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Auction: 14016 - Bonds and Share Certificates of the World
Lot: 419

Great Western Railway Company, a small collection comprising; fifth share of £20, 18[41], no.85563, turquoise with peach underprint, green paper seal; debenture stock, 18[88], no.16429, ornate title, green, cancelled; 5% consolidated guaranteed stock, 19[11], no.98981, orange; 5% consolidated preference stock, 19[17], no.99429, blue; 5% consolidated preference stock, 19[23], no.18812, blue, all cancelled, excpet the first, and other paperwork (4), fine to very fine (9).

The company was incorporated in 1835 after numerous other attempts for a railway linking London to Bristol. The line opened in 1841 and soon built connections with other railways in the West of England. It also absorbed, purchased and leased railways running in the Midlands and Wales, eventually covering 6398 miles of single track by 1921.

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Estimate
£100 to £150