1890s LNWR Smethwick to Kings Heath Parcels Clearing House Abstract Waybill

An original 1890s Foreign abstract of parcels and miscellaneous traffic forwarded from the London and North Western Railway, issued from Smethwick Station for transit via Birmingham to Kings Heath Station on the Midland Railway for the Railway Clearing House.

The London and North Western Railway (LNWR) operated one of the most extensive and vital railway networks across Great Britain, heavily serving the industrial West Midlands. Kings Heath was located on the Midland Railway's Camp Hill Line in Birmingham. Because consignments frequently crossed between different railway companies' tracks, the Railway Clearing House (RCH) required regular monthly returns and abstracts of "Foreign" traffic to audit, allocate, and apportion inter-company revenue and through-traffic carriage charges accurately.

The document shows age-related toning, handling wear, horizontal creasing, binding puncture holes and fraying along the left edge, and tearing with paper loss to the corners and right-hand edge and central vertical fold. Please refer to the provided photographs for a complete visual assessment of the item's condition.

Packaged in a clear fronted bag for protection and shipped securely in a rigid mailer to prevent bending or damage during transit.