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29 February 2020 Sale TAL13 - 29 February 2020 - at the Croydon Park Hotel REALISATIONS (Hammer price before buyer's premium) Lot Truncated Description Hammer 1 London Transport bus BODYBUILDER'S PLATE for Leyland Motors Ltd from one of the 500 130RTW-type Leyland 6RTs with bodies built by this firm in 1949-50. An uncommon plate. in ex-vehicle condition. [1] 2 1950s/60s London Transport enamel BUS STOP FLAG, the 'request' version. A double-sided,80 hollow, 'boat'-style flag measuring 18" x 16" (46cm x 41cm) complete with original fixing brackets. In very good, ex-use condition with minor blemishes only. [1] 3 Crate containing a very large quantity of London Transport TIMETABLE BOOKLETS (50+), POCKET300 MAPS (90+), PANEL TIMETABLES (200+) & FARE TABLES (550+) etc. Mainly 1950s-80s, some earlier items. Covers buses, Green Line coaches & Underground. Condition ranges from well-used to good. [900+ items] 4 London Transport RT bus BONNET FLEETNUMBER PLATE from RT 1727. The original RT 172770 entered service at Holloway (J) garage in 1950 and the last bus to carry this number finished service at Catford (TL) garage in 1969 and was scrapped the following year. In ex-use condition. [1] 5 Pair of London Transport RT-type bus REGISTRATION PLATES comprising the front plate JXE32 158, ex-RT 795 (scrapped 1978) and the rear plate NLE 804, ex-RT 3697 (scrapped 1979). Both are in ex-use, ex-scrapyard condition. [2] 6 LCC Tramways POCKET MAP & GUIDE, December 1913 issue with a cover illustration of a single-deck50 car emerging onto the Embankment from the Kingsway subway. In very good condition, a little age-darkened. [1] 7 London Underground 38-Tube Stock enamel CAB DESTINATION PLATE for East Finchley / Tooting90 on the Northern Line. A double-sided plate with brass ends. In very good, ex-use condition. [1] 8 Lot withdrawn by vendor 0 9 1960s/70s London Underground enamel PLATFORM FRIEZE PANEL from the Bakerloo line 150platforms at Elephant & Castle station. Measures 70" x 9" (178cm x 23cm). Minor blemishes, a few scratches but generally a very good example. [1] 10 London Transport bus stop enamel E-PLATE for Maidstone & District routes 200, 201 and 21030 on a split basis. We think that this would have been located in Tonbridge where LT provided the bus stops and that the reason the plate has black digits, rather than green, and no operator name is that only M&D routes served the stop in question. In very good, ex-use condition. [1] 11 1947 quad-royal POSTER MAP 'London & Suburbs, Main Line Railways and connecting Underground60 Railways of the London Passenger Transport Board'. Probably the last, pre-nationalisation example of this map, published jointly by the main-line railways, later examples were issued by the British Transport Commission. A very detailed, interesting map with many now-closed lines and stations. A few edge-scuffs and small fold-corner partings but generally a very good copy. Previously folded. [1] 12 London Transport bus stop enamel Q-PLATE 'Queue this side for 117, 203, 237, Queue other0 side for 267'. This would have been located in Hounslow. In excellent, ex-use condition, barely a blemish. [1] 13 Small selection (3 items) of railwayana comprising 2 x British Railways enamel SIGNAL ARMS,110 one home, one distant (both in ex-use condition, not cleaned) plus a BR (M) TAIL LAMP, complete with burner & reservoir, in ex-use, unrestored condition. [3] 14 London Underground brass ROUNDEL FRAME measuring 14" (36cm) across and 10.75" (27cm)320 at maximum down. The size suggests that this fitted a small roundel situated on a station column or perhaps a Passimeter. In ex-use condition with a split at the r/h end of the bar. [1] 15 Pair of London Underground enamel WARNING SIGNS as located at the ends of platforms. The80 first is flanged, c1980s, and measures 33" x 21" (84cm x 53cm) and the second is more recent and measures 22.5" x 38" (57cm x 97cm). Some minor blemishes, eg surface scratches and small chips but generally in very good condition. [1] 16 British Railways (Eastern Region) locomotive cast-iron SHEDPLATE '41C' used by Sheffield (Millhouses)70 to 12/61, then Wath. In ex-loco condition. Owned by today's vendor for many decades. [1] 17 Selection (3) of London Transport wartime fold-out LISTS of Bus, Trolleybus & Tram Routes.140 Issues No 1 1944, No 1 1945 and No 2 1945. With production of pocket maps suspended for security reasons, pressure grew to provide some public information about services, particularly for the huge numbers of service personnel in the capital, and these lists, in similar format to the usual pocket maps, were produced in strictly limited quantities. Other than pencilled annotations on the covers of two, in very good to excellent condition. [3] 18 Selection (9) of London Transport RULE BOOKS from the 1930s-60s covering Central Buses, 70Country Buses, Trams & Trolleybuses, Garage Inside Staff, some are heavily used, plus a selection (12) of London Transport 'Rates of Pay & Conditions of Service' BOOKLETS etc from the 1930s-70s, in respect of Central & Country Buses, mostly in good condition. [21] 19 2 large albums of loose-mounted PHOTOGRAPHS/POSTCARDS compiled by the late Alan A380 Jackson, historian & transport author, portraying transport etc developments from the late 19th century on. These albums cover the City of London incl. Bishopsgate, Liverpool St, Moorgate, Barbican, Post Office, Holborn, Smithfield etc. Contain real photos, commercial postcards and his own photos. Subjects include railway locos, trains, stations & infrastructure, buses, trams , streets, buildings etc. Albums contain 31 & 38 double-pages and approx 280 pictures. [2] 20 London Transport coach stop enamel E-PLATE for Green Line route 723 destinated Rainham,0 Grays, Tilbury. This would have been located in east London. In very good, ex-use condition. [1] 21 London Underground enamel PLATFORM ROUNDEL from Bank Station on the Central and 350Northern Lines. This is the smaller-size sign, from the track-side, measuring 24" (61cm) across by 19.5" (50cm) high, c1980s, in three parts, no frame. In very good, ex-use condition, some residue of sticky tape and dirt-stains on the bar. [Sign in 3 parts] 22 Metropolitan Railway cast-iron SIGN 'Met Rly - Beware of Trains'. A most unusual example230 of the 'Beware' signs. Vendor advises that this was originally located by Ruislip station. Measures 14" x 11" (36cm x 28cm). In good, ex-use condition, unrestored. [1] 23 1930s enamel STAGE CARRIAGE LICENCE PLATE 4580 H. We think that this was issued by the0 Western Traffic Area and would have been carried on a bus, tram or trolleybus. Measures 6" x 3" (15cm x 8cm) and is in ex-use condition with some enamel losses, partially touched in. [1] 24 c1980s London Underground enamel PLATFORM FRIEZE PANEL from Marble Arch station on85 the Central Line. Measures 45" x 9" (114cm x 23cm). In very good, ex-use condition, minor blemishes only. [1] 25 Selection (4) of CATALOGUES of London Transport Maps comprising 2 x 'Burwood & Brady' 19820 first edition, one has loose pages, the other some ticks inside, and 2 x 'Letch', the 2000 and 2004 editions, both with some ticks inside. The booklets are otherwise in very good condition. [4] 26 Selection (7) of London tram CAP BADGES & BUTTONS comprising cap badges from Croydon0 Corporation Tramways (squashed, no lugs) and Underground Group Tramways (losses to enamel touched in, one lug missing) plus small selection of tramway uniform buttons including Croydon, West Ham, Underground Group etc in good condition. [7] 27 London Underground 1938-Tube Stock enamel CAB DESTINATION PLATE for Edgware / Kennington85 on the Northern Line. A double-sided plate with brass ends. In very good, ex-use condition. [1] 28 Pair of RAILWAY HANDLAMPS plus SPARE PARTS comprising 2 x 3-aspect, sliding-knob, GER-pattern200 lamps, one a 'pie-crust' type marked 'GER....Stratford' with burner marked 'LNE' (no lenses) and the other an unmarked example, with lenses, burner marked 'BR'. Plus a quantity of spare-parts including numerous used lenses of various colours, a burner, length of wick etc. [2 + spare parts] 29 Pair (differing) of London Underground VENTILATION GRILLES from the interior of tube cars (above0 the inter-connecting doors) and to which the enamel stocknumber plates were fitted. One is ex-83 Stock, the other we have not identified. They measure 27" x 7" (69cm x 18cm) at maximum. In good, ex-use condition. [2] 30 London Transport coach stop enamel E-PLATE for Green Line route 708 destinated Croydon,230 East Grinstead and annotated 'Fare Stage'. The only known pair with this wording were located at Brixton, Lambeth Town Hall. In very good, ex-use condition. [1] 31 Quantity (55+) of 1930-33 London General Omnibus Co PANEL TIMETABLES for routes numbered180 between 21 and 629/G1-G40. Most are in very good condition. [55+] 32 Large quantity (77) of London Transport 1940s-60s TIMETABLE BOOKLETS comprising 17 x200 officials' District Timetables of Country Buses & Coaches from 1956-68, some with amendment leaflets, 35 x Country Bus District Timetables (public versions) from 1961-69 and 25 x Green Line Coach Guides with fold-out maps from 1948-69. Mostly in very good condition. [77] 33 1960s/70s London Underground enamel FRIEZE PANEL from the platforms at Tufnell Park 140on the Northern Line. Measures 49" x 9" (125cm x 23cm). Some small chips around the screw-holes but otherwise a very good example. [1] 34 London Transport RT bus BONNET FLEETNUMBER PLATE from RT 3735. The original RT 3735,90 a green 'Country' RT, entered service at Addlestone (WY) garage in 1953 and the last bus to carry this number, now on a red bus, finished service at Shepherd's Bush (S) garage in 1968 and was scrapped the following year.
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