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Auction: 22143 - Bonds and Share Certificates of the World - e-Auction
Lot: 325

Great Britain: Boy Messengers and Electric Call Company Ltd., £1 ordinary shares, 18[91], #224, signed as director by the Hon. Patrick Bowes-Lyon, son of the 13th Earl of Strathmore, uncle of Elizabeth the Queen Mother. Also won the mens doubles Wimbledon championship in 1887 and runner up in 1888. Together with typed letter on printed company letterhead. The company proposed a system of an electric 'call' to be placed in each subscribers house which would allow either a boy messenger, the police or fire brigade to be in attendance within 5 or 6 minutes. The system was heavily opposed by the Postmaster General who possessed a monopoly in communication. Wound up and sold to the District Messenger Service and News Co. Ltd. in 1893. VF and rare.

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Estimate
£60 to £80

Starting price
£50