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Whilst clearing out some cupboards I found three leaflets or brochures
published by London Transport in conjuction with BR. They consist of an A3
sheet, folded to approx 5½" x 3" and are giving details of special travel
arrangements for the Olympic Games in 1948, the 1951 Festival of Britain and
the 1953 Coronation respectively. Is there a market for this sort of thing ?
I also found my (schoolboy) collection of London bus tickets from the 40's
and 50's - any market for these ?
TIA
Barry


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Marratxi wrote:
Whilst clearing out some cupboards I found three leaflets or brochures
published by London Transport in conjuction with BR. They consist of
an A3 sheet, folded to approx 5½" x 3" and are giving details of
special travel arrangements for the Olympic Games in 1948, the 1951
Festival of Britain and the 1953 Coronation respectively. Is there a
market for this sort of thing ?

Worth doing some searches on Ebay (www.ebay.co.uk). A quick look showed a
BR/LU Coronation map for sale and several lots of bus tickets, but hardly
any bids so far. Others may be able to advise on contacting the specialist
traders in this field.

I also found my (schoolboy) collection of London bus tickets from the
40's and 50's - any market for these ?

(See above) That brings back memories! I was always amazed at the effort
that must have gone into printing different tickets for every route listing
the fare stages, with a different colour card for every fare, and each one
with a unique serial number.

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In message , Marratxi
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Whilst clearing out some cupboards I found three leaflets or brochures
published by London Transport in conjuction with BR. They consist of an A3
sheet, folded to approx 5½" x 3" and are giving details of special travel
arrangements for the Olympic Games in 1948, the 1951 Festival of Britain and
the 1953 Coronation respectively. Is there a market for this sort of thing ?
I also found my (schoolboy) collection of London bus tickets from the 40's
and 50's - any market for these ?

In addition to ebay, mentioned by Richard J, you could try Paddington
auctions:
http://www.paddingtonticketauctions.co.uk/

Items such as the Coronation leaflet are quite common and rarely fetch
more than 3-5 pounds, even when in good condition. If you wish to email
me with a valid email address I will happily give you a bit more detail
about prices of the leaflets (the reply-to address on this message is
valid). I don't know anything about bus ticket prices, though.

--
Paul Terry

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"Richard J." wrote in message
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Marratxi wrote:

London bus tickets from the 40's and 50's - any market for these ?

I was always amazed at the effort
that must have gone into printing different tickets
for every route listing the fare stages, with a
different colour card for every fare, and each one
with a unique serial number.

I would imagine that all of the different tickets of a particular colour
were printed by a single plate on a huge card, and after a stack of huge
cards had been printed, they were then cut into stacks of tickets.

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"Richard J." wrote in message
...
Marratxi wrote:

London bus tickets from the 40's and 50's - any market for these ?

I was always amazed at the effort
that must have gone into printing different tickets
for every route listing the fare stages, with a
different colour card for every fare, and each one
with a unique serial number.

I would imagine that all of the different tickets of a particular colour
were printed by a single plate on a huge card, and after a stack of huge
cards had been printed, they were then cut into stacks of tickets.

Not sure about bus tickets, but Edmondson-style train tickets were all
printed on individual ticket blanks fed from a hopper. The reason being
the need to number each ticket individually as it is printed in order to
prevent fraud. There's a picture of the original Edmondson ticket press
at ...

http://www.lancs.ac.uk/users/history...cky/thomas.htm

The Waterlow process was similar, although it could use several
different colours of ink simultaneously.

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Paul Terry