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Auction: 17017 - Bonds and Share Certificates of the World
Lot: 278

Birkenhead Street Railway Co. Ltd., a proof certificate for one share of £10, 186-, scrollwork at left, black, probably from the Perkins, Bacon archives although no imprint. The first horse drawn tramway in the United Kingdom promoted by American entrepreneur George Francis Train. The only certificate so far seen of this early and important company. Some print shadowing, mounted on the reverse, but VF and rare.

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