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Auction: 21141 - Bonds and Share Certificates of the World e-Auction
Lot: 273

Great Britain: Anglo-American Telegraph Co. Ltd., certificate for £200 Consolidated Stock, 187[5], #27620, black, perforated cancelled, endorsements on reverse. One of the most important telegraph companies that included amongst its directors Baron d'Erlanger, Daniel Gooch, Baron Reuter and Cyrus Field. Formed after the loss of the 1865 Atlantic Cable, the company used the S.S/Great Eastern to lay the main cable between Ireland and Newfoundland. Several cables followed and 4 of them were still operational by the time Western Union's lease came to an end and the company was wound up in 1968. Minor ink stain at right, VF and rare.

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Estimate
£80 to £100

Starting price
£60