Auction: 11022 - Bonds & Share Certificates of the World
Lot: 267
Panama, New Zealand & Australian Royal Mail Company Ltd., £5 shares, partly paid, 186[5], issued to Charlotte Fanny Countess Poulett, blue, about very fine. (3 examples) Formed by the Royal Mail Steam Packet Co. to provide a service to New Zealand and Australia via Panama. The company built 4 ships but failed in 1868 and the ships were acquired by the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company to whom they had been mortgaged. Estimate £ 150-200
Sold for
£210