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Auction: 19016 - Bonds and Share Certificates of the World Timed Auction
Lot: 291

Birkenhead Tramways Company, 6% preference shares of £10, 18[81], #677, lovely vignette of the Woodside Ferry terminus with horse drawn tram waiting to depart, several ships at the dockside, red. Originally formed as Birkenhead Street Railway Co. Ltd. in 1860, the first tram line in the country. Under Act of 1877 acquired by this new company. In financial difficulty by 1889 and liquidated. By 1901 part of Birkenhead Corporation Transport. VF and scarce.

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