Re: Edmonson Ticket type

[chris@icos.net.nz ("chris 'fufas' grace")]

John Duncan McCallum wrote in message <3761EB18.22CB05BB@melbpc.org.au>...

>
>> He's also got the only set of positive Edmondson numbering wheels ever
made,
>> that is, not the usual numbers printed inside a black square. They
>> belonged to the Emu Bay Railway.
>
>> Cheers
>> David
>
>I never saw any tickets with numbers inside a black square until I first
>visited
>Victoria in 1967.
>All other states either used black numbers or embossed.
>AFAIK numbers in black squares was uniquely VR.
>
I think you might both mean 'in Australia'. I have seen several
pictures of old tickets from the UK with inverse numbers.