Twenty of the tickets have been issued. The lot also includes 3 audit tickets from the Easingwold Railway. (100) | £190 |
| 275 | PLATFORM TICKET MISCELLANY comprising: GWR – T2 Pontypool Rd.; LM&SR – T3B Cheltenham Spa Lan A., LNER – T3A Liverpool Street F; SR – T2B New Cross Gate No.1 (/), roll ticket Waterloo; CLC – LMS T3B Liverpool Central No.1; BR(E) – Fenchurch St. ”John St. Office”, GNR Board – Dublin Amiens Street; UTA – Belfast York Road; New Zealand Railways – Auckland Station (pen date 510 /1951); France – Nantes-Orleans; Paris Nord (10); | £45 |
| 276 | CITY OF BIRMINGHAM TRAMWAYS COMPANY named stage punch type TRAM TICKETS comprising 1d white – 3 stages New Street to King’s Head or Bear – and 2d mauve – 4 stages New Street to Quinton Church, both in VGC. Taken over by Birmingham Corporation 1/1/1912. (2) | £25 |
| 277 | METROPOLITAN RAILWAY JOINT LINES issued whole comprising 3 x GW&Met, 1 x Met & GN, 1 x Met & LC&D 2nd Sgl Moorgate Street – Snow Hill on pink card. Mostly VGC. (6) | £80 |
| 278 | LONDON INDEPENDENT bus companies of the 1950s punch type BUS TICKETS comprising 10 geographical and five numerical stage at values from 1d to 1/-d from the following operators: W. Allen, Bennet, Cambrian Coaching & Goods Transport, City, Clarendon, Eclipse, Enterprise, Harris, Horseshoe, Julius & Lockwood, Renown Traction. Mostly VGC. (15) | £55 |
| 279 | KENT & EAST SUSSEX RAILWAY audit whole from 6 x Biddenden, 2 x Bodiam, 2 x Frittenden Road, 9 x Headcorn Junction, 2 x High Halden Road, 4 x Northiam, 3 x Rolvenden, 12 x Tenterden, 4 x Tenterden Town, 3 x Wittersham Road, and one blank to blank, together with 4 K&ES & SE&C Rys from Tenterden and 2 Rother Valley Railway from Tenterden Town. Includes less common types such as Soldiers or Sailors in Uniform, Sanatorium Patients Cheap Ticket, Hops Marketing Board, and Saturday to Monday. 13 of the tickets are to off line destinations. (54) | £300 |
| 280 | LONDON TRANSPORT ‘ADMIT ONE PERSON FOR (AIR RAID) SHELTER’ TICKETS – including two issued examples in a darker shade of blue. The origin stations are: Old Street (minor fading), Oval, Oxford Circus (/), Piccadilly Circus, St. John’s Wood, Southgate, S. Kensington (Picc) (1/1/1941 – small ink blob), S. Wimbledon, Strand, Swiss Cottage, Tottenham Ct. Rd., Trinity Road (5/5/1941), Turnpike Lane, Trafalgar Sq., Warren Street, Wood Green (o/s ‘Specimen’). (16) | £270 |
| 281 | GWR/BR(W) RAIL MOTOR TICKETS: A collection of 15 GWR (pre-Nat) and 90 BR(W) issues from most parts of the system. (105) | £90 |
| 282 | BR EAST ANGLIA whole Edmondsons comprising 22 issued including Birdbrook, Caister-on-Sea, Earls Colne, Fulbourne, Hallstead, Sible & Castle Hedingham, White Colne, Yeldham, etc., also 17 audit and one issued LNER. (40) | £110 |
| 283 | LONDON TRAM AND BUS MISCELLANY of mostly geographical punch type TRAM AND BUS TICKETS comprising 4 x MET (all numerical), 4 x LGOC including 2d blue Child issues, 12 x LGOC & Associated Cos at fares up to 1/- and including Cheap Mid-Day Fares, 1 x LT Trolleybuses, 4 x LT Buses. (26) | £70 |
| 284 | LMS AND CONSTITUENTS mixed lot of approx 400-500 mostly LUGGAGE LABELS and PARCELS LABELS including many pre-Grouping companies and LMS transitional prints. Lot also includes many “joint” line examples from the MSJ&AR and LNW&GWR. Sorting will repay. A little duplication noted. Mostly VGC. (Qty) | £120 |
| 285 | SOUTHERN RAILWAY Red Blob and Red Diamond PLATFORM TICKETS: T1B: Chipstead; T1C: Clandon, Clapham Junc LL (dated 27/5/1925); T1D: Brookland Halt, Chilworth; T2B: Brockley, Camelford, Chestfield & Swalecliffe Ht 2, Collington Halt 2, Coombe Road; T3: Brighton 3 and 4, Cannon Street 1 and 3, Canterbury East 1, Canterbury West, Charing Cross 4, Cobham, Corfe Castle, Cosham 2. (20) | £130 |
| 286 | GREAT GRIMSBY STREET TRAMWAYS Co. geographical punch type TRAM TICKETS comprising 1½d white Park Street – Kingsway, 2d mauve Hainton Street – Cleethorpes, 2d buff Park Street – Cleethorpes (Kingsway). The system opened 4/6/1881 and was taken over by Cleethorpes UDC 15/7/1936. (3) | £30 |
| 287 | FRANCE: A collection of early whole Edmondsons. 7 are PLM, 1 Ouest, and 1 Est. The others do not bear company names. 10 are printed horizontally and 8 vertically. (18) | £60 |
| 288 | LONDON CHATHAM & DOVER RAILWAY issued 3rd single Beckenham Junction to Kent House (Beckenham) and 2nd single Camberwell New Road (renamed 1/10/1908, closed 3/4/1916) to Ludgate Hill (closed 3/3/1929), together with a SE&C&DR 3rd single Battersea Park Road (closed 3/4/1916) to Greenwich, and a SE&C & Met Rys 3rd single Aldersgate Street to Ludgate Hill (1). (4) | £95 |
| 289 | LM&SR UNISSUED LEATHERETTE FOLDING MEMBER’S TICKETS for Travelling Clubs between Manchester and North Wales (1941 & 1942), Blackpool North (1936, 1937 & 1938), and Windermere (1940) – all requiring the bearer to also hold a 1st Class Season Ticket – together with an issued 3rd Class Club Saloon Ticket available between Morecambe Promenade and Bradford Forster Square, available until 25/6/1942 – but overstamped cancelled, a 3rd Class or Rail Motor Half-Rate Season Ticket available between Kirkdale and Liverpool Exchange from 6/9/1924 to 5/12/1924, and a 3rd Class Season Ticket from Broxton to Liverpool James St. between 4/9/1930 to 3/12/1930. (9) | £95 |
| 290 | GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY: A 4d white punch type Rail Motor Cars ticket available between Stratford-on-Avon and Great Alne in pre-grouping days. Names include Aston Cantlow Halt, which closed on 25/9/1939. (1) | £80 |
| 291 | PRE-NATIONALISATION TICKETS INVOLVING WATER TRANSPORT: A collection of 23 GWR and 40 LM&SR whole Edmondsons. Includes a wide variety of types / arrangements. As would be expected, many of these only exist in audit form, but 24 of the tickets have been properly issued. Four examples were issued on board the following ships – Ariguani, Bayano, Empress of France, Parthia. (63) | £190 |
| 292 | BR SOUTH WALES all issued whole including 17 from closed stations and seven Halts/Platforms in destinations. Origin stations include Aberavon Seaside, Aber Junc Halt, Bassaleg, Caerau, Darran & Deri, Dowlais Caeharris, Ely (Main Line), Fochriw, Llanishen, Llansamlet North, Nantymoel, Skewen, Talybont on Usk (Trans), Treforest Estate, Trethomas, etc. (30) | £70 |
| 293 | LGOC geographical punch type BUS TICKETS with stages listed menu style and mauve fare overprints from Services 54 (2d blue) and 16 (1d white, 2d blue). These were the earliest tickets to show service numbers. Tickets from route 16 are particularly rare as it was withdrawn at an early stage. VGC. (3) | £80 |
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