Lot #210 - Two 125th Street Revenue Audit tags

 

arl19 Railroad New York Central  Size 5" by 2 1/2"  Condition Excellent This is a group of 2 brass revenue tags. These tags are:  (1) Ticket Agent 125th Street, New York, NY - W. G. Reynolds, Lexington Ave, New York, NY #21  (2) Ticket Agent 125th Street, New York, NY - W. G. Reynolds, Lexington Ave, New York, NY #20  They are both uncleaned and could be polished up to a brassy shine. This type of tag was used by the Passenger Revenue Department of the New York Central Railroad. Most measure 5" by 2 1/2". They are thick, heavy brass. They weight in at about 7 1/2 oz each. That means that 2 weigh almost a pound. These tags were used on canvas mail bags to transport passenger revenue information so that audits could be performed at centralized locations. All of these tags are from one collection.   Return to Auction Listing copyright Scott Czaja 2011