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Auction: 9027 - Bonds & Shares of the World
Lot: 395

General Steam Navigation Co., £100 share, 1825, ornate border, black, signed by three directors, good very fine and rare. Founded in 1824 and was the largest operator from London´s ports for some 150 years. Although P. & O. bought a controlling interest they retained their own identity until wound up in 1972. Estimate £ 250

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£190