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Auction: 21140 - The Kirk Collection of World Bonds & Share Certificates e-Auction
Lot: 165

Great Britain: Hansard Publishing Union Limited, pair of certificates for £10 ordinary shares, 189[0], #6168, signed by C. Kegan Paul, black, and £10 preference shares, 189[0], #6500, signed by Sir Henry Isaacs, blue. A brainchild of serial fraudster and financier Horatio Bottomley. The company acquired the right to publish the Hansard Parliamentary reports with a huge capital of £1 million and another £250,000 in loan stock. By 1892, Bottomley and Isaacs were on trial for fraud in relation to the company's affairs. Isaacs was Sherrif of London and Middlesex, elected to Lord Mayor of London in 1889. Kegan Paul was a well known clergyman, publisher and author and also operated his own company of publishers Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Ltd., which was acquired by Routledge in 1912.

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Estimate
£50 to £70

Starting price
£40