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Auction: 21144 - Bonds and Share Certificates of the World e-Auction
Lot: 276

Great Britain: Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company, one £50 share, London 18[45], #9790, black on mauve paper, printers J. Unwin, London marked at left, 2nd line of title 110mm, embossed seal. Originally a partnership running regular services between England and Spain and Portugal. Won a lucrative mail contract from the Government in 1837 and incorporated by Royal Charter in 1840. The shortened P & O is now a household name. EF and rare.

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