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Auction: 11022 - Bonds & Share Certificates of the World
Lot: 454

London General Cab Company Ltd., £10 shares, 187[7], no.1285, Maltese crosses at top, black, good fine and a little dirty around the edges. Horse drawn cab company whose General Manager was William Elbert Dando a signatory on the certifcate. Comments posted by one his ancestors suggest he was an interesting character: "William led a colourful life which included travel, assault, bankruptcy, bad business practices and perhaps even corruption, a warrant for his arrest, an unsuccessful divorce petition, kidnap and bigamy. He might have been a flamboyant character, well equipped to carry off his shady business dealings but, the fact he and his family felt the need to adopt an alias at one stage, shows just how close he must have sailed to the wind." Estimate £ 50-60

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