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Auction: 15019 - Bonds and Share Certificates of the World
Lot: 298

Hamburg-Amerikanische Packetfahrt-Actien-Gesellschaft, Hamburg, 1000 Reichsmark share, September 1933, brown and black, ornate border, HAPAG logo at left, generally extremely fine. (16)

HAPAG, often referred to in English as Hamburg America Line, was a transatlantic shipping enterprise established in Hamburg, Germany, in 1847. Among the founders were prominent citizens such as Albert Ballin (Director General), Adolph Godeffroy, Ferdinand Laeisz, Carl Woermann, August Bolten and others. HAPAG soon developed into the largest German, and at times the world's largest, shipping company, serving the market created by the German immigration to the United States and later immigration from Eastern Europe. In 1970, the company merged with longtime rival Norddeutscher Lloyd (North German Lloyd) of Bremen to establish the current-day Hapag-Lloyd company.



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