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Auction: 14016 - Bonds and Share Certificates of the World
Lot: 470

Star Omnibus Company, London, Ltd., certificate for 5½% cumulative preference shares of £5 each, 19[07], no.1217, ornate border, vignette under title depicting Omnibus', green and black, printed by Waterlow Bros & Layton,, light creasing, otherwise about very fine.

Formed in 1899 to take over the Andrews Star Omnibus Company which was operating since 1892. The London General Omnibus Company attempted to purchase the company in 1900 but was unsuccessful, and due to competition from electric tramways and later the London Underground, the company wound up in 1908.

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