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Auction: 1007 - Bond & Shares of The World
Lot: 268

Newfoundland Railway Company, certificate for 10 shares of $100, New York 1883, attractive vignette of steam train at station, black and brown, extremely fine. Estimate £ 50 The longest narrow gauge line in North America (906 miles). Construction started by this company in 1881 but after only 57 miles and 3 years later it went into receivership. The line was completed by the Colonial Government.

Sold for
£30