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Auction: 1004 - Bonds & Shares of The World
Lot: 493

Medway Steam Packet Company, one share of £2, 18(38), no.498, lovely piece with vignette of paddle steamer entering harbour, black on cream paper, extremely fine. Estimate £ 300 The company was formed in 1837 to run steamers from Chatham to Sheerness. Their service ended during WWI when the admiralty took over their last 2 steamers. In 1919 its assetts were acquired by the New Medway Steam Packet Co. Ltd. which extended the service and continued to operate until the 1960´s.

Sold for
£260