Fascinating vintage Super Service Coach Company paper cash fare receipt printed by Rand McNally, capturing the mid-twentieth-century intercity bus and rail connection network across New York, Connecticut, and Massachusetts. This clean, unpunched light blue specimen serves as an exceptional material record of coordinated regional transport logistics.

This vintage ephemeral document features the premium small-type printer identification mark of Rand McNally along the extreme upper border. Designated as Form CF-1 on the lower left face, it displays a bold black serial number reading 9802. The face features a dual-column station registry flanked by star-shaped punch indicators, detailing a sprawling regional network alongside dedicated checkboxes at the bottom for Excursion, Half Fare, R.T. (Round Trip), and O.W. (One Way) fare categories.

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This specific receipt is an incredible find for regional New York and New England transit historians, explicitly detailing a vast layout of major travel hubs including Mt. Vernon, N. Rochelle, Larchmont, Mamaroneck, Harrison, Rye, Pt. Chester, Greenwich, Cos Cob, Stamford, N. Canaan Br., Darien, Norwalk, Danbury Br., Westport, Southport, Fairfield, Bridgeport, Wby. Br., Stratford, Williamstown, N. Adams, Adams, Cheshire, Pittsfield, Lenox, Lee, Stockbridge, Housatonic, Gt. Barrington, Sheffield, Canaan, Falls Village, W. Cornwall, Cornwall Bridge, Kent, Gaylordsville, New Milford, Brookfield, Danbury, Bethel, Branchville, Wilton, So. Norwalk, and New York.

Historic Line Coverage

The receipt documents the intricate joint ticketing rules managed by independent coach lines operating across state lines during the classic era of travel. The lower text block carries explicit conditional passenger guidelines, noting that it was issued only as evidence of fare paid subject to strict tariff regulations. It features dedicated option blocks explicitly tracking passenger travel modalities between integrated Bus and Train lines, allowing conductors to quickly map multi-stop routes.

Reverse Side Conditions

The back of the ticket features a vintage handwritten signature or notation in gray pencil reading Stanford across the lower-center section. The reverse side also exhibits a large patch of authentic historical handling discoloration and light bleeding from old adhesive storage tape at the top edge. The ticket remains completely unpunched, avoiding the typical star-shaped conductor hole mutilations commonly found on used fare vouchers.

Historical Context

The Super Service Coach Company operated an extensive interstate motorcoach system linking the northern suburbs of New York City directly with the historic industrial valleys of western Connecticut and the Berkshires of Massachusetts. To handle complex passenger accounting, the firm contracted with premier railroad security printers like Rand McNally to design flexible station-list fare receipts that integrated seamlessly with connecting rail lines. This uncirculated sample proof preserves a flawless snapshot of regional transit infrastructure before the post-war expansion of individual state turnpikes dramatically shifted long-distance travel habits.

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