This gold ticket (above) would have allowed the owner free first-class travel on the East Indian Railway. The company, that introduced the railways to northern and eastern parts of the subcontinent, was established in 1845 completing 601 miles of track by 1862. Pierced for suspension, it has an estimate of £1000-1200 at Dix Noonan Webb’s sale of Indian coins and historical medals on October 14.