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Parcel tokens from Victoria Station covering the period when the period when the station was administered by Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, London Midland, and Scottish Railway and British Rail.

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Category:: Railways

Object Number:: Y1989.61

Materials:: brass (copper, zinc alloy)

type:: tokens

credit:: Gift of Steve Firth

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82 circular brass parcel tokens. All are marked with 'PARCELS OFFICE VICTORIA L&Y.R.Co.'

82 circular brass parcel tokens. All are marked with 'PARCELS OFFICE VICTORIA L&Y.R.Co.' Dated to pre1923. These tokens were adminstered by Lancashire & Scottish Railway.

They are marked with the numbers; '3-5, 8-9, 11, 14, 16, 20, 22, 27, 32-33, 35, 37-38, 41-43, 48-49, 51, 55, 57-59, 63-64, 68-69, 71, 73, 75-78. 81-82, 85, 89-90, 92, 94-95, 104, 110, 115, 120, 122-125, 135, 137, 141, 151, 154, 157, 164, 167, 171,-172, 175-178, 180-183, 185-186, 198, 202, 204-209'.

Materials:: brass (copper, zinc alloy)

Object Number:: Y1989.61.1

type:: token

Image ©: The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

14 circular brass parcel tokens

14 circular brass parcel tokens. All are marked with 'BOOKING OFFICE VICTORIA L&Y.R.Co.' Dated to pre1923. These tokens were adminstered by Lancashire & Scottish Railway.

They are marked with the numbers; '511, 515, 517, 522, 525, 532-533, 539, 541-542, 546-547, 552, 555'.

Materials:: brass (copper, zinc alloy)

Object Number:: Y1989.61.2

type:: token

Image ©: The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

23 circular brass parcel tokens. All are marked with 'PARCELS DEPT. VICTORIA' on the obverese

23 circular brass parcel tokens. All are marked with 'PARCELS DEPT. VICTORIA' on the obverese, and the reverse is marked with 'LMS'. Dated to 1923-1948. These tokens were adminstered by London, Midland, and Scottish Railway.

They are marked with the numbers; '213-215, 218-220, 223-226, 228-229, 231-233, 238, 244, 248-249, 284, 290'.

Materials:: brass (copper, zinc alloy)

Object Number:: Y1989.61.3

type:: token

Image ©: The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

41 circular brass parcel tokens. All are marked with 'PARCELS DEPT. VICTORIA'

41 circular brass parcel tokens. All are marked with 'PARCELS DEPT. VICTORIA'. Dated to Post-1948. These tokens were adminstered by British Rail.

They are marked with the numbers; '301-302, 304-310, 312-313, 315-317, 319-320, 323-334, 336-340, 342-346, 348-350'.

Materials:: brass (copper, zinc alloy)

Object Number:: Y1989.61.4

type:: token

Image ©: The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

10 circular brass parcel tokens

10 circular brass parcel tokens. All are marked with 'PARCELS DEPT. VICT. DUPLICATE'. Dated to Post-1948. These duplicate tokens were adminstered by British Rail.

They are marked with the numbers; '23-24, 26, 50, 79, 119, 140, 143, 184, 201'.

Materials:: brass (copper, zinc alloy)

Object Number:: Y1989.61.5

type:: token

4 circular brass parcel tokens. All are marked with 'PARCELS OFFICE

4 circular brass parcel tokens. All are marked with 'PARCELS OFFICE, MANCR. VIC. BR'. Dated to Post-1948. These tokens were adminstered by British Rail.

They are marked with the numbers; '9, 98, 118, 179'.

Materials:: brass (copper, zinc alloy)

Object Number:: Y1989.61.6

type:: token

4 circular brass parcel tokens

4 circular miscellaneous brass parcel tokens. One is only marked with number, others are marked with 'PARCELS DEPT VICTORIA', 'MANCHSTER VICTORIA PARCELS', and 'BR. M. BOOKING OFFICE VICTORIA'. Dated to Post-1948. These tokens were adminstered by British Rail.

They are marked with the numbers; '34, 44, 145, 531'.