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Auction: 319 - Bonds and Share Certificates of the Americas
Lot: 3406

New York and Cuba Mail Steamship Company, a proof certificate for $100 shares, 188[-], from the American Bank Note Co. archive, attractive piece with ornate border and vignette of large steamship under title, black, accompanied by two forms detailing design and alteration notes from the printer, VF.

The Company, commonly ran the Ward Line, a shipping company that operated from 1841 until liquidated in 1954. The line operated out of New York City's Piers 15, 16, and 17-land which later became the site of the South Street Seaport and also the Manhattan terminal of the IKEA-Red Hook ferry route. The company's steamers linked New York City with Nassau, Havana, and Mexican Gulf ports.

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$150