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LOT NO DESCRIPTION HAMMER 1 London Transport Enamel BUS STOP FLAG (Request) LOT NO DESCRIPTION HAMMER 1 London Transport enamel BUS STOP FLAG (Request). A double-sided, hollow ''boat'-type sign60 in the traditional 1950s-60s 'bullseye' (pre-roundel) style. Lettering style suggests an early example from the 1950s. Carries the location ref 30801 and measures 18" x 15" (46cm x 39cm). In good, ex-use condition with a good shine and just a few small chips, mainly at the edges and a little dirt-staining. [1] 2 Metropolitan Electric Tramways Driver's & Conductor's CAP BADGE dating from 1924-1933.40 Based on the Underground Group's bar & circle 'bullseye' motif and made of nickel-silver enamelled in blue. In good, used condition with a small enamel loss on the bar between the 'T' & 'R'. [1] 3 London Transport bus stop enamel E-PLATES for routes 16, 50 Weekday, 154 Mon-Sat and 60157. In ex-bus stop condition. [4] 4 London Tram & Trolleybus Driver's METROPOLITAN STAGE CARRIAGE BADGE T2575, equivalent70 to a PSV licence badge and issued from 1935-1962 for electric traction in the capital. A low-numbered badge with early-type clip fitting on reverse. In well-used condition with very faded lettering and two very small edge-chips. [1] 5 London Transport BUS TIMETABLE BOOKLET for Country Area (North) dated June 1937. Light25 wear to cover, contents excellent. [1] 6 London Transport BUS TIMETABLE BOOKLET for Country Area (South) dated June 1937. In excellent26 condition. [1] 7 1914 GNR (Great Northern Railway) POCKET MAP 'showing direct communication between100 King's Cross Station and all parts of London by Electric Railways'. Shows the Underground system (except the competing section of the Piccadilly tube!) in similar style to concurrent Underground issues and includes the Queen's Park extension of the Bakerloo under construction. Scratched out name on cover, small stain on rear, one short fold-parting but overall a good copy. [1] 8 Considerable quantity of London Transport POCKET MAPS including Underground from 1969-200960 (50), Central Bus, Country Bus, Green Line and sundries 1950s-1970s (35) together with a complete run of the Greater London Bus Map, issues 1-32 (1995-2011) plus 10 similar from the Historical Series 1939-1970 (43). Mostly in excellent condition. [approx 130] 9 London Underground enamel on bronze SIGN 'Bethnal Green Station'. Measuring 39" x 4"120 (99cm x 10cm), this is thought to have been located on the railings at one of the street-level station entrances, probably from when the station was opened in 1946. Complete with original bronze frame, the sign is in good condition. [1] 10 London Underground O/P/Q-Stock enamel DESTINATION PLATE reading 'District' on one side55 and 'Metropolitan' on the other. Black lettering on a yellow background. This sign is a swivel-plate for the lower position in the destination indicator. In good, ex-use condition. [1] 11 London Transport coach stop enamel E-PLATE for Green Line route 701 destinated Ascot with200 Fare Stage annotation. Would have been located towards the western end of the route, perhaps at Staines or Egham. Fare stage Green Line plates are uncommon and even more so with a destination as well. In very good, ex-coach stop condition. [1] 12 A 1980s vintage London Underground PULLOVER and TIE (clip-on). The pullover is sizeAvailable 97cm/38". Both items appear to be unworn. [2] 13 Collection of London Transport/London Buses items comprising a driver's/conductor's 1960s/70s25 CAP BADGE, a 1980s OFFICIAL'S PLATE Inspector 0819 (damaged enamel), a London United Busways CAP BADGE, a 1986 TICKET CLIPPER (marked 'London Buses' and punches '559') with belt holster, 1985 London Buses COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTORY, 1991 London United RULE BOOK, sundry KEY FOBS etc, 1970 BUS MAP (worn), 1940s PUNCH TICKETS. [Quantity] 14 Quantity of London Transport b&w 6" x 4" BUS PHOTOGRAPHS, mainly 1940s-1960s. Classes40 noted include LT/LTL, STL, STD, WW2 Utility types, Q, C/CR, RT, RTL, RTW, RM plus garage scenes. Mainly good quality shots by well-known photographers. [Approx. 125] 15 An ALBUM of 3.5" x 2.5" (8.5cm x 6cm) b&w London Tram PHOTOGRAPHS (loose-mounted,40 approx 190 photos) taken c1949/50. Generally very good quality pictures. Photographer unknown but may possibly be Clifford Davis whose EXERCISE BOOK accompanies the album and contains detailed, handwritten accounts of Omnibus Society meetings and trips in the 1949-52 period. [2 + photos] 16 A tram driver's CONTROLLER HANDLE together with KEY. Origin unknown but of the standard55 design used by tramways in London and across the world from the first days of electrification onwards. In good, ex-use condition. [2] 17 London Underground 1950s/60s enamel FRIEZE PANEL from the platforms at Holland Park 85station on the Central Line. Length 55" (140cm) and in very good condition with minor blemishes only. [1] 18 c1902 Central London Railway fold-out POCKET MAP produced to promote its service from60 Bank to Shepherds Bush. The line is superimposed in red on a street-map background and shows the generating station and depôt at the western end with an inset plan of the subways at Bank on the top right. The reverse has travel and ticket information etc. A lightly-used but very reasonable copy. [1] 19 London Transport bus stop enamel E-PLATE for Maidstone & District routes 130/131/132.100 An unusual example, not only because of the three routes on one plate but also because it shows the operator's name three times. This would have been located on a London Transport bus stop in Tonbridge. In very good, ex-stop condition. [1] 20 Selection of London Transport Green Line Coaches TIMETABLE LEAFLETS dated January 1961.34 The set covers nearly all the coach routes in operation at that date (723 missing). No duplication, all in very good condition. [17] 21 Large quantity of 1930s/40s London Transport buses PUNCH TICKETS for routes numbered 80between 1 and 25. Includes early LPTB issues, 'Fareboard' types and Geographicals. Considerable variety, minimal duplication. Generally in good, used condition. [approx. 350 tickets] 22 Large quantity of 1930s/40s London Transport buses PUNCH TICKETS for routes numbered 80between 27 and 69. Includes early LPTB issues, 'Fareboard' types and Geographicals. Considerable variety, minimal duplication. Generally in good, used condition. [approx. 350 tickets] 23 London Tram ROUTE NUMBER STENCIL PLATE for all-night service 5 which ran from Blackfriars55 to Downham from 1946-52. This is the less common, wide type of plate which was fitted to some E1 & HR2 trams (and also to some of the earlier LCC classes). The number is LT-style and therefore unlikely to be from the pre-war route 5 between Hampstead & Moorgate. In good, ex-use condition. [1] 24 London Transport Central Buses "Fireman" CAP BADGE issued from the late 1940s onwards55 to the members of the Central Road Services fire brigades until disbandment in the late 1960s. Badge is nickel with enamel inlays and is in excellent condition. [1] 25 c1914 Bacon's 'portable' Railway, Tramway & Underground RAILWAY MAP OF LONDON with38 'Descriptive Guide'. Folds out in 21 panels to 30" x 20" (76cm x 51cm). A very detailed, attractive & informative map with information on the reverse. Undated but shows Central London Railway's Ealing extension as under construction. Well used with fragile covers and some repairs at folds. [1] 26 c 1980s London Underground framed enamel PLATFORM ROUNDEL from Earl's Court station.550 A tunnel-side sign likely to have been on the Piccadilly Line platforms. Measuring a very collectable size of 24" x 20" (61cm x 51cm), the sign is made up of 3 pieces plus the bronze frame and is in excellent condition. [1 sign in 4 parts] 27 London Transport bus stop enamel E-PLATE for route 169B Mon-Fri Rush Hours & Midday. 70This route ran from 1965-69 between Barking and Claybury with RT buses from Barking garage and with rush hour extensions to the Hainault Industrial Estate and to the Remploy Factory, on one of which extensions this plate would have been located. In ex-stop condition with a small chip touched in. [1] 28 1933 issue of LCC Tramways MAGAZINE 'The London Holiday-Maker, a Travel GuideAvailable for Sightseers' (a little worn) plus issues 1-4 (War Series) of 'Pennyfare' London Transport MAGAZINE dated Oct, Nov, Dec 1939, Jan 1940 plus issues 1 & 2 of the post-war London Transport MAGAZINE dated April & May 1947 (all in good, lightly-used condition). [7] 29 London Underground/LMS EPHEMERA comprising a 1929 FOLD-OUT LEAFLET 'LMS Train Service20 and Cheap Travel from Rickmansworth' (lightly-used), a 1979 Metropolitan Line double-royal TIMETABLE POSTER (folded) and a 1977 Bakerloo Line CARRIAGE DIAGRAM (somewhat worn with pin-holes and small stains). [3] 30 London Transport bus FLEETNUMBER BONNET PLATE from 'pre-war' AEC Regent RT 151, the220 last of the first batch before WW2 interrupted production. The bus entered service at GM (Victoria) garage in 1942, later seeing service at NX (New Cross) garage on tram replacement duties, then spending its last 5 years as a 'learner' bus until scrapped in 1963. In ex-vehicle condition. [1] 31 London Transport 'Official Road and Rail' TIMETABLE BOOKLET for Orpington & District dated70 August 1937 plus 'Complete Road & Rail' TIMETABLE BOOKLETfor Epping, Loughton & District dated January 1939, both with some age stains but generally good, together with a selection of 10 London General/London Transport POCKET MAPS dated 1933-1937 for bus, tram & trolleybus and Green Line coach services, all in well used condition. [13 items] 32 London Transport 'Red Road Guide' TIMETABLE BOOKLET (Central Bus, Tram & Trolleybus services)36 for June 1936 (May 27 to August 4) plus London Transport UNDERGROUND GUIDE (Timetables) BOOKLET for Winter 1936-37, complete with fold-out Beck-style Underground map.
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