Historical information

"Surburban tickets of the Victorian Railways - H K Atkinson" published 1991 notes on page 123 "Edmondson tickets issued from trams were held in small pouches in the conductor's bag and were punched with a special date punch (ie. 1 to 31) to denote the day of issue." It is thought that the month would have been used as well, otherwise people could recycle tickets for each day of the month. No punch yet seen by the Museum. Three envelopes of months held, two of them have not be opened and checked.

Significance

Yields information VR Ticket systems.

Physical description

Two sets of steel punches with days and months of the year expressed in two letters. Months contained within three paper envelopes each marked "VR Elwood conductors ticket punches and Months of the Year"