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Auction: 17017 - Bonds and Share Certificates of the World
Lot: 285

Liverpool and Manchester Railway, £25 share, 1831, #16253, black printing on vellum, embossed pink paper seal at bottom right. Formed in 1830 to join the 2 towns, Liverpool the port and docks to Manchester, the growing centre of the cotton trade. It was the first railway to rely solely on steam power. Acquired by the Grand Junction in 1845. VF. [R8]

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Estimate
£600 to £800