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Auction: 18021 - Bonds and Share Certificates of the World Online Auction
Lot: 281

Great Britain: Hansard Publishing Union Ltd., a group of 4 different certificates comprising £10 ordinary shares and £10 preference shares, capital £375,000, and £10 ordinary shares and £10 preference shares, capital £500,000, all dated 18[89], 3 are handsigned by C. Kegan Paul. Hansard was a famous name for printing British Parliamentary debates from 1809. When Henry Hansard, the last fmaily member involved in the business broke connection with the reports Horatio Bottomley stepped in to organise this company and also the printing firm of Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co.. The rapid rise in the company's capital used for the acquisition of numerous other printing and publishing companies and the claims of fraud against Bottomley caused the failure in just 2 years. It was Bottomleys first of many appearances in court! VF (4).

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£60 to £80