UNPUNCHED - EXCELLENT CONDITION - BMT TRANSIT ARCHIVE

Extremely rare uncirculated Special Transfer specimen featuring a perfect milestone serial number and a premium New Year's Day issue date, documenting a staggering density of historic Brooklyn transit landmarks on January 1, 1938.

This is a premier, museum-quality specimen from the B. & Q. T. Corp. (Brooklyn and Queens Transit Corporation), issued on the very first day of 1938. This Special Transfer (A) for the Seventh Ave. Line serves as a master historical document, capturing the immense complexity of the inter-connected trolley network across the heart of the borough at the start of a pivotal year.

Condition and Provenance

This item is part of a substantial, high-grade transit collection recently added to our store, featuring decades of curated New York City history. This ticket remains in museum-quality condition, with remarkably vivid coral-toned paper, sharp black typography, and deep-red date and serial number stamping. The ticket is crisp and clean, showing the high level of preservation typical of this archival collection.

Collector Highlights

Serial Number: This is ticket #02000, a premier milestone round number specimen issued for the historic Seventh Ave. Line.

Premium New Year's Date: Issued on January 1, 1938, this date is highly sought after by collectors as it marks the beginning of a significant year in the pre-unification era.

Ultimate Geographic Keyword Powerhouse: This specific ticket is a treasure for neighborhood and line collectors, explicitly mentioning a massive array of legendary Brooklyn transit lines and hubs: Fifteenth St., Hamilton Ferry, Smith-Coney Island, Brooklyn Bridge, Union St., Bergen St., Flatbush Ave., Sumner-Sackett, St. John's Pl., Ralph Ave., DeKalb Ave., Boro Hall, and Seneca Ave.

Complex Transit Integration: The ticket documents an extraordinary level of inter-connectivity between the borough's major trolley lines. It was issued on trips from 20th St. only specifically to passengers paying a cash fare or presenting a Continuing Trip Ticket plus an additional two-cent charge. It uniquely maps out specific junction rules, such as connections toward the iconic Hamilton Ferry and Brooklyn Bridge terminals.

Uncirculated Specimen: This ticket is unpunched and has never been separated from a conductor's pad, preserving its clean, factory-straight edges and the original Notch Perforation B-12-36 branding from the Globe Ticket Company.

Historical Context

The Seventh Ave. Line was a central pillar of Brooklyn's transit infrastructure. Issued on New Year's Day in 1938, this Special Transfer represents the peak of the B. & Q. T. Corp. network's complexity, just two years before the historic 1940 city takeover. It serves as a primary source document for the era when streetcars provided the essential infrastructure for daily life, linking the quiet residential blocks near 20th Street to the bustling ferry terminals and bridges to Manhattan at the dawn of a new year.

Please visit our store to see the rest of this newly listed collection, featuring many more rare, low-numbered and milestone tickets from this historic era!