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Auction: 14016 - Bonds and Share Certificates of the World
Lot: 429

Liverpool and Manchester Railway, £25 share, 1831, no.13914, black on vellum, red paper seal at bottom right, surface a little grubby but extremely fine.

The company was incorporated in 1826 with the aim of replacing the costly method of transportation of goods between the cities, which was limited to waterways. It met with much opposition initially and was eventually opened in 1834. The railway cost well over £1,000,000 once finished.

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