231-2511. Great Western Echo. No. 69 in series. Spring 1980. Journal of the Great Western Society, Didcot. 9.75" x 7.25", pictorial paper cover. 16 pages, including covers, illustrated by photos. This and those following in very fine condition.
231-2512. Ditto but No. 70. Summer 1980.
231-2513. Ditto but 71. Autumn 1980.
231-2514. Ditto but 72. Winter 1980/81.
231-2515. Ditto but 73. Spring 1981.
231-2516. Ditto but 77. Spring 1982.
231-2517. Ditto but 78. Summer 1982.
231-2518. Ditto but 79. Autumn 1982. All of these have something of interest to Great Western enthusiasts in particular and of general railway concern.
231-2519. Ditto but 80. Winter 1982/83.
231-2520. Ditto but 81. Spring 1983.
231-2521. Accident Statement Form. (5190). 10" x 8" written 1939 at Swindon. For use when a member of the staff is injured.
231-2522. Birmingham S.H. to Maidenhead via Kidlington & Didcot. Fare 24/11. Third class, Monthly Return Ticket. Edmondson. Black on green. Issued 1948. Return half only. Fine condition.
231-2523. Ditto but Cardiff General to Bristol. T.M. via Severn Tunnel. Fare 8/2. issued 1940. Return half only. Fine condition.
231-2524. Brake Arrangement and Slack Adjuster, for 30 ton Rail Wagon. Engineers Working Drawing. Attachment to Drawing No. 48498A, July 1916. By Swindon. 28.5" x 35.5", company print, blue on white, to a scale of 1.5" to one foot. Showing a detailed elevation and plan view. Rubber stamped "Chief Mechanical Engineers, Drawing Office, Swindon. May 1930". Folded. Generally fine condition.
231-2525. (BROADLEY, A.M.) Devon. The Shire of the Sea Kings. By the Great Western Railway Company, Paddington Station, London. Felix J.C. Pole, General Manager. January 1924. 5th edition. 9" x 5.75" pictorial paper cover, yapp edges. 140 pages + 78 pages of photos + fold-out map. A tourists guide to the County. This edition is particularly hard to find, the second impression of 1926 being a little more prolific. Repairs have been made to the verso of covers and map, content complete and tight. A very good copy.
231-2526. Class 3. Wagon Label. (999-1. OP-3). Mar. 1938. 3" x 4.5", black on biscuit. Unused.
231-2527. Cloak Room. Lost Ticket for Left Luggage. Form. (88). 5" x 6.25". Written at Williton Station, 1938.
231-2528. Engineering Department. Permanent Way Renewals. Form. (3436-1) 11" x 8.5". 2 sides, written 1944 for relaying on the Radyr Line, Cardiff Valleys Division.
231-2529. Excess Fare Receipt. (2976). 3.75" x 5". Issued 1870 from Audlem. The section given to the passenger.
231-2530. General Stores, Swindon. Small Headed Letter, written 1922.
231-2531. Goods Department, Bishop's Bridge Road, Paddington. circa 1930s. Headed Letter. 8" x 6.5". Unused, good title. Very fine condition.
231-2532. Goods General Account. Station, Monthly, Summary Return. (1103). 14" x 17". Written for Spital Station, January 1945. As forwarded to the Chief Accountant's Office. Includes the Passenger Account for the month. Nice history, this is on the Birkenhead Joint Railway.
231-2533. Goods Missing, Form. (2319) June 1942. 4" x 5" black on buff. Unused, near mint condition.
231-2534. G.W.R. Carnarvon. Luggage Label. 2.5” x 2.5”, paste-on type. These in fine condition.
231-2539. Great Western Railway. Challenge Certificate. January 1931. 13" x 8.25". black on pink. A form used in the required annual challenging of people using a footpath across railway owned land. Unused. Generally fine condition.
231-2540. Great Western Railway Company. Certificate of 5 per Cent Consolidated Guaranteed Stock. Written for Two Hundred and Thirty Four Pounds of Stock to Sir George Compton Archibald Arthur, of South Kensington, London. Issued in October 1942, signed by all required parties. 6" x 8.5", engraved in brown on water marked white quality paper in an ornate style. "Cancelled" by an impressed stamping and in ink. Very fine condition.
231-2541. Great Western Railway Company. A Special General Meeting of the Proprietors will be held in London at Paddington Station on the 22nd of February 1923. A. E. Bolter, Secretary. Printed Notice, 10.25" x 8.5", 1 page, giving the reason for the meeting + 1 page Form of Proxy for making a vote, unused. As sent to a Proprietor. Generally fine condition.
231-2542. Great Western Railway Company. Statement of Dividend for the Half-year ended 10th June 1937. F.E.R. Davis, Secretary, Paddington Station, London. Complete with the payment Warrant still attached. 10.75" x 8". The Warrant being the Company Cheque drawn on the bank of Glyn, Mills & Co., Lombard Street, London. It is for the amount of 5 shillings & 5 pence and is rubber stamped "Retained". All in very fine condition.
231-2543. Great Western Railway. General Managers Office, Paddington Station, London. Small Headed Letter, 8" x 5". Written 1890.
231-2544. Great Western Railway. Machinery of Negotiation for Railway Staff, and Arrangements for Elections of Employee Representatives. Circular No. 3400. January 1936. 9.5" x 6". (1) + 25 + 35 pages. This has a couple of amendments in ink.
231-2545. An invitation to make application for the Company's Debenture Stock at 4 per Cent. interest. Fred. G. Saunders, Secretary. Paddington Station. March 1869. Printed Notice. 8" x 5". A nice early piece in fine condition.
231-2546. Kemble to Paddington Via Swindon. First class, H.M. Forces on Leave, Single Ticket. Edmondson type. Black on off-white. Not dated. Near mint condition.
231-2547. Ditto but Newbury to Reading Via Theale. Third Class, Government Agreed Rate, Single. Black on green. Probably not issued. Near mint condition.
231-2548. MAIS, S.P.B. Glorious Devon. Great Western Railway Company, Paddington Station, London. James Milne, General Manager. June 1932. Second Edition, reprinted. 8.5" x 5.5", pictorial light card cover. Colour frontis from an original painting + 8 + 152 pages illustrated by 67 drawings in text and 11 maps + 96 pages of photogravure pictures. Maps on end papers. An historical description of the county for visitors. Generally very fine condition.
231-2549. Memorandum. (45). 5.25" x 8", rubber stamped from "Old Hill", written 1904.
231-2550. Ditto but "Priestfield". 1905.
231-2551. Ditto but "Shirley". 1931.
231-2552. Ditto but "Solihull". 1899.
231-2553. Ditto but "Southam Road & Harbury". 1930.
231-2554. Ditto but "Tyseley". 1931.
231-2555. Office of Superintendent of Road Transport. 53 Eastbourne Terrace, Paddington Station, London. Large Headed Letter, 10" x 8". Written 1929. A good address.
231-2556. Office of Superintendent of the Line, Paddington Station, London. J. Morris. Large Headed Letter, written in 1907.
231-2557. Parcel's Way Bill. (111). 4.25" x 8.25". Rubber stamped from "Brierly Hill", written in 1875.
231-2558. Pen Nib, No. 9. As issued for use in stations and company offices. Plated steel, inscribed "Great Western Railway". A nice piece, unused in very fine condition.
231-2559. Statement of Dividend on Consolidated Stock for the Half-Year ending 31st December 1892. G.K. Mills, Secretary, Paddington Station, London. 6" x 7.75". As sent to a Proprietor. Fine condition.
231-2560. Stourport to Wolverhampton. Carriage to Pay ..... Package Label. (135). 2" x 3.25", black on blue, paste-on type. Fine condition.
231-2561. Ditto but Stourport to Worcester. (S.H.). Otherwise as above. Fine condition.
231-2562. Swindon Jn. (No. 2). Admit One to Platform. 1d. Ticket. Paper roll type. 1.25" x 2.25", black on off-white with red circle. Issued, not dated. Fine condition.
231-2563. Third Class. Through Single Journey Ticket. Rubber stamped from "Solihull", written 1933 to Montpelier via Birmingham, Stratford-on-Avon, Standish Jct. & Filton Jct. 5.5" x 4", black & red on yellow. Fine condition.
231-2564. 20 ton Grain Wagon. Lot 1006. Official Rolling Stock Diagram. No. 84681. Swindon. Engineer's Office copy. 13" x 25", white on blue, company print, to a scale of three-eighths of an inch to one foot. Showing a detailed side and end elevation, and plan views, with major dimensions and brief notes. Rubber stamped "Swindon, December 1928". Folded, fine condition.
231-2565. 29'-11" Underframe, for the Motor Car Van. Engineers Working Drawing. No. 78934. Swindon. December 1925, Lot 972. 27" x 55". Company blue print, to a scale of 1.5" to one foot. Showing detailed elevations and plan views, with dimensions and notes. This is an early date for a railway wagon for this purpose. Stamped "Chief Mechanical Engineers, Drawing Office, Swindon, June 1929." Folded. Generally very fine condition.
231-2566. Urgent Train Message. (1340). June 1942. 5.25" x 5.25", green on buff. Not used. Very fine condition.
231-2567. Westbourne Park Villas, Bayswater. Particulars of Sale of two desirable Leasehold Residences, in close proximity to the Westbourne Park and Royal Oak Railway Stations. Which will be sold by Auction by Messrs. Morris & Co., Bayswater, on 2nd June 1875. Auctioneers Announcement. 16.5" x 10.25", 4 sides. Giving Particulars and Conditions. Folding to 10.25" x 4". This came sometime from the G.W.R. Company archive; on it is written "Mr. Owen is of the opinion that we shall not want these houses. 25 May 1875". and is initialled. Clearly then the property did catch the attention of the railway executive. The item is quite grubby on the outside and is splitting at the folds.
231-2568. The Great Western Railway, 150 Glorious Years. General Editors Patrick Whitehouse & David St. John Thomas. David & Charles Ltd, Newton Abbot. 1984. First edition. 11.25" x 8.75", cloth boards in a very fine condition wrapper. 208 pages, with many photographs, a few in colour, and several drawings and maps, + a large folding map. Celebrating the Great Western's 150th Birthday. There are contributions by David St. John Thomas, O.S. Nock, G.F. Fiennes, Geoffrey Kitchenside, P.M. Kalla-Bishop, and B.K. Cooper. Very nice. Very fine condition.
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