Physical description
Set of three brass cast, chrome plated, machined, device or ticket punches used to cancel or punch paper tickets when purchased. Placed a shaped hole in the ticket. Spring loaded, consists of two main parts with a pin & spring from coiled wire. Some of the chrome plating has been worn off.
There are no manufacturer markings on the punches. See https://onlineriver.com/transit-punches/ accessed 6-11-2017 for details of the new equivalent punches.
.1 - number P54 - punches a shaped cornered hole - would have been used at Preston Depot.
.2 - number K127, punches a four cornered rounded hole - would have been used at Kew Depot.
.3 - number E178, punches a U shaped hole with a sharp peak on the right hand side, would have been used at the Essendon Depot
