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Auction: 22140 - Bonds and Share Certificates of the World - e-Auction
Lot: 392

Great Britain: Esparto Trading Co. Ltd., £500 share, 186[7], #0008, signed by Thomas Routledge as director, scrollwork at left, black. Routledge had developed a method of using Esparto grass to make paper in the 1850's and had dealings with the foremost manufacturers such as Dickinson. Most of the supply came from Spain or North Africa. The company appears to have survived well into the 1960's but further information is not available. Routledge also fought long and hard with the Government for the removal of duty on paper which was finally achieved. Weak on folds, very fragile paper, AVF.

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