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Auction: 9027 - Bonds & Shares of the World
Lot: 431

Folkestone Pier and Lift Company, £10 shares, 1890, scrollwork at left with head of young Queen Victoria, blue, very fine. Incorporated by special Act of Parliament in 1886 to build the Victoria Pier. Completed in 1888 to a length of 683 feet with a 700 seat pavilion at the end. Use of the pier ceased in 1940 due to WWII and it was partially destroyed by fire in 1945, finally demolished by 1954. Estimate £ 70

Sold for
£50