Ephemera - Set of 15 pre-decimal or imperial tram tickets, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB)

Historical information

Set of tickets - late 1940s early 1950s. All numbers in black, all printed in black unless noted otherwise.
1 - 3d light red No. 088137 with advert for Davis Gelatine cookery book and a schoolboy howler "The Crusades were fought in plasticine"
2 - ditto No. 283521 with advert for Stamina trousers on the rear
3 - ditto No. 303817 with advert for Shuron-Austral opticians
4 - two 4d City Section, Nos 430965 and 971649, fawn paper, overprinted in red with Stamina Trousers on rear
5 - 5d City Section, pink paper, red price with black over printing, No. 143181 with Stamina Trousers on rear
6 - 5d City Section, small, red paper, red price with black over printing, No. 143181 with Stamina Trousers on rear
7 - 7d, orange paper No. 844808 with Stamina Trousers advert on rear
8 - 9d, purple paper No. 287155
9 - 9d off white paper, reverse price No. 967758 with Snows Stamina Centre advert on rear.
10 - 1/1d green paper, No. 644123 small size with Stamina Trousers advert on rear
11 - 1/2d pink on off white paper, reverse price No. 167414 with Stamina Trousers on rear
12 - 1/3d on green paper reverse price No. 722796 with Snows Stamina Centre advert on rear.
13 - Two 1/3d on green paper, small size, No. 240955 and 893557

Significance

Demonstrates tickets used by the MMTB some with the price in reverse printing.

Physical description

Set of 15 tram/bus tickets - paper flimsy - various colours and denominations, some with advertising on the rear.

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