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Auction: 1004 - Bonds & Shares of The World
Lot: 42

Companhia do Nyassa, a group of 3 specimen certificates printed by Blades, East & Blades, for 1, 5 and 10 shares of £1 each, 189-, ornate heading with coat of arms within flag, attractive borders, mauve, green and brown respectively, text in Portuguese, French and English, with coupons, small hole cancels, about extremely fine Estimate £ 120 Incorporated 1893 by Portuguese Charter, to adminster and develop the district in Mozambique adjoining Lake Nyassa, including construction & operation of railways, telegraphs etc. Considerable investment came from British interests. Wound up 1931.

Sold for
£90