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Auction: 21145 - Bonds and Share Certificates of the World - e-Auction
Lot: 310

Great Britain: Alexandra Palace Co. Ltd., 6% first preference shares, 18(73), #00006, ornate border, brown, part paid but endorsed 'fully paid'. Opened in 1873 in North London, set within 196 acres of parkland. Just 16 days after it's opening the building was destroyed by fire but was rebuilt within 2 years. Following financial difficulties in 1900, the Alexandra Palace and Park Trust was formed to maintain and operate the buildings and parkland. The first BBC television broadcasts were made from there in 1936. Burnt down again in 1980 but rebuilt and now in constant use for corporate and private events. VF and rare.

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