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Auction: 14016 - Bonds and Share Certificates of the World
Lot: 492

Straker-Squire Ltd., a group of 6 certificates comprising; £1 shares, 19[18], no.2521, capital £175,000, decorative border, brown; 5 shilling shares, 19[21], no.7365, capital £200,000, decorative border, mauve; £1 shares, 19[19], no.4000, capital £500,000, decorative border, blue; 5 shilling preferred ordinary shares, 19[25], no.438, decorative title, embossed seal, black; 1 shilling proprietors shares, 19[25], no.438, both with capital £420,000, decorative title, embossed seal, red; second mortgage debenture stock certificate, 19[21], no.533, scrollwork at left, black, pink underprint, generally very fine and better. (6)

Formed in 1893 as Brazil, Straker & Co., in Bristol, the company produced steam wagons, they later also had a factory in London. Squire joined the partnership in 1904. They took on aircraft engine repair and manufacture and followed that with bus, truck and car production until 1926.

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