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Auction: 1004 - Bonds & Shares of The World
Lot: 515

Handley Page Ltd., ordinary stock certificate, 19(37), no.3572, pair of wings at top, black, good very fine. Estimate £ 60 Founded in 1909 in this was the first publicly quoted aircraft company. They built a factory in Cricklewood in 1912 and later built bombers for the Royal Navy. After WWI the company adapted some aircraft for passenger flight and ran a London-Paris service as Handley Page Transport. During WWII again built large bombers for the Royal Air Force. Following the war, the company failed to join with others to form larger concerns and found that they could not compete. Voluntary liquidation in 1970.

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£60