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Auction: 16017 - Bonds and Share Certificates of the World
Lot: 382

Vauxhall Bridge, certificate for [one] share, 181[5], no.518, attractive piece with very unusual copper seal at left, black, on vellum, discoloured in one quarter otherwise clean and bright in very fine condition and the first time this small printing variety has been seen.

The company was incorporated in 1809, the bridge being designed by James Walker. Opened in 1816, this was the first iron bridge over the Thames. It lasted less than 90 years and was demolished in 1898.
Vellum certificates with the printed part of the date 180- and the more common paper certificates dated 1826 are well known but still very scarce. This variety with the printed part of the date 181- issued following special resolutions to raise more capital was made in 1814, is very rare.

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